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Ready for Anything: How to Build Resilience and Cope with Daily Stress
A guide to boosting vitality and reducing stress from leading Positive Psychologist
We're all told not to 'sweat the small stuff' but in fact it's often those little annoyances that grind us down, whether it's forgetting your password or a pen leaking in your pocket, daily challenges can build up and overwhelm us.
Based on 20 years of experience, Dr Boardman reveals the key to handling daily stress is vitality - feeling alive, energised and ready for anything. We can cultivate this by connecting with others, engaging in challenging experiences and contributing to something beyond ourselves. Full of research-driven practical advice, this book will transform how we approach self-care. Whether it's doing a favour for someone, learning a new word or writing a letter to a friend, turning your focus outwards rather than inwards is a surer way to lift your mood and support your wellbeing.
We're all told not to 'sweat the small stuff' but in fact it's often those little annoyances that grind us down, whether it's forgetting your password or a pen leaking in your pocket, daily challenges can build up and overwhelm us.
Based on 20 years of experience, Dr Boardman reveals the key to handling daily stress is vitality - feeling alive, energised and ready for anything. We can cultivate this by connecting with others, engaging in challenging experiences and contributing to something beyond ourselves. Full of research-driven practical advice, this book will transform how we approach self-care. Whether it's doing a favour for someone, learning a new word or writing a letter to a friend, turning your focus outwards rather than inwards is a surer way to lift your mood and support your wellbeing.
- GenresNonfiction
272 pages, Paperback
Published September 14, 2021
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May 6, 2024
Some great concepts, but there was a lot of regurgitated research from other psychologists in there. Things I liked:
The key to finding wisdom and strength is not to step away from it all but to learn how to stand firm in the face of it all. - p 10.
Do they behave intentionally? Or do things "just happen?" / Do they make fortifying and vitality-building choices? - p 15
Reframing situations.
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Giving invisible support to loved ones.
Putting the phones away and concentrating more on people and conversations.
The key to finding wisdom and strength is not to step away from it all but to learn how to stand firm in the face of it all. - p 10.
Do they behave intentionally? Or do things "just happen?" / Do they make fortifying and vitality-building choices? - p 15
Reframing situations.
thefamilydinnerproject.org
Giving invisible support to loved ones.
Putting the phones away and concentrating more on people and conversations.
February 4, 2023
3-3.5 stars (appreciate the book but did skim through a lot!)
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