Personal Resilience

Katrina. Haiti. BP. Fukushima. The Great Recession. Those are just a few of the catastrophic disruptions the world has endured in recent years. As we try to respond to such crises, key questions arise: What causes one system to break under great stress and another to rebound? How much change can a complex system absorb while still retaining its purpose and function? What characteristics make it adaptive to change? Provocative and eye-opening, Resilience sheds light on the nature of change.

As a counselor, therapist, parent, or caregiver, you play a crucial role in the development and well-being of children. Yet amidst the flood of information, finding effective, research-backed techniques tailored to diverse needs and ensuring therapeutic goals balance with fun can feel overwhelming. Imagine transforming your child’s playtime into powerful moments of growth and resilience-building using culturally diverse activities that address their unique needs.

In today’s unpredictable world, resilience is more than a trait—it’s a skill you can master. Mastering Resilience by Daniel Worthington is your guide to developing mental toughness, emotional intelligence, and self-discipline—so you can bounce back from setbacks and thrive in every area of life.

Mental toughness enables us to get up when we want to give up, but it's a skill that takes practice. To develop mental toughness for everyday life, The Mental Toughness Advantage offers a practical 5-step program to boost resilience and overcome every obstacle. From drafting a mission statement to executing it successfully day after day, this training program provides effective tools and strategies to apply mental toughness in your home, work, and recreational life.

In Change Proof, business and personal development expert Adam Markel shows how you can move beyond managing change to actively embracing it—and actually using times of uncertainty, crisis, and chaos to create opportunities and stimulate positive growth. You'll learn how to choose change before it chooses you, what it takes (and what it means) to become truly change proof, and how to leverage your relationship to change. This book will help you take the art and science of resilience to the next level—and look forward to future and all the changes it will bring.

Overcome chronic stress and regain control over your life with this step-by-step guide! Do you feel physically and emotionally drained even though you do your best to relax? Do you often get infections such as colds or influenza? Do you experience headaches and brain fog? Do you often feel helpless or trapped? This looks like chronic stress. And it's more dangerous than you think. Your body is not designed to stay in fight-or-flight mode for extended periods of time. Derick Howell will show you the exact steps you need to take to manage your stress.

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to grow stronger with every challenge, while others feel trapped by self-doubt? It’s frustrating to watch others make progress and question why you can’t experience the same breakthroughs. Negative thoughts have a way of creeping in, convincing you that your skills are limited and that you’re destined to remain where you are. This can weigh heavily on your heart, making it hard to believe there’s a path forward. But what if you could turn self-doubt into confidence?

After 30 years of battling obesity and struggling with her finances, Elizabeth Benton transformed herself. She lost 150 pounds, eliminated $130,000 of debt, and committed herself to guiding other women through their own transformations. Her inspiring story and methodologies have touched millions of lives.

Become tough as nails. Bounce back from hurt. Be Calm. Bend without ever breaking. We all get knocked down, but everyone has the choice to get back up or not. How will your life your life? The art of emotional self-defense. The Science of Emotional Resilience is the rare book that understands where you've been, the obstacles you've overcome, and what you need to make sure you are in full control of your life at all times. This is a stunningly detailed and insightful guide into our emotions, our triggers, and why we act against our own interests so frequently.

Feeling overwhelmed by stress, negativity, or chaos? It's time to take control of your mind and rediscover your inner strength! Stoicism for Beginners: A Complete Collection of Daily Stoic Wisdom is your ultimate guide to calm, clarity, and confidence—through every twist and turn life may bring.

We're bombarded by messages about how dangerous the world is—from both real and fake news. Yet when we hunker down and try to live in a bubble of safety, we can cut ourselves off from the joy life has to offer. In Worth the Risk, Dr. Kristen Lee shows us that by "microdosing" small acts of bravery and connection, we can regain the self-confidence and resilience we need to live full and meaningful lives. Risks are a part of life—and "playing it safe" can end up diminishing the very qualities that allow us to adapt, create, and serve our purpose in life.

Less than three months after retiring from a 30-year law enforcement career, Kim Colegrove's husband chose suicide. Since that day, Colegrove has been helping first responders across the country practice techniques to cope with the stress and trauma that their work brings. And this book continues that mission by offering first responders and their families hope by introducing meditation and mindfulness as viable and practical tools to help reduce stress, regulate emotion, and improve overall health and well-being.

Dark Psychology Unlocked arms you with the insights and tools to recognize harmful patterns, safeguard your emotions, and take back control.

Do you want to learn how to stop worrying, eliminate anxiety, stress, and procrastination, use meditation and hypnosis for positivity thinking? If yes, then keep reading. A lot of us sometimes will overanalyze and overthink things in our minds. That is normal as we are human beings, and it is a part of our daily living. But, if overthinking turns out to be a repetitive activity, it may be the right time for you to take action to avoid it from controlling your life.

Réfléchissez un instant : combien de fois vous dites-vous chaque jour la phrase « Je suis tellement stressé » ou « Je n'ai pas le temps » ? En fait, le stress semble être devenu un compagnon de tous les instants dans le monde moderne. La liste des choses à faire ne diminue jamais et s'enrichit chaque jour de nouveaux éléments. Le stress augmente-t-il constamment ou est-ce simplement le bon moment de découvrir une nouvelle façon de faire face aux défis de la vie quotidienne ? - 94 % des travailleurs américains déclarent subir un stress sur leur lieu de travail.

Psychology Tricks to Build Resilience and Confidence in Your Children Children are unique, and each child has their own identity and characteristics. One way of building resilience in children is to foster a positive mindset, develop character and become more responsible for their decisions and actions. This book will help parents in dealing with different issues and challenges by providing simple ideas to help them improve their children's thinking and help build resilience. The book will also help you in dealing with everyday situations and helping children deal with bullying and stress.

Forget what you know about managing emotions. Here are the habits that work in real life. Most advice on handling emotions is all theory and no practice. It tells you what to do, but not how to do it. It’s like telling someone to "just be confident" without showing them how. But what if there was a proven framework for developing the essential habits of people who manage their emotions effectively? What if you could read people’s emotions as easily as you read this sentence?

Have you just been fired? Did that job you were hoping to get not pan out? Did you recently end up embarrassing yourself in a major way in front of people you really wanted to impress? Not to worry. There’s a way out of whatever you’re going through, and Anthony Scaramucci—or “The Mooch,” as he’s known to his friends—is the perfect person to point you in the right direction. Whatever you’re going through, he’s been through it already. Probably twice. And he’s learned a whole lot of lessons along the way.

As the “Seeing Eye Girl” for her blind, artistic, and mentally ill mother, Beverly Armento was intimately connected with and responsible for her, even though her mother physically and emotionally abused her. Beverly’s mother regained her sight and went on to enjoy a moment of fame as an artist, but these positive turns did nothing to stop her disintegration into delusions. In this memoir, Beverly shares the coping strategies she invented to get herself through the trials of her young life, and the ways in which school and church served as refuges over the course of her journey.

Bouncing Back! is about rebounding from failure, poverty, illness, loneliness and tragedy. It is about discovering resilience we didn't know we had! It features stories of people who were broke, shattered, defeated — and they got back up. Author Andrew Matthews pinpoints 7 key things that resilient people do — that we can do too — and shares practical tips on how we can crush worry, build better habits — and think like happy people think.