All human beings are born with the capacity for resilience – the ability to keep getting up when life knocks you down. Afrikaans radio personality and journalist Ilse Salzwedel explores the traits of resilient people and shares tips for building resilience. She also looks at resilience sappers and how to avoid them. Sharing her own and other well-known people’s stories, she shows that we all have an innate capacity for picking up the pieces and handling the blows dealt by trauma and adversity.