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Real Strength.
"One of the best books I've ever read on practical resilience."--Miriam Akhtar, positive psychologist and author of What is Post-Traumatic Growth? BUILD YOUR RESILIENCE What do you do when life throws a curveball? Adversity is an inescapable part of life, but it's how you deal wi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Real Strength: Build your resilience and bounce back from anything; Contents; Foreword; INTRODUCTION; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; The experts interviewed for Real Strength; 1 WHAT DOES REAL STRENGTH MEAN TO YOU?; Chapter 1: What is real strength?; Defining real strength; 1. Real strength is about resilience; 2. Real strength is not about staying safe or self-protection; 3. Real strength is not about avoiding pain, but embracing it; 4. Real strength is about thriving versus surviving; 5. Real strength is about being courageous -allowing yourself to be vulnerable.
- 6. Real strength is about self-awareness and emotional honesty7. Real strength is about emotional regulation; 8. Real strength is about being optimistic; 9. Real strength is finding sense and meaning in adversity; 10. Real strength is about psychological flexibility; 11. Real strength is about balance and perspective; TAKE THE TEST: What does real strength mean to you?; Chapter 2: How are you feeling right now?; The survival instinct: what is actually happening in our brain when we are under threat?; How do we behave when under threat?; Avoidance; Rumination; Self-sabotage; Guilt; Blame.
- Telling ourselves false narrativesThe importance of building real strength right now; The power of adversity: why going through sh*t is good for you!; The good news, part one; The good news, part two; TAKE THE TEST: How do you deal with adversity?; Chapter 3: Moving towards real strength; Grow a growth mindset; A fixed mindset; A growth mindset; Can I develop or learn a growth mindset?; The power of grit; What is 'grit' anyway?; Are you ready and willing?; TAKE THE TEST: How do you deal with uncomfortable feelings?; 2 WHAT'S STOPPING YOU FROM BOUNCING BACK?
- Chapter 4: Are some people more resilient than others?1. Identify and define your values; 2. Discover your passion; Growing your passion; 3. Connect to your purpose; TAKE THE TEST: How resilient are you?; Chapter 5: Tackling change; We're wired for change
- we need it for growth; Why is change so stressful?; It's the transition, not necessarily the change, that's hard; Perception is everything; Tackling uncertainty; Maintaining real strength in the faceof change; TAKE THE TEST: How do you react to uncertainty?; Chapter 6:Strength robbers; 1. Chasing perfection; 2. Being a catastrophist.
- 3. Dwelling and rumination4. Victim mentality; How is learned helplessness a barrier to real strength?; 5. Letting stress get to you; HOW exactly does stress deplete our ability to be resilient?; 6. Getting stuck; 7. Avoidance and offloading; 3 HOW CAN YOU BUILD REAL STRENGTH?; Chapter 7:Manage your emotions; Know yourself; Harnessing your emotional agility; Getting hooked; Getting unhooked; Condition your thinking; Refocusing your attention on what's important; Chapter 8: The two Cs: compassion and connectedness; The power of compassion; What is compassion?