Personal Resilience

Author, Entrepreneur, and Founder and CEO of the JR Law Group, Jeremy "J.R." Robinson details his extraordinary journey as he navigated a tough childhood in Louisiana to become the esteemed veteran and lawyer that he is today. J.R. pulls no punches as he speaks about his complicated relationship with his mother, tackling race and societal issues, and incarceration. Endure reveals important life lessons that people of all walks of life can relate to and illustrates the importance of endurance when faced with challenges.

Katrina. Haiti. BP. Fukushima. The Great Recession. Those are just a few of the catastrophic disruptions the world has endured in recent years. As we try to respond to such crises, key questions arise: What causes one system to break under great stress and another to rebound? How much change can a complex system absorb while still retaining its purpose and function? What characteristics make it adaptive to change? Provocative and eye-opening, Resilience sheds light on the nature of change.

Unlock the secret to emotional intelligence and transform your life with "Mastering Your Emotions." This essential guide helps you understand and master emotions through a captivating blend of science, practical techniques, and real-life scenarios. Learn to identify emotional triggers, develop emotional intelligence habits, and build resilience to navigate life's challenges with confidence.

The Four-Bed Method: A Garden for Rebuilding When Life Doesn’t Go Back to Normal is not a self-help book pretending to offer quick fixes or miraculous turnarounds. It’s a deeply lived, narratively precise exploration of how real healing—messy, cyclical, and unglamorous—can unfold in the act of tending a modest garden. Written in a voice that’s part David Foster Wallace, part clear-eyed friend who doesn’t flinch from the truth, this book introduces the reader to four symbolic garden beds: Grief, Growth, Boundaries, and Belonging. Each chapter functions as both a literal and ...

What if the detours, disappointments, and dead ends in your life were all part of a divine design? God’s Setup in Your Setbacks unveils the hidden beauty in life’s most perplexing moments, showing you that when your plans fall apart, Heaven’s blueprint is still in motion. This transformative book will challenge everything you thought about failure, loss, and waiting—and ignite fresh hope for what’s ahead. Drawing from powerful biblical truths, inspiring real-life testimonies, and practical wisdom, this book equips you to see your setbacks through Heaven’s lens. Instead of ...

Remove negative thinking and replace with positive thinking! Simple techniques for driving your life forward! Build up self-respect and resilience to create wealth and success.

Using running a marathon as a metaphor for the pursuit of success, you’ll discover correlations between what it takes to finish a marathon successfully and what it takes to be successful in any long-range goal or vision of success you may have.

Layne Beachley, one of the world's most successful female surfers, and Tess Brouwer, then Virgin Australia's Head of Partnerships, met while both at the top of their game. But when an accident put Tess in need of two spinal operations, with months in hospital and no guarantees of walking again, it was Layne who offered much-needed hope. When she turned up with a bright yellow journal and told Tess to fill it with positive plans for her future, it seemed impossible.

After receiving a devastating brain cancer diagnosis, Jay Hewitt had a decision to make: Should he give up on faith or practice what he preached and trust that with God all things are possible? In I Am Weak, I Am Strong, Jay chronicles his journey of turning toward Jesus even when circumstances urged him to turn away. Faith in action for Jay included competing in an IRONMAN triathlon while undergoing cancer treatment. His race was a grand gesture of love for his young daughter—and a call to resilience for all of us. I Am Weak, I Am Strong reminds us that our true "superpower" comes from God.

Unstoppable: Unlock Your True Potential and Achieve Lasting Success by James Valor is a powerful guide that will transform the way you approach personal growth and success. Drawing from his own journey of rising above poverty to become the owner and rector of a prestigious university, James shares proven strategies for mastering your mindset, developing emotional resilience, and unlocking the limitless potential within you. This book offers practical tools and actionable insights to help you: Overcome self-doubt and build unshakeable confidence. Set and achieve meaningful, powerful goals ...

In today’s fast-paced world, burnout has become an all-too-common challenge—for both men and women striving to balance demanding careers and personal lives. Whether you’re juggling deadlines, managing responsibilities, or seeking better work-life harmony, The Burnout Blueprint is your essential guide to understanding, preventing, and overcoming burnout in the workplace.

What is luck? Is it a mystical force that shapes our destinies, or is it a product of our minds trying to make sense of randomness? Can we harness luck to achieve success, or are we at its mercy? "Do You Feel Lucky?" delves into these questions, offering a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted nature of luck. This enlightening book takes you on a journey through the realms of science, art, business, health, and personal development to uncover how luck influences our lives and how we can leverage it to our advantage.Key Themes: The Concept of Luck: Understand the various ...

Life's full of surprises, isn't it? Sometimes, it throws curveballs at us that are so shocking we can only exclaim, "What The F*ck!" Maybe it's an out-of-the-blue personal crisis, or perhaps it's some global madness that's got us reeling. Whatever it is, these "WTF Moments" tend to spark knee-jerk reactions, often leading to decisions that don't help the situation. But hey, what if we could flip the script and use these moments to better ourselves? "Wait, Think First: The Art of Handling What The F*ck Moments" is your no-nonsense, straightforward guide to taking charge and riding out life's...

Therapists learn and grow from therapy with clients--and now you can too! Now, you can learn the lessons clients taught a therapist about conflict, self-compassion, courage, vulnerability, guilt and shame. Carolyn graduated from counselling school with a ton of head knowledge. Carolyn read 1000’s of pages and written hundreds more and learned the models and the approaches in the books. Did this therapist know enough to actually help people?

9 Ways to a Resilient Child will help parents enable their children to cope with the challenges that life throws at us all. Discover why winners aren't always grinners, the problems with common advice like 'toughen up, princess', the negative impact of helicopter parenting and how praise can harm instead of help. Understand both the protective and the risk factors affecting resilience for better or for worse.

The Gift of Grit will not only elaborate how grit is the strongest predictor of success, it will teach you the practical steps to develop a growth mindset and belief system to pave the way to building a gritty you.

Dr Shefali teaches us how to control our expectations, embrace the present moment and let go of the anxiety surrounding how best to parent our children. Become the awakened parent you've always wanted to be and watch your children thrive. All parents have aspirations for their children, but for some these hopes turn into unrealistic expectations. In many cases, this puts huge amounts of pressure on children and has the potential to cause real harm, hindering your child's development.

In a world overflowing with challenges and unpredictabilities, wouldn't it be empowering to possess a mindset that doesn't waver? To navigate life's storms with a quiet confidence that emanates from within? "How to Become Bulletproof" is not just another self-help book; it's a journey into the heart of resilience.

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.

Do you want to be mentally strong? Do you want to make the right decision in every circumstance of your existence? Do you need to achieve your objectives by turning into a tough individual? You are about to learn some of the best-kept secrets of handling any situation that life tosses your way with calm and reason and bring peace to your life no matter the chaos coming your way. Learn why mental toughness is a state of mind that you need to thrive in a world that is full of drama, manipulation, and strife.