Teaching Resilience

While on the campaign trail, Elizabeth Edwards met many others who have had to contend with serious adversity in their lives, and in Resilience, she draws on their experiences as well as her own, crafting an unsentimental and ultimately inspirational meditation on the gifts we can find among life's biggest challenges.

The Close sisters are descended from very prominent and wealthy ancestors. When the Close sisters were very young, their parents joined a cult called the MRA, or Moral Rearmament. The family was suddenly uprooted to a cult school in Switzerland and, ultimately, to the Belgian Congo where their father became a surgeon in the war-ravaged republic, and ultimately the personal physician to President Mobutu.

In TEACHING FROM WITHIN (Self-Reflection and Emotional Resilience in Education), Dennis Ibude uncovers the transformative power of self-reflection for educators. This book is not just a guide—it's a call to action for teachers to make self-reflection a cornerstone of their professional practice. By engaging in simple yet powerful activities like journaling and mindfulness, teachers can gain deeper insights into their teaching methods, uncovering biases and emotional triggers that may affect their classroom dynamics.

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.

Jean Clinton lays out the early years' journey of attachment, self-regulation, connection, resilience and well-being, and does so with scientific explanations measured out in understandable doses. This book is full of deeply researched wisdom, offered in a conversational style. It's like having coffee and a chat with Jean as you sit at her kitchen table.

Teachers are leaving education at an alarming rate. Teacher burnout, an ever-looming issue, affects new and veteran teachers alike. Jaclyn Reuter’s The Resilient Educator delves into this growing problem and equips teachers with strategies they can start using today, in hopes of keeping more teachers in their classrooms. You’ll learn about: Managing a full-time teaching job alongside your full-time life. Setting limits and re-prioritizing your personal goals. Redefining professional success in the classroom In The Resilient Educator, Reuter uses her personal journey from burnt-out ...

Lisa Lisson's life seemed perfect: she had married her high school sweetheart, applied her marketing degree to a position at FedEx Express Canada, and would ultimately become president of the company. One night, after putting their four children to bed, her husband, Patrick, marvelled at their lives. Just a few hours later, Patrick had a massive heart attack and was in a coma. Part leadership guide, part memoir of loss, and part personal empowerment primer on how to achieve your goals, Resilience is an inspirational story.

This beautiful children's book follows Curly Kate, a quirky little girl with a big personality, and her puppy, Buttercup, as she learns about caring for and not taking those she loves for granted. Two entertaining stories teach young listeners about love, responsibility, and thankfulness.

This book is an indepth look at the sermon on the mount written in poetic verse.