Awakening Resilience is a weekly newsletter from Dr. Tamara Yakaboski for those who feel caught in transition, burnout, or the quiet disconnection between what they value and how they’re living or working.

These letters offer a pause, a space to breathe, reflect, and gently recalibrate. Each one helps you reconnect with purpose, creativity, and integrity without bypassing the messy, real parts of life and leadership.

This is for you if…

You’re navigating a season of change — in career, leadership, or identity — and want to move through it with more clarity and compassion.
 

You may be:

• An educator, professional, or leader in a helping-oriented or mission-driven field (higher ed, nonprofits, therapy, coaching, etc.)

• A deep thinker and feeler who craves reflection and lasting shifts, not productivity hacks meant for someone else

• Nature-oriented and creatively inclined, yet grounded in real-world systems and community work

• Seeking renewal and balance between your inner life and the work you do in the world

What you’ll receive

Each week on Tuesdays, you’ll get a reflective letter that feels less like a “newsletter” and more like an intentional pause in your inbox. Inside, you’ll find:

• Seasonal reflections connecting personal and organizational cycles — rest, renewal, transition, emergence

• Gentle prompts and journal questions to help you explore resilience, leadership, and creativity

• Grounded tools and practices drawn from coaching, facilitation, and research in embodied leadership and systems change

• Additional invitations on Thursdays for deeper work through Tamara’s webinars, courses, and community offerings

• Behind-the-scenes insights from Tamara’s current writing, research, and creative process
  

This isn’t about more doing or hustling. It’s about remembering and reconnecting to what matters, what sustains, and what’s ready to emerge next.

Why subscribe

If you’ve been feeling exhausted, disillusioned, or uncertain about what’s next or ready to shift into what’s becoming, these letters offer gentle companionship and perspective from someone who’s been there.