Personal Resilience

In more than a decade on television, Vicky Pattison has had her fair share of ups and downs, from her rise to fame on Geordie Shore to her public break-up with her fiancé, her body confidence issues and debilitating anxiety. In The Secret to Happy, Vicky opens up about her darkest moments and shares the pearls of wisdom and hard-won lessons she's picked up along the way—to overcoming heartbreak, ending toxic relationships and managing her mental health—to help you find inner strength, accept imperfections and be true to yourself.

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.

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?

To truly overcome your anxiety and stop your life from feeling like it is spiraling out of control, you need to address the root cause. By adopting simple habits and creating uplifting new routines, you will start to feel much more in control.

In The Anxiety Coach, Michael Hawton expertly shows parents how to use simple, effective techniques to guide their children and tweens to develop perspective and create the emotional reserves and balance they’ll need throughout life.

Based on author Scott Glassman's A Happier You® wellness program, this uplifting guide offers seven skills in seven weeks to supercharge your positivity and short-circuit the cycle of negative thinking.

Embark on a transformative journey with McKenna Reitz, who transformed her life with alopecia into a powerful message of empowerment and advocacy, uncovering the resilience needed to overcome life's hurdles. McKenna Reitz, TED speaker and resilience expert, inspires through her journey with alopecia. This award-winning teacher and coach's story—featured in Forbes and on Good Morning America—will empower you to embrace your challenges and uncover your inner strength.

Resilience comes in many shapes and sizes. The Secrets of Women Who Never Give Up shares the remarkable lives of 27 powerful women in history. Their strategies, goals, and successes can guide you through challenging times. The stories in this book will inspire you: Through these women’s secrets of not giving up—no matter the hardships and trials that they faced—you will find your own courage and determination.

This book isn’t about being a perfect parent—it’s about becoming a more present and emotionally grounded one. You’ll gain practical tools for repairing emotional ruptures, strengthening the bond with your child, and building a healthier, more connected family dynamic.

In times of despair, visualizing better days ahead can prove to be challenging. Grief has a way of making even the hardiest people believe that they're all alone and helpless in this vast, cruel world. More often than not, people allow their feelings of helplessness get the better of them, making them more susceptible to depression, anxiety, and inner turmoil.

Being unhappy is a choice: Discover how to stop sabotaging yourself and build mental resilience. No matter what you do, the world will keep throwing challenges at you: Difficult co-workers, hard decisions, devastating personal tragedies...You cannot change that. But what you can change is how you respond to it. To be able to deal with life on your own terms, you need to know how to protect yourself from the enemies of happiness: Negative thoughts, low self-esteem, and victim mentality, to name a few.

We all want to stress less, but bubble baths and scented candles just aren't cutting it. Stress is pervasive. Most of us feel it, but we don’t quite know how to manage it. We’ve tried meditation apps and daily walks, but we still feel stressed. Managing your stress isn’t only about self-care activities (though they help), it’s also about understanding your values, what makes you tick, creating strong boundaries, and much more. Stress Less in 90 Days is a 12-week program that walks you through the foundations of stress management in bite-sized, achievable steps.

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.

A collection of insights, Life Hacks is meant to bring you to a new awareness of how we are constantly experiencing life from the inside out. You are invited to join the author on a journey towards discovering how our "negative" attributes have not only been helpful to us, but essential to our survival; How our thoughts and ideas about life sometimes get us "stuck" (and how to get unstuck), and how we always will and have always had access to an internal GPS system.

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.

Are you stuck in negative thoughts and emotions? Desperate for a transformation but don't know where to start? Ready to take control of your mindset, defeat negativity, and unlock your full potential? You're not alone. Mental health struggles, self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and anxiety are common, especially during challenging times. The good news? This book can help you overcome these challenges. "Having a Positive Thinking Mindset" helps you shift your mindset, unlock resilience, and find happiness and success.

Smoke rose from the home in the pre-dawn light. A kind stranger stopped his car and ran to the house, sending his daughter to wake the neighbors and call the fire department. Inside, he could hear the screams of a child. This day began Kelly Snider's journey toward discovering the incredible power of story. Power to not only understand the events of her life, but also to see patterns, find healing, foster better relationships, and to discover her strengths and even her purpose. And this undeniable, awe-inspiring, life-changing power lies within every story. Including yours.

Feel stuck, unable to make changes in your life? Do you hustle without having much to show for your efforts? Your life isn’t what you imagined it would be? Do you keep flitting from one goal to another? If you are sitting around wondering what you can do to make your life different, then take the time to listen to and internalize the insights, reflections, and analyses in this book.