Resilience Gone Wild translates nature's awe-inspiring science and stories
into actionable resilience tools and practices for individuals, leaders, and teams.
Whether you're seeking to manage stress, recover from setbacks, make better decisions, communicate more effectively, maintain emotional well being, or solve the myriad challenges life and work inevitably bring, nature has already figured it all out.
We deliver nature-inspired strategies for reframing thinking, building motivation, sharpening focus, managing your energy, and countless others, all enabling you to live the life you seek.

Resilience Gone Wild Works 

Nature has been solving the toughest challenges for millions of years. It's time to learn from her. 

Step 1
Nature's Wisdom

Each lesson begins with a captivating story drawn from the science of the natural world. Wonder and curiosity awaken, opening the mind, deepening connection, and making everything that follows memorable.

Step 2
A Resilience Tool Built for You

Each nature story holds a solution to a real human challenge. When you see it, something shifts — and what felt hard suddenly feels possible.

Step 3
Practices That Transform

Each practice leaves you with a powerful, memorable tool rooted in nature's science. Ready whenever that challenge arises, and building your resilience each time you use it.

 
 
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Resilience Gone Wild in Action

Every night, parrotfish make an important decision: to build their sleep bubble, or not. 

As her reef quiets and the light fades, if she senses potential threats and hasn't found a spot where she feels safe, she secretes a protective mucus cocoon, her sleep bubble, so she can sleep peacefully and wake up refreshed. She is not guided by simple instinct. She makes the significant effort only after deciding she needs the extra protection. 

That intentional choice, backed by a clear and compelling reason, is our lesson. It's the shift from "I have to" to "I want to." From obligation to agency. And that shift changes everything: energy, commitment, and results. 

This is where Resilience Gone Wild comes to life. Our lesson becomes a resilience tool built around a real human challenge. In this case, the challenge is finding motivation for things that are uncomfortable, exhausting, hard, or draining — the things that feel like obligations rather than choices. 

And that tool is brought to life through proven practices you can use today, whether you're navigating your own motivation or leading a team that would benefit from doing the same. 

I seek out science-based stories from nature and continue to discover and share new resilience lessons in my podcast episodes and blogs, keynotes, workshops, and teachings. And there's always more on the way.  

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Meet Jessica

I'm a resilience strategist and trainer, speaker, educator, and nature protector. My career centers on the intersection of how people, organizations, and systems thrive. My path winds through corporate consulting, nonprofit leadership, positive psychology, and a sea turtle encounter on a Florida beach that changed everything. I hold an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a master's from Harvard, and certifications in resilience, positive psychology, and core energy and systemic team coaching. I'm also a published author, with my chapter "The Wild Wisdom of Sleep" appearing in How We Flourish. 

My work is driven by a simple belief in the WinWinWin Mindset: the best decisions are good for you, good for those around you, and good for the wild world we all share.

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High energy, powerful science-based stories with aha moments and memorable, lasting lessons that improve productivity, morale, and sense of purpose. 

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Game-changing story-driven tools you can apply immediately. Custom-built for your team, organization, or community.

 
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Award Winning Podcast and Writings

Honored as 2024 Podcast of the Year and Best Science Podcast by DiscoverPods. 5-star rated. Edutainment that leaves you energized, inspired, and ready to make positive change.

The podcast and writings follow a methodology that spans countless stories drawn from every corner of the natural world: flora, fauna, fungi, and the forces of nature that shape them all. Captivating podcast guests open our eyes to the hard realities and opportunities of life for each species.

Always wrap up with a resilience tool and practice built for you.

From parrotfish to pangolins, grapevines to Galápagos tortoises, polar bears on shifting ice to rivers finding their way to the sea. The library never stops growing.

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  • Sparking my resilience and inner peace.  I love this podcast! I am learning so many fascinating facts about creatures in nature and finding connections within myself. Each podcast is presented in a poetic way and leaves me feeling inspired, hopeful, and in a better frame of mind.
  • Resilience Gone Wild – THE BEST!  This podcast is one of my absolute favorites! Jessica does such a great job telling nature’s stories and connecting them to lessons we can incorporate into our daily lives. She makes nature’s stories come to life in a way that is both exciting and relaxing. This podcast is absolutely worth your time!
  • Get Inspired!  Jessica has a wonderful way of tying in themes that relate to human experiences with those of our neighbors of the animal kingdom and the natural world around us. The topics are relevant, captivating, and they give the listener a broader view of how resilience can be a powerful and positive force in our lives. An enjoyable podcast and a must-listen for inspiration and personal growth.
  • Super Empowering Podcast!  Resilience Gone Wild is an amazing podcast that brings on super interesting guests who share fascinating information. The host, Jessica Morgenthal, asks smart questions that help her guests shine even brighter and share their positive messages. I love how Jessica shares her love for nature and people in such an empowering way! This is my new favorite podcast and I can’t wait to learn more with Jessica and guests.
  • Resilience Gone Wild. I have known Jessica for many years and am so proud of the person she has become as an incredible teacher and coach. She brings the vibrancy and excitement of many sea creatures into the mix, applying their habits to our everyday lives. Her podcasts are very inspiring. I’m honored to call her my friend.
  • Brilliant! If you are interested in nature, the plant, positive psychology, climate change, and resilience, you with LOVE this podcast. I’m so impressed by the amount of science and research Jessica Morgenthal includes in each of her episodes (and weekly newsletter.)  I particularly love how she connects resilience in nature to small, actionable steps we can take to build resilience and help the planet. You won’t be disappointed (she also has a lovely voice to listen to)!
  • All!  Jessica’s Resilience Gone Wild podcasts are a true reflection of her own capacity for resilience, for her extraordinary gifts of wisdom, deep compassion, love of life and a passion for making the world a better place. She is an extraordinary and precious human being!
  • Love this podcast. Jessica’s story telling is so engaging and the content leaves me inspired with new perspectives on our behavior and to our natural world.  Plus I love listening to her voice. I highly recommend it if you enjoy nature and learning the lessons it has to offer all of us.
  • A Different Kind of Podcast.  Resilience Gone Wild is one podcast that may, indeed, have something for everyone. Jessica Morgenthal’s well-researched and entertaining dives into the natural world, typically in the company of experts in their fields, reminds me of that favorite teacher who made science come alive. She focuses on the unique resilience mechanisms of species other than our own, providing examples that are extraordinary and often breathtaking. This focus, in and of itself, could be a three0credit course. The substantial icing on the cake, however, is that Jessica gently offers how we might learn, and what we might do – physically, psychologically, and spiritually, to attain a similar resilience in our own lives. Jessica’s respect for nature is exceeded only by her respect for human capability. You simply do not leave these podcasts without feeling a bit more informed, a bit more energized, a bit more hopeful for the world.
  • This is a breath of fresh air and not just because it’s about nature. It’s the kind of podcast that makes you pause, listen deeply, and remember why the wild matters. What I love most is the way it blends science and storytelling, turning every episode into an emotional journey rather than just a lecture. It’s innovative, heartfelt, and filled with moments that make you both think and feel. Listening feels like having a conversation with nature itself… sometimes gentle, sometimes fierce, but always inspiring. It’s a reminder that resilience isn’t just a human trait, it’s woven into the forests, rivers and creatures we share this planet with. This podcast doesn’t just talk about nature; it helps you reconnect with it. I’m proud of what my friend is creating here, and believe it will inspire many to see the natural world with new eyes.
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