Personal Resilience

One of the best predictors of success is your ability to withstand discomfort, yet most people possess a threshold for painful challenges is embarrassingly low. They have a hard time dealing with emotional and physical pain such as rejection, frustration, or even a hard workout. Instead of pushing themselves past the pain, they give up and often fall short of reaching their most ambitious goals. Having a low tolerance for pain will hold you back in life and in your training. It makes you more likely to constantly quit, preventing you from building the physique you want.

At the age of four, Dr. Lise Deguire suffered third-degree burns on 65 percent of her body as the result of both maternal and corporate negligence. Against the odds, she lived through the trauma, beginning decades of treatment as a burn survivor. Some chapters of this gripping journey focus on early events, including the story of the fire, her years of painful surgeries in the hospital, social isolation, and bullying.

On July 23, 2007, Dr. William Petit suffered an unimaginable horror: Armed strangers broke into his suburban Connecticut home in the middle of the night, bludgeoned him nearly to death, tortured and killed his wife and two daughters, and set their house on fire. He miraculously survived, and yet living through those horrific hours was only the beginning of his ordeal. Broken and defeated, Bill was forced to confront a question of ultimate consequence: How does a person find the strength to start over and live again after confronting the darkest of nightmares?

Overcome anxiety and build a life worth living in just a few minutes a day, even if you’ve struggled to find relief before. Do you often feel overwhelmed by the surge of anxiety? Is it difficult to find practical, rapidly applicable solutions that truly work? Does your search for lasting relief leave you frustrated and defeated? You’re not alone. Imagine if you had access to a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide that could help you manage anxiety quickly and efficiently using proven Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques.

This book fits seamlessly into your busy life with bite-sized chapters and actionable tips you can use right away. No jargon—just simple, effective guidance to help you build resilience, manage anxiety, and find balance.

Imagine you get the best tools to accomplish that in once place. Your search can finally end and your journey to success, high-performance, and wellbeing begins. Successful Under Pressure provides you with 52 time-tested techniques for relieving stress, improving resilience, optimizing performance and increasing personal energy when facing challenges. It gives you the answer to the question: “What techniques and strategies I can use, to be the best, when it matters most?"

In a world filled with stress, anxiety, depression, uncertainty, and conflict, we all want to find a better tomorrow—a way to become our best self so we can meet the world with resilience and positive wellness. Dr. Karren and Dr. Richardson have captured and eloquently communicate the process of living a healthy, balanced life with strong resilience and hope. A Better Tomorrow leads the listener through easily understood wisdom and practical activities in self-discovery, balancing stress management, and resilience building, and more.

Life after divorce can be overwhelming, but it can also be a transformative journey of self-discovery, growth, and new possibilities. Embracing New Beginnings: A Journey of Rebuilding After Divorce is a compassionate and empowering guidebook crafted to support and inspire individuals navigating the challenges of post-divorce life.

With Attachment Theory Explained, you can unlock the science behind your relationship patterns and learn how to create stronger, more meaningful connections. Based on groundbreaking research in adult attachment theory, this transformative book offers a practical guide to understanding your own attachment style and those of your partners, family, and friends.

Turning Adversity into Purpose is a self-help book that offers a four-step method to help listeners transform their adversities into a positive and life-giving purpose. It aims to provide a blueprint for every interaction and challenge, replacing negative emotions with hope and joy. This book is suitable for anyone searching for inspiration amid desperation, as it helps heal and convert negative energy into tools that enable listeners to achieve their best life.

Change happens, whether it’s forced on us or we create it. But too often, people get caught up in the challenges of change, creating anxiety and getting stuck. If this sounds familiar, there’s good news ahead.

Resiliently Happy: A Guide to Building Resilience and Finding Happiness is an evidence-based guide to psychological resilience and wellbeing. In this book, listeners will learn practical strategies to build resilience and overcome life's challenges. From developing a positive mindset to establishing healthy habits and relationships, this book provides a roadmap to help you cultivate happiness and create a fulfilling life.

The audiobook Stop Kids Anxiety is a three-in-one bundle made up of Empathy Kids: A Daily Guide to Empathize with Children, Kids Abuse: Helping Children to Overcome Abuse, and Kids Anxiety Journal: Activity Workbook for Kids.

Many of us remember where we were in the moments of 9/11, however few of us can say we personally know someone who was impacted by this tragedy. Payton Lynch, the author of Rise from the Ashes: Stories of Trauma, Resilience, and Growth from the Children of 9/11, shares the story of her husband Jon Lynch and other 9/11 surviving children. Their stories are a few of the 3,000 stories (not including the 2,000 adult-age people who lost a parent that day and the countless others who have gone on to lose a parent due to 9/11 illnesses) that need to be told.

The Invasion of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific Theatre, and Roy Wilkes, USMC, was unfortunate enough to have a front-row seat. True, gripping stories of being a scared 17-year-old Combat Marine trying to stay alive behind enemy lines. He witnessed 23 of his friends die in a bombing. True, gripping stories and pictures reveal the mind, heart, and soul of a fighting WWII Marine. This fascinating book is also a perfect history lesson for war buffs and students since it covers all aspects of the Battle of Okinawa: Mental, emotional, historical, and personal.

Trust Yourself First: Cultivating Self-Awareness, Confidence and Resilience, seasoned executive coach Doris Sew Hoy shares her expertise, research, and original tools of the trade curated to help you unlock your personal and professional potential. This guidebook poses thought-provoking and incisive questions to ask yourself, interspersed with Doris’ own candid musings.

Antidote invites you to reframe life’s challenges as stepping stones toward resilience. How do you visualize and plan to reach your goals? When you have a setback, what motivates you to keep going? If you have considered these questions, this is the book for you. JC Chamberlain, with refreshing openness, shares his journey through a cycling accident and cancer diagnosis, demonstrating how life’s tests can be transformed into sources of strength.

House on Fire, a raw and riveting memoir by author and publisher Jenn T. Grace, explores her journey growing up as an adopted child in a chaotic household. Surviving a turbulent childhood marked by family conflict, mental illness, and alcoholism, Grace promises herself that life will get better. But as an adult, Grace’s personal and professional successes belie her inner turmoil.

Whether struggling with a specific toxic habit or seeking personal growth, this book provides the necessary insights and tools for positive change. By embarking on the journey of self-discovery and implementing the strategies outlined, listeners can unlock their true potential and create a happier, healthier, and more fulfilling life.

Roma brings authenticity and refreshing keys that guide you out of despair, pain, and grief to a place where you can smile again. A life filled with one trauma after another: her daughter brutally murdered, and her husband and grand-daughter killed in a light plane crash. Roma has stepped out of the prison of grief and become a prisoner of hope and wholeness.