Dr Lucy Hone is a resilience expert who thought she found her calling in helping people recover after the Christchurch earthquake. She had no idea that her personal journey was about to take her to a much darker place. In this powerful and courageous speech, she shares the three strategies that got her through unimaginable tragedy⁠and offers profound insight into human suffering. Dr Lucy Hone is Director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience, Research Associate at AUT University, published academic researcher, best-selling author and contributor to Psychology Today, the Sunday Star Times and the Next magazine.

She trained at the University of Pennsylvania and completed her doctorate in public health at AUT University in Auckland. She has helped diverse organizations, from primary schools to large law firms, design and implement wellbeing initiatives creating lasting and meaningful change.

Five years ago, the sudden death of Lucy's 12-year-old daughter Abi forced Lucy to pivot her academic education and professional practice to foster resilience in very personal circumstances. The blog she wrote following Abi's death attracted international attention and spawned the bestselling nonfiction title, What Abi Taught Us, Strategies for Resilient Grieving (Allen & Unwin, 2016) , now available as Resilient Grieving in the United States. , United Kingdom and New Zealand. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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