Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times
Staying Close to What’s True When Life Shakes Us
For anyone moving through difficulty, uncertainty, loss, change, or heartbreak — and beginning to wonder whether resilience may be less about holding everything together and more about discovering what remains steady beneath the noise.
Live Online Program with Brett Chitty
10 February – 3 March 2027
What this program is really about
Life can be difficult, painful, uncertain, or even heartbreaking.
When life shakes us, it can look as though resilience means staying strong, keeping calm, holding everything together, or finding a way to rise above what is happening.
But resilience may be much closer than that.
In this program, we will explore resilience from the inside out: not as a trait we have to build, a mindset we have to maintain, or a performance of strength, but as something naturally present beneath the noise of life and the changing weather within us.
The Three Principles point to a deeper understanding of how experience is brought to life in the moment. As that becomes clearer, difficulty may still be difficult, but we may not be so completely pulled away from what is true, steady, and available within us.
Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times is a fresh exploration of what remains steady when life does not go the way we hoped, planned, or expected.
Resilience is not something we have to manufacture.
It is something already present beneath the noise of life and the changing weather within us.
You may recognize this
This program may be especially relevant if you have ever noticed:
These moments do not mean resilience is absent.
They may be invitations to look more deeply at what remains true and available beneath the noise.
Not About Being Strong All the Time
This program is not about pretending difficulty does not hurt, forcing yourself to stay positive, or trying to become someone who is never shaken.
It is about beginning to see resilience in a different way: not as toughness, control, or the ability to keep everything together, but as something deeper that can remain available even when life feels uncertain, painful, or overwhelming.
This does not dismiss pain.
It does not deny loss, change, grief, fear, practical needs, or the real impact of what happens in life. But it does open up a different possibility: that resilience may not need to be forced into existence, because something steady is already present beneath the noise.
What you may begin to notice
This is not about promising that life will feel easy or that difficulty will disappear. It is about looking in a direction where you may begin to feel less pulled around by what life is asking of you, and more able to stay close to what is true.
Difficulty Is Not the Whole Story
What is happening in life can feel overwhelming, but it may not have the final word on who you are or what is available within you.
How the Mind Adds Weight
Thought can make uncertainty feel heavier, loss feel permanent, or the future feel frightening before we realize how much is being added in the moment.
The Steadiness Beneath the Weather
Resilience can begin to look less like forcing yourself to stay strong and more like noticing what remains steady beneath changing feelings.
Staying Close to What’s True
Even when life is painful or uncertain, there may be a quieter place to listen from, respond from, and return to.
More Trust When Life Is Uncertain
As resilience begins to look less like effort, you may find more trust in your ability to meet what comes without having to know everything in advance.
The Next Step Can Become Clearer
When the mind is less caught in the weight of what is happening, a simple next step, response, or direction may begin to show itself.
A simple way to see it
Same Life. Less Pulled Away.
The same circumstances may still be present, but they can begin to look different when we see more clearly how experience is being shaped from within. From there, resilience may look less like effort and more like staying close to what is true.
What we’ll explore
Across the four sessions, we’ll look gently and practically at how difficulty is experienced, how the mind can add weight, and what becomes possible when resilience is understood from the inside out.
01 Session One
When Life Shakes Us
We’ll begin by looking at how difficulty, uncertainty, loss, or change can seem to take over our whole experience — and how experience is being brought to life from within.
02 Session Two
How the Mind Adds Weight
We’ll explore how thought can make already difficult circumstances feel heavier, more urgent, more personal, or more final than they truly are.
03 Session Three
What Remains Steady
We’ll look toward the steadiness, clarity, and resilience that can remain available beneath changing feelings and changing circumstances.
04 Session Four
Staying Close to What’s True
We’ll explore what it can mean to live with this understanding in ordinary life, especially when the weather changes and life asks more of us.
Program details
Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times is a four-part live online program with recordings, a private participant area, and an informal follow-up conversation included.
Dates
Time
10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern / 6:00 pm UK / 7:00 pm Central Europe
Format
Live online sessions with Brett Chitty.
Each session explores a different aspect of resilience: how difficulty is experienced, how the mind can add weight, what remains steady, and how you can stay close to what’s true.
Whiteboard
Brett often uses a whiteboard during sessions, with ideas and distinctions drawn out visually as they emerge.
Recordings
Recordings will be available after each live session, so you can catch up or revisit them in your own time.
Follow-up meeting
The follow-up meeting, “Living with the Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times,” will take place on Wednesday 17 March 2027.
An informal follow-up conversation to explore what you have noticed about resilience, steadiness, and staying close to what’s true since the program.
Included
Your guide
This program is led by Brett Chitty.
Brett has spent many years exploring the Three Principles and the work of Sydney Banks, with a particular interest in how this understanding speaks to the ordinary, changing experience of being human.
His approach is gentle, careful, and reflective. Rather than presenting the Principles as ideas to memorize or techniques to apply, Brett points toward what can be seen for ourselves in real life — in our feelings, struggles, questions, and moments of clarity.
Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times has grown out of that interest: a wish to explore how life can feel heavy, uncertain, painful, or overwhelming without having the final word, and what remains steady and true beneath the noise.
Who this is for
This program may be for you if life has felt heavy, uncertain, painful, or hard to meet, and you are beginning to wonder whether resilience may be closer than trying to hold yourself together.
It may be especially relevant if:
This program does not promise to change any particular circumstance or make difficulty disappear.
It points toward an understanding that can change how difficulty is experienced, and what becomes visible beneath the noise.
Join Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times
Join us for a grounded exploration of resilience, steadiness, and what remains true when life feels uncertain, painful, or hard to meet.
Across four live sessions, we’ll explore how difficulty is experienced, how the mind can add weight, and what begins to look different when resilience is no longer treated as something we have to manufacture.
Includes four live online sessions, recordings, access to a private participant area, and an informal follow-up meeting on 17 March.
Early Bird: $199 until 31 December 2026
Regular Price: $300 after that
Frequently Asked Questions
A few practical details before joining the program.
Do I need previous experience with the Three Principles?
No. You do not need any previous experience with the Three Principles to take part. The program is designed as a grounded introduction to resilience from the inside out.
Will the sessions be recorded?
Yes. Recordings will be made available after each live session, so you can catch up if you miss a meeting or revisit the sessions in your own time.
What if I cannot attend live?
You are still welcome to join. The recordings will allow you to follow along, and the private participant area will give you a place to stay connected between sessions.
Is this therapy, psychiatry, counseling, or medical advice?
No. This is an educational program, not therapy, psychiatry, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, crisis support, addiction treatment, or medical advice. We will be exploring resilience through the principles behind human experience.
What is the follow-up meeting?
The follow-up meeting, “Living with the Foundations of Resilience Through Difficult Times,” will take place on Wednesday 17 March 2027. It will be an informal conversation to explore what you have noticed about resilience, steadiness, and staying close to what’s true since the program.
How long will I have access to the recordings?
You will have access to the recordings through the private participant area after the live sessions. We intend to keep them available for as long as the program remains part of our work.
What happens after I join?
After joining, you will receive access details for the program, including information about the live sessions, recordings, and private participant area.
Choose how you would like to join
Begin with this program, join the full series, or take the series with Applied Clarity.
Join Foundations of Resilience
A fresh exploration of what remains steady when life feels difficult, uncertain, or heartbreaking, and how resilience may be closer than it seems.
Early Bird: $199Regular Price: $300
Join the Full Foundations Series
Explore the full Foundations Series from September to March, with four programs looking at human experience, relationships, mental wellbeing, and resilience.
Early Bird: $500Regular Price: $800
Join the Full Foundations Series with Applied Clarity
Take the full Foundations Series with an additional small-group space for real-life questions and the nuances that become clearer as the programs unfold.
$2,800, or 4 monthly payments of $700