# Respond vs React: How to Handle Life's Curveballs

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Podcast: [Reignite Resilience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/reignite-resilience-6398898)
Published: 2026-07-20T09:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Responding instead of reacting changes what happens after life throws you a curveball. In Part 1 of this two part conversation, Reignite Resilience hosts Natalie Davis and Pamela Cass sit down for an unscripted coffee talk episode built around one idea: the gap between an incident and your emotional response matters more than the incident itself. The conversation opens with Natalie recording on the road this summer and Pam catching her watching her plants on camera from a hot...

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