How to Be a Good Human : Building the Skills to Live Fully, Lead Honestly, and Show Up for What Matters

著者名：Cabral, Amber

Wiley（2026/11/02発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781394394944
• eISBN：9781394394951

Description

Build the practical skills to live with purpose and lead with integrity

In How to Be a Good Human: Building the Skills to Live Fully, Lead Honestly, and Show Up for What Matters, Amber Cabral delivers a practical guide to developing the interpersonal and self-awareness skills that define meaningful living and authentic leadership. Built on her Human(ing) Well Resilience Framework—organized around four pillars: health, wealth, relationships, and growth—the book provides readers with actionable approaches to showing up more intentionally in their personal and professional lives every day.

How to Be a Good Human explores the specific habits, mindsets, and communication practices that allow individuals to engage more honestly with themselves and others. Cabral addresses the real challenges people face when trying to align their values with their actions, offering concrete techniques for building self-awareness, developing resilience, cultivating empathy, and navigating interpersonal dynamics with clarity and confidence.

Readers will also find:

• Strategies for developing self-awareness rooted in embodiment that translates directly into stronger relationships and more effective personal and professional leadership
• Practical tools for navigating interpersonal challenges—including reciprocity, repair, asking for help, and saying no—with honesty, empathy, and a commitment to mutual understanding
• Approaches to aligning daily actions with core values so that integrity becomes a consistent practice rather than an aspiration
• Techniques for building resilience, capacity, and accountability habits that foster trust and strengthen connections across personal and workplace settings
• Guidance on showing up authentically in high-stakes moments where leadership, empathy, and honest communication matter most

Ideal for professionals, emerging and established leaders, and anyone seeking to strengthen their interpersonal skills, How to Be a Good Human offers a grounded, actionable path toward living with greater intention, leading with honesty, and making meaningful contributions in every area of life.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Aimee L. Strang xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: What It Means to Be a Good Human xvii

1 The Human(ing) Well Framework 1
2 Embodiment 7

PILLAR I Health: What Health Actually Means in This Framework 21
3 Your Body Has Been Trying to Talk to You 23
4 Building a Life Your Body Can Thrive In 37

PILLAR II Wealth: Expanding the Meaning of Wealth 55
5 The Many Currencies of Wealth 57
6 Wealth Is a Practice 73

PILLAR III Relationships: Relationships Are How We Stay Human 87
7 The Way You Do Relationships Is the Way You Do Life 89
8 Relationships: Tools of the Trade 103

PILLAR IV Growth: Growth Is Not About Arrival 125
9 Stop Performing Fine 127
10 Build the Capacity to Stay 141

Closing: You Can Have Whatever You Want 155
Notes 165
About the Author 171
Index 173