Trauma Resilience

The author of the runaway hit Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies shares honest and practical lessons for healing your past and owning your future so you can radiate strength, bravery, and joy when life gets dark.

On the last night of the 2021 CrossFit Games, ten thousand fans watched in horror as Brooke Wells’ elbow dislocated under the weight of a 190-pound barbell. This is the extraordinary story of what happened next: How Wells pulled off a highly improbable comeback that transformed her mentally and physically into one of the fittest women in the world. In Resilient, Wells provides a refreshingly honest, authentic account of how she overcame fear, self-doubt, and a slew of unexpected obstacles to return to the CrossFit Games less than a year after undergoing total elbow reconstruction.

If you have experienced trauma in your life—particularly childhood trauma—and also struggle with addiction, you should know that you are not alone. Emotions that surface after trauma can include anger, fear, sadness, helplessness, and shame. These emotions can lead to low self-esteem, poor impulse control, and set you up for developing addictive behaviors. That's why acknowledging and working through these feelings is essential to healing from substance use. But where do you start?

Combining evidence-based approaches including positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and skills for regulating stress, The Resilience Workbook will show you how to bounce back and thrive in any difficult situation. You'll learn how to harness the power of your brain's natural neuroplasticity; manage strong, distressing emotions; and improve mood and overall well-being.

Each year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that range from physical abuse to racial discrimination to neglect and food deprivation. The brain plasticity of our most vulnerable makes the adverse effects of trauma only that much more damaging to mental and physical development. Those dealt a hand of ACEs are more likely to drop out of school, have a shorter life, abuse substances, and suffer from myriad mental health and behavioral issues.

This "profoundly wise" look at how to foster connections, attachment, and resiliency explains why working through discord is the key to better relationships. (Sue Johnson, bestselling author of Hold Me Tight) You might think that perfect harmony is the defining characteristic of healthy...

Among the various treatments for trauma, trauma-informed yoga stands out, rooted in an ancient practice, offering a safe, compassionate, and empowering path to recovery. This book, authored by a seasoned yoga practitioner, serves as a compassionate guide towards empowered healing, resilience, and personal growth.

For years, I didn’t know I was traumatized. I thought I was just too emotional, too sensitive, too needy. I had panic attacks I couldn’t explain, burned out from people-pleasing, and kept ending up in relationships that drained me. I minimized everything: “It wasn’t that bad.” But the truth? I was living with Complex PTSD. And it didn’t matter how hard I worked, meditated, or journaled - it kept coming back.

In 2001, Christine Yanke’s life was turned upside down after police raided her family’s home and arrested her Hells Angel husband. Suddenly an unemployed single mother of three boys, she had to fight to keep her home and family together. For the next three years, her husband awaited a trial that would determine their future together as a family. Blinded by an Angel is the true story of one woman’s struggle to survive mental, physical, and financial hardships.

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Do you give up whenever you encounter obstacles, trauma and mishaps? Do you want to discover the art of happiness and mental resilience, learn self-discipline, and develop growth mindset? What if you are able to confront any problem you face and bounce back? What if you are able to Build Resilience to propel you toward great success? Imagine that you can handle any challenges or setback life throws at you and come up with flying colors. If you always struggle and look for building resilience, the audiobook Building Resilience is for you.

This audiobook offers guided prompts to help promote positive thinking and gratitude. This book will help you identify everyday stress points so you can work on effective solutions to resolve any issues. In turn, this will help to reduce stress, control emotional triggers, and help you find a healthy way to manage your mood, anxiety, depression, or PTSD.

Whether you’re new to inner child healing or seeking a fresh approach, this guide offers actionable steps to help you heal deeply and transform your life. If you're ready to release the past and reclaim your joy, start your healing journey today.

When neuroscientist Stephanie Mines started practicing the hands-on healing Art of Compassion, she began to unravel the mystery of trauma and the secret to resilience. As a survivor of early childhood abuse, police brutality as a social justice activist, and a series of dysfunctional and abusive relationships, Mines was profoundly curious about how the human nervous system finds resilience despite the cumulative burden of chronic stress and traumatic life events. While earning her doctorate in neuropsychology, she met Mary Iino Burmeister, master of the Art of Compassion, or Jin Shin Jyutsu.

Challenges the notion that clients with PTSD must revisit, review, and process their memories to recover from trauma. Multiple therapeutic transcripts illuminate key points in trauma treatment, including stabilizing clients who dissociate, identifying and implementing hidden somatic resources, and utilizing good memories and somatic markers. With an authoritative yet personal voice, Rothschild's book is essential listening for anyone working with those who have experienced trauma.

What does it mean to heal from trauma caused by the people, beliefs, and practices of your faith? And to rebuild a sense of self, when high-control religion said you shouldn’t have one? Indoctrinated from early childhood to obey, conform, and want what others wanted for her, Tia Levings...

Spacious Minds argues that resilience is not a mere absence of suffering. Sara E. Lewis's research reveals how those who cope most gracefully may indeed experience deep pain and loss. Looking at the Tibetan diaspora, she challenges perspectives that liken resilience to the hardiness of physical materials, suggesting people should "bounce back" from adversity. More broadly, this ethnography calls into question the tendency to use trauma as an organizing principle for all studies of conflict where suffering is understood as an individual problem rooted in psychiatric illness.

Quando se trata de emoções, é comum sentir culpa ou criar expectativas impossíveis de alcançar. Para Oprah Winfrey e o psiquiatra e neurocientista Bruce Perry, é preciso mudar a forma de ver a vida, focando em compreender as pessoas, os comportamentos e a nós mesmos. Esta mudança de perspectiva começa com uma pergunta diferente, mais acolhedora: “O que aconteceu com você?” Em conversas profundas e tocantes, os dois exploram como os traumas de infância moldam o cérebro infantil e determinam o comportamento na idade adulta.

Wenn wir als Kind nicht das bekommen, was wir für eine gesunde Entwicklung brauchen, zum Beispiel Sicherheit und eine dauerhafte emotionale Verbundenheit, entstehen seelische Verletzungen. Unsere Lebendigkeit wird eingeschränkt, wir können unser Potenzial nicht entfalten oder fühlen uns minderwertig. Oprah Winfrey diskutiert mit dem renommierten Hirnforscher und Kinderpsychiater Bruce Perry die Auswirkungen traumatischer Kindheitserlebnisse.

An inspiring and unforgettable memoir that provides hope to others who are experiencing depression, mania, or psychosis, RESILIENT is a deeply personal account about life with mental illness, hearing loss and resiliency. Liz's journey provides encouragement for patients, families, friends, and healthcare workers by showing that recovery is possible.