Full Description
Enriching the balance and meaning of life by better understanding stress and creating your own self-care protocol, Bounce shows you how to live life to the fullest.
People are naturally drawn to information on how to improve self-care, create a richer circle of friends, develop and maintain a healthy perspective, and, especially now, the importance of seeing "alone-time" not simply as forced isolation but a venue for new personality development. This aids self-awareness and understanding and improves emotional intellect so we don't react but instead pause to reflect and process life as it unfolds. The original edition of Bounce addressed these areas but then came Covid-19, intense political strife, and increased divisiveness within countries, families, communities, and even faith traditions. The need to greet, successfully adjust to, and even benefit from, such unexpected and broad-reaching change, personally threatening challenges, and stress is of even greater importance now.
In addition, styles of living which were taken for granted, such as adults going to work and children educated in an actual classroom, were also radically impacted. As a result, adults were also expected to quickly adapt in order to deal with the questions raised by the young about their own security and hoped-for normalcy. With updated information and a new chapter on post-traumatic growth (PTG), the second edition of Bounce is designed to enhance the search for balance and new meaning to live life to the fullest.
Contents
Have a Life! An Introduction
Ch. 1 Navigating Life's Rough Waters: Riding the Crest of Chronic and Acute Stress
Ch. 2 Personal Renewal: Creating and Tailoring Your Own Self-Care Protocol
Ch. 3 A Powerful Healing Combination: Friendship, Resilience, Positive Psychology and Compassion
Ch. 4 Points of New Light Amidst the Darkness: Applying Themes from Posttraumatic Growth (PTG)
Ch. 5 The First Steps Toward Self-Knowledge: Debriefing Yourself
Ch. 6 Solitude, Silence, and Mindfulness: Centering Yourself in a Driven World
The Simple Care of a Hopeful Heart: An Epilogue
Appendix A: Creating and Reflecting Upon Your Own Stress-Resilience Profile: An Exercise in Strengthening Your Inner Life
Appendix B: An Individual Reflection Guide
Further Reading: Resilience, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and Contemporary
Biographies/Autobiographies of Resilient People
Works Cited
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