House of Peregrine15 Okt 2025

The Resilience Equation: Building a Custom Life with Micro‑Joys

In this Most Played cut from Episode 64, Mickelle sits down with TEDx speaker and Resilience Mentor, Nina Aziz Justin, to unpack the Resilience Equation: time × beginner’s mindset, raised to the power of incremental action. Through her journey as a founder and mother to a child with a rare neurological condition, Nina shows how to build “inner scaffolding” and a custom life that can flex with change.

They challenge hustle-as-suffering culture, re-centering micro-joys, adaptability, and mindset as the real engines of sustainable success, whether you’re parenting, launching a startup, or starting over in a new country.

In this episode:

The Resilience Equation (time × beginner’s mindset)^(incremental action)
Inner scaffolding: sustaining a life you want, even in uncertainty
Why micro-joys matter more than chasing “big win” highs
Resilience without glorifying suffering
Custom life design: pivoting, flexibility, and timing
Mindset as leverage for meaningful outcomes (including TEDx)

Listen to the full conversation in Episode 64. Connect with House of Peregrine and event details via our site. Find Nina’s book “The Home Within” in the show notes, plus both TEDx talks: Can Blockchain be used to decode the Future of Economics? (Mickelle Weber) and The Resilience Equation (Nina Aziz Justin). Reach us: houseofperegrine.com | Full episode link in show notes

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