Personal Resilience

The Beginner’s Guide to Mental Resilience offers a clear and supportive introduction to handling setbacks, stress, and uncertainty with greater emotional strength. Written for those new to resilience work, this book explains that challenges are a normal part of life—and that resilience is not about avoiding difficulty, but learning how to respond with patience and self-trust. The book begins by redefining emotional strength as awareness rather than constant calm. Listeners learn how pausing, breathing, and acknowledging emotions can create space between stress and reaction.

What if healing isn’t about fixing yourself but remembering what you’ve always carried? In a world that urges constant self-improvement, many people feel exhausted, disconnected, and unsure of their inner voice even after years of “doing the work.” The Quiet Strength of Ancestral Healing offers a gentler path forward, grounded in indigenous perspectives that understand healing as remembrance, balance, and continuity rather than correction.

‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH ‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient… testament to a “never give up” spirit!’ BEAR GRYLLS ‘From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.’ ANT...

What guides us when our world is changing? Discover the path to deeper meaning and purpose through depth psychology and classical thought. How did we get to this crossroads in history? And will we make it through—individually and as a species? “We all assumed that learning, rationality, and...

A masterpiece of warrior wisdom that shows how to overcome obstacles with positive action. The best-selling author, Navy SEAL, and humanitarian Eric Greitens offers a self-help book unlike any other. Two years ago, Eric Greitens unexpectedly heard from a former SEAL comrade, a brother-in-arms he...

Life presents us all with challenges. Most of us at some point will be struck by major traumas such as the sudden death of a loved one, a debilitating disease, or a natural disaster. What differentiates us is how we respond.

In this essential dual collection, Meditations & The Art of War, discover the foundational texts that shaped Western and Eastern thought. By combining the Stoic wisdom of Marcus Aurelius with the strategic brilliance of Sun Tzu, this volume creates a comprehensive guide for navigating modern life with grace and effectiveness.

The first step to reconnecting with an estranged loved one is reconnecting with yourself. Many consider the death of a close loved one as the most challenging life event, but when one of your children cuts you out of their life, the pain can be very similar. You might feel like you can't survive without mending things. Yet if you don't address your hurt first, these issues are likely to resurface.

The book offers a deep dive into understanding and managing emotions, pivotal for cultivating a success mindset and achieving goals. It lays out effective strategies for self-regulation, boosting self-esteem, and fostering a growth mindset, all crucial for personal and professional triumph. Addressing the challenge of overthinking, the book provides actionable advice on positive thinking and self-discipline, helping readers develop success habits and resilience.

Raise Confident, Emotionally Strong Children Without Yelling, Punishment, or Losing Yourself in the Process Are you worried that your child behaves well but struggles to stand up for themselves, manage emotions, or trust their own voice? Do big emotions turn everyday moments into power struggles, guilt, or exhaustion you never signed up for? Have you tried “gentle parenting,” only to feel like you’re failing when calm goes out the window? Most parents were never taught how confidence actually forms.

Forget the faff that self-help authors sell. This book gives you actual and practical tips to understand resilience and act on what you learn. Backed up by research and evidence, you’ll be surprised how much you can do with purposeful thought and action. Your path to improved resilience and stronger relationships is more available to you than you may realise.

How do some people bounce back with vigor from daily setbacks, professional crises, or even intense personal trauma? This collection of articles from HBR includes "How Resilience Works", by Diane Coutu; "Resilience for the Rest of Us", by Daniel Goleman; "How to Evaluate, Manage, and Strengthen Your Resilience", by David Kopans; "Find the Coaching in Criticism", by Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone; and much more.

Britain buckles under a Luftwaffe Blitz, but its population does not break. After Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Brin accompanies Winston Churchill across the Atlantic for historic meetings with President Roosevelt.

This book is your ultimate power-up for thriving, not just surviving. Think of it as your hype man in book form–calling you out on limiting BS, but also believing in your greatness more than you might even believe in yourself. Troylen Wood gets it because he lived it! Now, he's dropping real-deal tools to crush every obstacle life throws at you without losing your spirit. This ain't cookie-cutter advice; it's about how stress, past baggage, and society's messed-up expectations get under a brother's skin.

Most of us at some point in our lives will be struck by major traumas such as the sudden death of a loved one, a debilitating disease, assault, or a natural disaster. Resilience refers to the ability to "bounce back" after encountering difficulty. This book provides a guide to building emotional, mental, and physical resilience by presenting ten factors to help anyone become more resilient to life's challenges. Specific resilience factors such as facing fear, optimism, and social support are described through the experiences and personal reflections of highly resilient survivors.

This audiobook is written with two of my greatest strengths: practicality and compassion. You will feel seen and understood in this audiobook. I understand that all people have struggles, difficult emotions, and really damaging—even shameful—thoughts. That’s okay. These tools will help you. I am also highly skilled in guiding you through the skills with practical application. You will listen to clear, digestible explanations around how to elevate your mind and multiply your resilience.

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.

Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful "Circle of Security" parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell have taught thousands of families are available in self-help form for the first time. Filled with vivid stories and unique practical tools, this book puts the keys to healthy attachment within everyone's reach - self-understanding, flexibility, and the willingness to make and learn from mistakes.

Tired of waking up at 2 AM with a racing mind or replaying conversations until you feel sick? This 5-in-1 guide moves beyond superficial "think positive" advice by grounding your relief in the neuroscience of anxiety and rumination. Unlike generic guides, this blueprint helps you bridge the gap between understanding triggers and actually stopping the spiral.

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.