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1) When bad things happen to good women: getting you (or someone you love) through the toughest times
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Bad Things Happen to Good Women is a survivor's toolkit written by a leading expert on how to both survive tragedy and thrive afterward. Focusing on dealing with and recovering from the "bad things" that happen in life --from the loss of a loved one, to physical trauma, to losing a business or home-- Carole Brody Fleet's book is a chorus of female voices who have overcame intense odds and rebounded. Filled with moving stories, this book also...
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Description
The quest for perfection is exhausting and unrelenting. There is a constant barrage of social expectations that teach us that being imperfect is synonymous with being inadequate. Everywhere we turn, there are messages that tell us who, what, and how were supposed to be. So we learn to hide our struggles and protect ourselves from shame, judgment, criticism, and blame by seeking safety in pretending and perfection ... [This book] shines a long-overdue...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From body image issues to bullying, pandemics to panic attacks, depression to divorce, and friendship troubles to forest fires, life is full of tough stuff. There's no getting around it, but there is a way to get through it-and come out the other side even stronger. How? By being resilient. That's a fancy word for being able to deal with whatever life throws your way. A resilient girl doesn't let fear of failure stop her from trying new things. She...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Si crees que necesitas cambiar tu vida de manera radical para aprender a manejar el estrés, ¡Estás equivocado! Este libro no se trata de aniquilarlo, porque eso no es realista; el estrés es una respuesta de tu cuerpo y tu mente a situaciones que te desequilibran. Lo que este revolucionario método de 14 días te enseñará a hacer es cambiar tu respuesta frente a él para descubrir una nueva forma de vivir más calmada y en paz.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"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 hadn't seen in a decade. Drew Sheets had been one of the toughest of the tough. But ever since he returned home from war to his young family in a small logging...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2012
Language
English
Description
Resilience is an important psychological concept and a way of coping with stress and catastrophe that we all need. People who lack resilience, who become overwhelmed and distraught with situations that occur in everyday life, often find themselves in a persistent negative mood and may even show signs of mental illness. Focusing on building resilience and adaptive coping skills, this program profiles two young adults as they learn strategies for overcoming...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
From some of our most prominent spiritual and religious leaders, inspirational thinkers, artists, musicians, and writers, a book of wisdom and solace to help us light our way out of dark times We live in troubled times. In 2020, our world was faced with its most serious challenge in a century--Covid-19--and chaos erupted. But despite this historic crisis, human beings responded with love. Across the globe, people sought to connect, whether in person...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From Dr. Jennifer Ashton-the Chief Medical Correspondent at ABC News covering breaking medical news for Good Morning America and GMA3: What You Need to Know-comes a doctor's guide to finding resilience in the time of COVID, while staying safe and sane in a rapidly changing world." -- From Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them--women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there's a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the...
15) Nowhere boy
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed's struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he's starting to lose hope. Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling...
16) I'm tough!
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Read along as a truck learns resilience.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Angela Diaz works with inner city youth. In this film, she discusses valuing adolescents as a whole person and recognizing the positive qualities of youth who survive adversities. From The American Academy of Pediatrics publication "Reaching Teens: Strength-Based Communication Strategies to Build Resilience and Support Healthy Adolescent Development.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"After 9/11, thousands of mental health professionals from across the country assembled in Manhattan to help handle the almost certain avalanche of traumatized New Yorkers. Curiously, it never came. While plenty of people did seek mental health counseling after 9/11, the numbers were nowhere near expected. As renowned psychologist George Bonanno argues, psychiatrists failed to predict the response to 9/11 because our model of trauma is wrong. Psychiatrists...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Millions of people became part of Michael Oher's story when they watched a version of him on the big screen; read his memoir, I Beat the Odds; or cheered him on from the stands. After speaking to so many of them over the years, Oher knows that more than anything, people want to believe great things can happen, even when the situation looks bleak. His story of overcoming the toughest of odds serves as their hope. Oher's life has had a lot of unexpected...
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