RISE With Isaac Bonilla: Discovery in the Risk of Failure
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In this episode, Isaac Bonilla, a rising senior, joins RISE Student Lead Ethan Barragán at the RISE Roundtable, sharing his resilience journey to Pepperdine and how he practices resilience skills to support all of his various academic and co-curricular commitments.
We also hear from three Pepperdine undergraduate students, who each share risks they’ve taken and the outcome of those decisions: Julie Joy Oliveira, Andrew O’Brien, and Adrielle Lanae Zindler.
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In this episode, we discuss the following:
- 0:00 Undergraduate students share what risks they’ve taken and the outcome of those decisions
- 5:08 Isaac takes a risk while applying Pepperdine
- 9:52 Isaac’s Pepperdine Posse strengthens his social resilience
- 11:00 How Isaac manages the many hats he wears at Pepperdine
- 12:10 The power of journaling, “gyming” and leaning on your social support during tough times
- 13:45 Isaac’s one word to describe his journey at Pepperdine: Patience
- 19:00 The toll of imposter syndrome and how Isaac works through it
- 20:50 “Anything is truly possible if you put your mind to it,” AND “Sometimes a door that closes is another door that opens”
- 22:30 How to have a full rest day
- 24:10 Finding rest in community
- 26:00 Isaac de Jesus Bonilla finding his faith journey
- 29:05 A tour guide’s words of wisdom to prospective students
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