
If you're pitching clients with resilience expertise (psychologists, performance coaches, adversity and recovery speakers, military and first-responder voices, athletes, authors with a comeback story) the biggest shows aren't where you'll get booked. Mid-sized resilience podcasts are.
Mid-sized shows (roughly 1K-25K listeners per episode) are the sweet spot for guest outreach:
This list features 100 resilience-focused podcasts that regularly interview guests on overcoming adversity, mental toughness, recovery, grit, post-traumatic growth, and bouncing back stronger.
"Resilience" is a Podseeker category, not a standard Apple or Spotify one.
Resilience stories live at the intersection of psychology, performance, and personal growth, scattered across Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, and Education in the major directories. A PR pro pitching a clinical psychologist on post-traumatic growth needs different shows than one pitching a performance coach on mental toughness or a founder with a comeback story, even though all three speak to "resilience."
That's why Podseeker keeps the close relatives distinct. For clinical and emotional wellbeing, see Mental Health. For workplace stress and recovery specifically, Burnout. For broad self-betterment, Personal Development. The Resilience category covers the adversity-and-comeback angle, overcoming hardship, building mental toughness, and growing through difficulty, where a guest brings a story or a method for bouncing back.
Use Resilience when your client's expertise or story is about facing adversity and coming back stronger, then narrow with adjacent categories when the angle is more clinical or workplace-specific.
Don't pitch all 100. The users who book the most aren't the ones who pitch the widest, they're the ones who pitch the right shows.
1. Match the show to your client's specific angle
Fit is everything. Within resilience, shows want different things. A psychologist with research, a coach with a framework, a guest with a powerful personal comeback, these land on different shows. Look for genuine alignment between your client's expertise and what the show actually covers, not just topic overlap.
2. Check recent episodes
Before pitching, confirm the show is active and see what they've covered lately. Recent episodes are the clearest signal of fit, far better than a category tag. If your client's angle matches the last few guests, that's a strong show. If it doesn't, skip it.
3. Start with a focused batch
Pick the 10-15 strongest fits and pitch those first. A tight, well-matched batch outperforms a broad one almost every time.
4. Read the signal, then expand
If the right shows are replying, expand to more from the list. If they're not, the issue is usually fit, the client angle or the show selection, not the volume. Adjust before you scale.
Every show on this list is in Podseeker's podcast database, with the data to judge fit before you pitch:
The better the fit, the better the booking rate. Podseeker is built to help you find it.

Episodes: 21
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Instagram: 100.0k followers

Episodes: 23
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA

Episodes: 27
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA

Episodes: 55
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 10.3k subscribers
Instagram: 131.0k followers

Episodes: 62
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: Ireland

Episodes: 70
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: United Kingdom

Episodes: 74
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA

Episodes: 84
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA

Episodes: 96
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: Canada
YouTube: 1.2k subscribers
Instagram: 142.0k followers

Episodes: 42
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 15.6k subscribers
Instagram: 6.1k followers

Episodes: 57
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: Australia

Episodes: 117
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: United Kingdom
Instagram: 353.0k followers

Episodes: 75
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA

Episodes: 120
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.4/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 74.0k subscribers
Instagram: 22.0k followers

Episodes: 219
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 1.9k subscribers
Instagram: 9.0k followers

Episodes: 118
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 84.1k subscribers
Instagram: 174.0k followers

Episodes: 340
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 79.0k followers

Episodes: 153
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 152.0k subscribers
Instagram: 8.6k followers

Episodes: 133
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA

Episodes: 210
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
Instagram: 32.0k followers

Episodes: 213
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: Australia
YouTube: 4.6k subscribers

Episodes: 141
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: Ireland

Episodes: 164
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 788 subscribers
Instagram: 3.5k followers

Episodes: 177
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 589 subscribers
Instagram: 865 followers

Episodes: 305
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA

Episodes: 198
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 4.3k subscribers
Instagram: 40.0k followers

Episodes: 218
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 34 subscribers
Instagram: 5.3k followers

Episodes: 50
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.4/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 258.0k followers

Episodes: 229
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA

Episodes: 284
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA

Episodes: 92
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 57.0k followers

Episodes: 407
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 858 subscribers
Instagram: 1.1k followers

Episodes: 160
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: >100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 5.0M followers

Episodes: 198
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 5.2k subscribers
Instagram: 92.0k followers

Episodes: 131
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: Canada
YouTube: 601 subscribers
Instagram: 49.0k followers

Episodes: 617
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: >100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 20.6k subscribers
Instagram: 53.0k followers

Episodes: 529
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA

Episodes: 228
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 1.3k followers

Episodes: 288
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 116.0k subscribers
Instagram: 29.0k followers

Episodes: 82
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: United Kingdom

Episodes: 1016
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 2.4k subscribers
Instagram: 11.0k followers

Episodes: 714
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA

Episodes: 692
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: Australia
YouTube: 629 subscribers
Instagram: 7.9k followers

Episodes: 290
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Male
Location: Australia
YouTube: 6.5k subscribers
Instagram: 41.0k followers

Episodes: 1064
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 3.2k subscribers
Instagram: 56.0k followers

Episodes: 49
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: Australia
YouTube: 2.4k subscribers
Instagram: 426.0k followers

Episodes: 228
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 7.3k followers

Episodes: 251
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Instagram: 3.4k followers

Episodes: 1189
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: Australia
YouTube: 999 subscribers
Instagram: 157.0k followers

Episodes: 290
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 740.0k subscribers

Episodes: 151
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: Australia
Instagram: 2.6k followers

Episodes: 454
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 7.3k subscribers
Instagram: 1.9k followers

Episodes: 111
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 356.0k followers

Episodes: 169
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 2.0k subscribers

Episodes: 105
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 3.7k subscribers
Instagram: 144.0k followers

Episodes: 856
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 6.1k subscribers
Instagram: 13.0k followers

Episodes: 249
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 6.1k subscribers
Instagram: 2.3k followers

Episodes: 516
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: >100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 3.2k subscribers
Instagram: 1.3k followers

Episodes: 466
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: >100k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 115.0k subscribers
Instagram: 171.0k followers

Episodes: 1029
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: Australia
YouTube: 707 subscribers
Instagram: 2.4k followers

Episodes: 566
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 71 subscribers
Instagram: 19.0k followers

Episodes: 346
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA

Episodes: 231
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 177 subscribers
Instagram: 21.0k followers

Episodes: 212
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 504 subscribers
Instagram: 434 followers

Episodes: 434
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 2.0k subscribers
Instagram: 3.2k followers

Episodes: 355
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: Canada
YouTube: 758 subscribers
Instagram: 7.5k followers

Episodes: 396
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 91 subscribers
Instagram: 1.8k followers

Episodes: 229
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: Australia

Episodes: 117
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA

Episodes: 331
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: Australia
Instagram: 1.7k followers

Episodes: 541
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 23.4k subscribers
Instagram: 440.0k followers

Episodes: 290
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: Australia
YouTube: 1.3k subscribers
Instagram: 23.0k followers

Episodes: 26
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA

Episodes: 290
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 62.1k subscribers
Instagram: 11.0k followers

Episodes: 128
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
Instagram: 1.3k followers

Episodes: 821
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
Instagram: 6.1k followers

Episodes: 250
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 233 subscribers

Episodes: 275
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA

Episodes: 299
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 4.7k subscribers
Instagram: 79.0k followers

Episodes: 25
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA

Episodes: 12
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA

Episodes: 208
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 1.8k subscribers
Instagram: 1.7k followers

Episodes: 143
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 74.5k subscribers
Instagram: 123.0k followers

Episodes: 118
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 2.7k subscribers
Instagram: 71.0k followers

Episodes: 200
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 1 subscribers
Instagram: 11.0k followers

Episodes: 530
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
Instagram: 6.6k followers

Episodes: 116
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
Instagram: 64.0k followers

Episodes: 9
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 5.3k subscribers

Episodes: 257
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
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