How do we ride the emotional rollercoaster of difficult times? Lillian Ng talks to Marthinus Bekker about building emotional resilience.

Lillian Ng is a Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland.

Marthinus Bekker is a clinical psychologist and Research Fellow in Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland.

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