Developing Resilience

In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they’re falling short.

Are you ready to heal from the lasting impact of growing up without a father? The Absent Father Effect on Daughters is a comprehensive exploration of the challenges faced by women who grew up without a father and experienced father absence during their formative years. Drawing on psychological research and personal narratives, this book provides effective strategies to address the emotional wounds left by an absent father and empowers you to build a fulfilling life. Inside, you’ll discover: The profound effects of father absence on self-esteem and relationship patterns.

Renowned French neuropsychiatrist and psychoanalyst Boris Cyrulnik's parents were deported to a concentration camp during the Second World War. They never returned. This early personal trauma at the age of five led Cyrulnik to his life's work helping individuals and countries come to terms with their pasts and forge ahead to create positive futures. It is his firm belief that trauma does not equal destiny—that, rather, we can find strength in the face of pain.

What is the source of the inner peace and self-confidence that allows some people to see each new challenge as an exciting opportunity, while others see only defeat and stress? Is such admirable resilience something you have to be born with, or can anybody learn to have it? Listeners get the answers to these and other profound life questions in The Power of Resilience. In this breakthrough guide, the authors show adults how to call forth and nurture the power of resilience in themselves.

No matter how hard we try to live our best possible life, things won’t always go our way. So how do we bounce back from the things that knock us down? With relatable client case studies and the empowering, straightforward steps and practical advice Domonique Bertolucci is known for, Bounce Forward will show you how to change your mindset to build your resilience reserves and find the energy to not only cope, but to become stronger, happier and more confident.

Help kids cultivate real, lasting confidence. In Kid Confidence, a clinical psychologist and parenting expert offers practical, evidence-based parenting strategies to help children build satisfying relationships, embrace personal growth, and discover the freedom that comes with a quiet ego - a deeply rooted sense of competence, confidence, and compassion for oneself and others.

Help prepare the children and teens in your life to face life’s challenges with grace and grit. In this award-winning guide, author and pediatrician Dr. Ken Ginsburg shares his seven crucial Cs: competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control. You’ll discover how to incorporate these concepts into your parenting style and communication strategies, thereby strengthening your connection. And that connection will position you to guide your child to bounce back from life’s challenges and forge a meaningful and successful life.

Joseph Bailey (licensed clinical psychologist for over forty years) helped pioneer a new paradigm of resilience called "Three Principles Psychology." Those who have learned this new understanding of resilience develop an inner compass that enables them to live in the "eye of the hurricane," even in the most challenging situations.

David Whitehead's Warrior Mindset Mastery is not just a book; it's an experience. Now available in audiobook format, let each chapter captivate and guide you as Whitehead's words come to life, instilling within you the strength and wisdom of ancient warriors tailored for today's challenges.

The truth is, most of the things we want - health, happiness, wealth, love - are governed by our ability to think, feel, and act - in other words, by our brain. Dr. Swart combines the insights and inspiration of The Secret with the practical lessons of The Master Key System to help a new generation fulfill their dreams. The Source is a rigorous, proven toolkit for unlocking our minds - and reaching our fullest potential.

Are Your Emotions Controlling You? Do You Wish You Could Respond with Calm and Confidence, Even in Life's Most Challenging Moments? Imagine a life where stress doesn't overwhelm you, where conflicts transform into opportunities for deeper connection, and where your words build bridges instead of walls. What if you could navigate difficult conversations with grace, maintain your composure under pressure, and truly understand what drives both yourself and others? For too long, we’ve been told that emotional mastery is an innate gift, reserved for a select few. But what if I told you it’s ...

We live in an age of anxiety. Amidst climate change and natural disasters, a troubled economy, and one of the largest global pandemics in modern history - is it any wonder our kids are anxious and stressed out? Add in the pressures inherent in social media and consumerist culture, as well as the pressure of academic success, and you've got a recipe for disaster. The good news is that you can help your child manage anxiety and stress - no matter what life throws their way. This book will show you how.

Life is messy: no matter how we try to control our lives, unpredictable and difficult things happen to us all. Disappointment, heartbreak and anxiety are painful. But in this powerful, immersive audio experience, Mary Hoang reveals the hidden gold that lies in your darkness, showing you how exploring your shadows can give you a new sense of direction for the future. Does anxiety rule you? Do you sometimes feel like you’re not doing this whole life thing right? Do you find it hard to understand what self-love and self-worth really mean?

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.

Two former Harvard faculty—one an internationally-recognized negotiator and conflict management expert from Harvard Law, the other a leading behavioral neurologist and cutting-edge scientist from Harvard Med—join forces to introduce conflict resilience: the radical act of sitting in and growing from conflict to break the bad habits that sabotage our politics, workplaces, and most important relationships.

Stress, anxiety, and exhaustion are all-too-common features of our crazy-paced, curveball-throwing contemporary existence, and it's sometimes hard to see how we can make it from one week to the next intact. But there's a solution to the struggle: resilience! In Resilience for Dummies, Dr. Eva Selhub outlines the proven steps we can all take toward optimal resilience to build healthier, more purposeful, and increasingly joyful lives.

We are often urged to rely only on ourselves for strength, mental fortitude, and positivity. But with her distinctive “skill, wit, and sharp insight” (Laura Bates, author of Girl Up), Soraya Chemaly challenges us to adapt our thinking about how we survive in a world of sustained, overlapping crises. It is interdependence and nurturing relationships that truly sustain us, she argues. Based on comprehensive research and eye-opening examples from real-life, The Resilience Myth offers alternative visions of relational hardiness by emphasizing care for others and our environments above all.

"Mastering Incident Management" is a comprehensive guide that equips organizations with the knowledge and strategies needed to build a resilient and effective incident management structure. In today's complex and interconnected world, incidents can disrupt business operations and have far-reaching consequences. This book provides a step-by-step approach to establish a modern incident management framework that enables organizations to detect, respond to, and resolve incidents efficiently. The book begins by emphasizing the importance of incident management and its role in minimizing the ...

Life is hard for all kinds of reasons. It's tempting to try to move past the pain as quickly as possible. Instead, what if we embraced our struggles to develop the strength of resilience not dependent on circumstances? Writing as a friend who has also walked through difficult times, Rebekah Lyons—the bestselling author of Rhythms of Renewal and the popular host of the Rhythms for Life podcast—reminds us of adversity that always comes with a choice: will discouragement, stress, and fear cause you to crumble, or will you embrace the strength you've already been given?

Ready to thrive as a new leader in a world of constant change and challenge? The 12 Ordeals of Leadership is your blueprint to rapidly develop leadership skills and confidently conquer the trials every modern leader faces. This persuasive guide turns leadership development into an adventure—showing you how to master the make-or-break moments that define successful leadership. In this groundbreaking book, G. Damon Wells structures leadership growth around three powerful categories of ordeals: Ordeals by Fire, Ordeals by Water, and Ordeals by Combat. The Ordeals by Fire test your ability to...