The Resilient Family with Shermaine Perry-Knights, Author of “I Move A Lot and That’s Okay

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Shermaine Perry-Knights, Author of “I Move A Lot And That’s Okay,” joins the Airmen Helping Airmen Podcast with Kaleth Wright to discuss adapting, resilience, and hope. She also talks about the realities of moving for kids and how parents can handle it.

Key facts

• Shermaine’s Instagram
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• Amazingly Shermaine Website
• Amazingly Published Website
• Shermaine Perry-Knights, Author of “I Move A Lot And That’s Okay,” is a director of learning, learning strategist, learning manager, and training manager. She is an award-winning facilitator, speaker, project manager, and world traveler with over a decade of experience in learning development. She grew up a military kid, an avid reader, and a lifelong learner. She holds several professional certifications in learning development and shares her experience in resilience and change management. She is also the owner of amazinglyshermaine.com and Amazingly Published LLC's publishing agency.

Key takeaways

• You are seen and understood
• Living in a state of constant change, flexibility, and the unknown builds resilience, hones instincts and makes adaptation easier than usual
• You don’t have to make your address, city, or state your identity. Instead, enjoy the moment and make it feel like home
• “Know that you are truly not alone”
• Journal. Besides being therapeutic, journaling helps you free your mind when you’ve lost your sound
• Documenting your experiences can be of tremendous help to others who are going through the same things you’ve been through
• Trust your guts and instincts
• Trying to understand the culture and language of the place you live in is a part of building resilience
• Resilience is not just telling yourself to get past a situation. It is empowering yourself through it
• To build your child’s resilience, especially after getting a PC, find out what they’re interested in and what appeals to them in the next city, so it helps them hold onto their sense of belonging and creates a positive mindset around the move
• Empower your children to feel like a part of the process. Give room for them to be a part of the decision-making process. Doing this encourages critical thinking while keeping them on board with the process
• “So curiosity kills the cat — I've heard that so many times. But I want to say that it empowered the cat”
• Encourage your children to be curious and create learning opportunities for them
• Creating hope for your children is giving them options
• Create a proper communication and educational channel for your children to aid your move

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Quotes

“I love that everyone that I've met is like me; they have more than one culture, more than one background, and they have traveled and lived all over the world and have become the sum total of everything they've experienced. So I wouldn't change it.”

“...Wherever you are in the moment, you make it feel like home, and you enjoy it.”

“Know that you are truly not alone.”

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