Resilience: 29 Lessons for Coping Well, (Paperback)

Since managing change is our challenge for living well in today's world. We are called to learn new methods for coping well with stress. The author uses his life story of coping with loss, setback, and even abuse to teach some 29 lessons in learning mindfulness and resilience. This book is useful for personal study or as a primary source for a course in stress management. An analysis of the emergent themes in this memoir reveals more than 40 characteristics found here in resilience. Written originally by a disabled blind Veteran for Veterans coping with loss, psychologists have recommend it as a model of learning to cope well that everyone can employ. Dr. Baute, a retired pastoral psychologists and storyteller, integrates views from both science and the wisdom traditions. The story is one of thriving regardless of circumstances, finding hope and courage, love and grace for transition and transformation.