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Author Brooks, Robert B.

Title The power of resilience : achieving balance, confidence, and personal strength in your life / Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein.

Imprint Chicago : Contemporary Books, ©2004.

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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  155.24 BRO    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  155.24 BRO    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  155.24 BROOKS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  155.24 BR    Check Shelf
Description xii, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index.
Summary This guide shows you how to nurture the power of resilience in yourself. The authors explain how "negative scripts"--Repetitive, self-defeating ways of thinking and behaving- can lead to hopelessness, depression, and anxiety. they tell you how to rewrite those scripts and cultivate inner strength and optimism in yourself and those around you. (Adapted from back cover).
Contents Resilient mindsets, negative scripts, and personal control -- Changing the words of life: rewriting your negative scripts -- Choosing the path to become stress hardy rather than stressed out -- Viewing life through the eyes of others -- Communicating effectively -- Accepting oneself and others -- Making connections and displaying compassion -- Dealing effectively with mistakes -- Dealing well with success in building islands of competence -- Developing self-discipline and self-control -- The lessons of resilience: maintaining a resilient lifestyle.
Subject Resilience (Personality trait)
Resilience (Personality trait) -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Resilience (Personality trait) (OCoLC)fst01095573
Genre/Form Problems and exercises.
Problems and exercises. (OCoLC)fst01423783
Added Author Goldstein, Sam, 1952-
ISBN 0071391045 (alk. paper)
9780071391047 (alk. paper)
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