"The author's experience with grief after the sudden death of her husband, combined with social science on resilience"-- After the sudden death of her husband, Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. Grant, a friend, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. Here they combine personal insights with research on finding strength in the face of...

"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...

"We all have worries, fears, and frustrations. But we also all have a choice: to carry them with us--or to let them go. When things aren't going right--sometimes we simply need to...go left."--

"Age of Resilience is a wide-ranging look at the political, economic and cultural effects of the global shift from an economy based on efficiency to one based on resilience"--

"Three mental health professionals cut through the "parenting advice" noise with this accessible, easy-to-skim book filled with actionable strategies and tips to help parents focus only what's truly essential and build their child's neurobiological capacity to thrive where they are planted, in good times and bad. The content centers around 10 "essentials": 1 Rest, recreation, and routine 2 Attention skills and self-control 3 Tolerance for difficult...

"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...

A detective hiding away from the world. A series of disappearances that reach into her past. Can solving them help her heal? Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When unspeakable tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino. She spent summers there as a child with her beloved foster parents,...

"Learn how to thrive on uncertainty instead of merely managing it-from the resiliency expert and author of PIVOT When we think of resilience, we think of being able to "roll with the punches" and "bounce back" after uncertainty or change. But resiliency expert and bestselling author Adam Markel encourages you to aim higher. In Change Proof, he shows you how to truly, actually embrace change-to find the creative opportunity in uncertainty, as opposed...

As a parent you want your child to feel nurtured, supported, and secure. But in a stressful and uncertain world this can seem like an insurmountable task-- especially when you're feeling anxious yourself. Khanna and Kendall offer an evidence-based approach grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help kids increase adaptability, worry less, and thrive. They include tips and strategies to help you manage anxiety, so that you can help your...