The Woman's Book of Resilience: 12 Qualities to Cultivate - Softcover

Miller, Beth

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9781573249645: The Woman's Book of Resilience: 12 Qualities to Cultivate

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ISBN 10: 1573249645 ISBN 13: 9781573249645

Publisher: Conari Press, 2005

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Beginning years ago with her work with women in grief, Beth Miller has helped hundreds of people in her therapeutic practice to learn to be resilient and survive life crises to become deeper, more powerful, and authentic human beings. Packed with information and exercises, The Woman's Book of Resilience is a smart, often funny, book that can help any woman thrive amid life's ups and downs. When we cultivate resilience, we mine the awful, or merely annoying, experiences in life to find meaning and purpose.

The Woman's Book of Resilience is an accessible, practical guide to bouncing back. "We know that resiliency reigns because we survive to tell our tales of misfortune, trauma, abuse. Indeed, we are built to be able to go to the edge of life and come back with heart and soul elevated... We are built to be resilient, to be able to take sure and steady steps over rocky terrain."

Miller offers 12 qualities that help women develop and learn resilience.

Readers learn to:

2. Practice and increase the ability to connect
3. Find manageable parts of the problem
4. Discover their needs and get them met
5. Recognize their gifts and talents
6. Develop the ability to say no and set limits and boundaries
7. Practice transforming resentment and forgiving
8. Use their sense of humor
9. Use the power of staying and leaving
10. Find meaning in crisis
11. Endure suffering through crisis
12. Stand alone

Each of the twelve is a chapter with case histories, stories, and plenty of try this, this, or thisexercises to turn to again and again. With a foreword by June Singer.

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About the Author:

Beth Miller, Ph.D., is a Jungian therapist and researcher. Her private practice specializes in resilience. Miller teaches psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and at the University of California at San Francisco, and is founder of a group for motherless daughters. She lives in San Francisco, California.

From Publishers Weekly:

"[R]esilience might be the single most important capacity people need to develop in order to cope with their demons, with life's inevitable misfortunes," writes Miller, a practicing Jungian therapist who teaches at UC–San Francisco. And while some people seem naturally resilient, others can learn to be, Miller says. This excellent self-help manual explains the process she has developed for learning to handle everyday and traumatic setbacks, and outlines the 12 qualities (along with exercises) that must be cultivated in order to increase one's resiliency in the face of adversity (e.g., admitting vulnerability, handling the suffering that accompanies loss or illness, recognizing and using one's talents, and harnessing the saving grace of humor). Miller draws on research, case histories and personal experience. A sample exercise involves creating a temenos (sacred space) furnished with meaningful personal objects where one can be comfortable bearing witness to emotional pain and therefore find the strength to live through it. Miller recommends laughter, which provides not only escape and relaxation, but perspective and detachment. There are useful techniques on the art of saying no, an act many women find difficult, according to Miller. Setting boundaries rather than acceding to every request from family and friends will allow women to be prepared when resiliency is needed during their own difficult times. Miller's program is sensible, and her tone warm and positive without too much cheerleading. (Mar.)
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