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Resilient Living: Build Inner Strength and Master Life's Challenges with Confidence and Courage Kindle Edition

by Marquita Herald (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Unlike other books, that may wander in the vagaries of self-empowerment and self-motivation, I found this to be not only practical, but applicable to literally every day of life. Drawing on the findings and realizations of countless events, studies, and anecdotes, you will realize that even the darkest moments of living can provide a springboard for success. Finding purpose outside one's self is a pervasive theme, and one that any of us can personalize, as we chase our dreams and conquer our demons. An uplifting and easy read, with some especially poignant quotes. Well done! ~Marshall Hanks Recently updated and expanded! Resilient living is a lifestyle choice. It's about accepting the power you have to create the quality of your own life experience. One of the greatest misconceptions about resilience is that it is something to be left in reserve for a rainy day; that intentionally working to build inner strength is preparing for a crisis that may or may not ever appear. The truth is life is filled with stressors of all shapes and sizes - bloated schedules, demanding relationships, health issues, unexpected detours, and disappointment. Even the most longed for events such as a promotion, the birth of a child or marriage are rife with stress and unexpected challenges. We can choose to sit back and wait to face these experiences unprepared and simply hope for the best, or we can intentionally build everyday resilience and in the process learn to make peace with change and uncertainty as we look for the opportunities in all of our experiences, minimize the effects of inevitable bumps in the road, and enjoy greater inner peace, confidence, and fulfillment. Resilient Living will help you identify the areas that need attention, and show you the way to cultivate greater inner strength in life than you ever thought possible. Note: Originally published under the title of Stepping Stones to Emotional Resilience

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007VEU8FU
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Resilient Living Publications (December 23, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 23, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 379 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 157 pages

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Marquita Herald is an author, publisher, resilient living strategist, artist, founder of the Resilient Living Design Studio, and creator of the Art of Resilient Living website.

Her professional background includes a successful international sales and marketing career and over a decade as an award-winning life and small business coach and guide.

She is an obsessive researcher on all things to do with psychological resilience, motivation, and being the driver in your life journey.

Marquita lives in Oregon, and when not writing, designing products for her shop, or developing a new course, she enjoys hiking with her dog Lucy, the occasional road trip, and curling up with a good book and glass of wine.

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Fred Schaefer

This book is a must read for people struggling with adversity in their lives

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2013

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A decade ago I knew two men, both about the same age and both employed in sales for something like fifteen years with the same employer. They were competent and felt secure in their jobs. One day the company run into difficulty and they were retrenched. One of the two was very angry for several weeks, then he successfully started his own business. The other one, previously a very outgoing man, my neighbour actually, fell into a deep state of depression and died less than twelve months later of cancer. These two men handled adversity in very different ways.
As I was reading Marquita Herald's book "Stepping Stones to Greater Resilience", I often thought of my previous neighbour and wished I had had this book when he was struggling with trying to come to terms with his retrenchment. The book of course wouldn't have fixed miraculously all his problems, but perhaps it could have motivated him at least to seek help instead of sitting often all day long in his kitchen staring at the same newspaper page.
If he only could have read the chapter about Amazing Journeys in "Stepping Stones to Greater Resilience", I'm certain it would have made him think differently about his life. After all, he only lost his job, but Christa Brelsford lost her leg, Cha Sa-soon failed her driver's test 959 times, another person in the book was diagnosed with a painful medical condition. These people and many others, including Jerry Seinfeld, experienced adversity, often much more severe than my neighbour and they all overcame their miseries and challenges and moved on to happy and successful lives.
"Stepping Stones to Greater Resilience" can help people who find themselves in the doldrums to change and rediscover their lives.

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gwwing

May be helpful for some.

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2012

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I really couldn't get into this book. It may be helpful to those that have not developed ways to cope and recover from challenges. The book actually started to lead me into a negative frame of mind. I stopped reading and opted not to finish the book. I was curious about the book since I have developed my own way of looking at life. My time as a "guest" in Viet Nam taught me great resiliency.

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curioCity

A wise and useful book.

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2012

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I found this book to be incredibly useful. It's readable for a start, and where so many self-help style books can get repetitive, this one stays on track. It gives advice in short, quick pieces that you can digest, work through and use if they suit you. The part about unreasonable optimism struck me as one of the wisest things I have ever read: "Unrealistic optimism can entice a person into mentally enjoying the desired outcome in the present, leaving them with little motivation to take the action required toward achieving the desired future."

Stepping Stones to Greater Resilience is well written, the language is clear, simple and never falls into the trap of being sanctimonious. There is the clear feeling that the author really believes in and understands the ideas she is sharing. There are plenty of anecdotes which break up the content and give the reader a context for the information they have been learning. It's a great book - not just for people in dire need of recovery, but for people just wanted to gain a greater sense of personal resilience and strength.

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CreativeArtist

A Thoughtful Look at Dealing with Challenging Times

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2014

This second edition defines emotional resilience as "that empowering capacity that enables you to effectively recover from life's inevitable challenges. It is the key to strengthening self-esteem and confidence, minimizing the effects of stress and enhancing relationships." The author endeavors to provide tools to meet that test.

At times the book is an effort to read, as the situations people are dealing with can be serious. But if you struggle through the hard sections you will find among the stories bits of wisdom you can employ in your own life when you confront your own trials. The book provides ideas and encouragement to call upon -- ideas to confront your old behavior patterns as you react to stressful situations and meet the circumstances with a more positive mindset.

The book isn't for everyone. I encourage you to read the preview available on Amazon. By the end of the preview you will have a sense if this book is for you.

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Haunted Reader

Informative and Advantageous.

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2014

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Avoiding adversity and difficult challenges in any human lifetime is nearly impossible, but properly perceiving adversity and learning to grow through it is the goal. Author Marquita Herald postulates that the key is to develop "emotional resilience." The dictionary definition is that resilience is the ability to recover from illness or adversity, change or misfortune. Ms. Herald believes we each are born with some degree of of emotional resilience; and we each can train ourselves to develop and improve that capacity. She presents principles and practical applications through the examples of others. This book will be an advantageous took, both for reading and for reference.

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Cláudio Jorge

Think about your daily life

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2013

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At the beggining the book was boring to me, but after, it was wonderful, since it put you to think about your daily life, and it question you about you think about your life and what you want to do with it.

PS: I won this book for free, from Amazon.

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Highly recommended

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2015

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"Resilient Living" is a term that I kept hearing recently so I decided to do some research and was lucky enough to stumble onto this book early on. The author has done an excellent job of explaining the concept and then giving you hope and practical strategies to achieve your own resilient life. Her journaling prompts and thoughtful questions really spoke to my imagination and I found myself really honing in on what is truly important to me and how I can live a life that reflects my values. I want to thank the author for her thoughtful treatment of this subject and the hope that she instilled in me.`

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Anita Dawes

very helpful and valuable book...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2014

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I began to read this book because I have long recognised the need to make some changes to my life. Most people would if they were honest and if it were as simple as taking a pill, this world would be a far happier place.
Unfortunately, I have found that it's not that simple or easy to do, so I needed a little guidance. Was this resilience something I was lacking?
Basically, I think I am quite resilient. I've had to be as my life has been far from kind. But resilient or not, I was never completely happy or content most of the time, just soldiered on as most of us do.
As I read 'Stepping Stones to Emotional Resilience' I discovered the question, 'How well do you really know yourself?' And 'Do you, or have you ever, had a glimmer of your life's purpose?'
The answer to both questions was no. Some of us have been searching for years and not found either one. Maybe we actually think we are not destined to be ecstatically happy.
I have never been one to take the path of least resistance for the sake of peace and quiet. Not all the time anyway, and I have often thought that this was the cause of much of the strife that seemed to follow me around for years.
It would seem that lack of confidence is what ails me, maybe I have the wrong kind of bravery.
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, or the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change." Charles Darwin.
I would have thought that I was one of the most adaptable beings on this planet, so what was my problem?
The more of Stepping Stones to Emotional Resilience that I read, it really did seem to be describing me, the 'before' picture if you like. Marquita Herald seemed to be talking to me personally, as if she knew me very well. I also discovered that she knew most of my secret thoughts and excuses too.
This book not only helped me to see what changes I needed to make in my life, but those I could make. Reading it gave me the confidence and determination to actually want to do them.
So if your life is less than perfect, this book could make all the difference in the world to yours...

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