How do we reconcile our past trauma and challenges to lead a healthy, full life? In Unapologetically Resilient, New Jersey native Laurine LeBlanc takes us on a rollercoaster that she has personally navigated herself: childhood sexual abuse and bullying to high school graduate and college hopeful; to pregnancy in college than having to drop out, finding love, then divorce and single motherhood; from government assistance to college graduate. Born to a Haitian immigrant mother who barely spoke English, one might say LeBlanc had the odds stacked against her. Unlearning old habits, facing the realities of why she continued to face similar challenges haunted her. It wasn't until she understood how her childhood experiences affected her daily behaviors, did she learn how to overcome - again and again. These pages will give you insight into balancing self-love, self-care, healthy relationships with a valuable and intimate relationship with God. LeBlanc, a licensed therapist and mother of three, shows us how she went from existing to thriving - determined to recover stronger. Always crediting God as her muse, LeBlanc's story will inspire you to not look at your story with shame but to grow and learn. Unapologetically Resilient will remind you that your past is not your future and to live every day with intention.

Annie L. Mendez shares how she left her abusive relationships and took a leap of faith to move from Chicago to Barcelona. Realizing there is a big difference between being alive and knowing how to truly live. Sometimes you just have to take a chance on you! Simply Unapologetic will strike a nerve for those who feel stuck in a toxic relationship and for anyone who wants to kick fear in the ass to ultimately live their best life! The author takes you on her journey through marriage, divorce, motherhood, love, international dating, friendships, global travel, and more! She walks you through how she recreated a life she now loves that doesn't necessarily fit society's status quo. Annie L. Mendez is a Certified Life, Law of Attraction, and Transformation Coach and the Founder of Atlas 2 Recreate. She decided to change her life after going through abuse until she was thirty years old. Once she took the reins, she started living her best life ever! A world traveler, having traveled to all seven continents and eighty-plus countries, she continues to show that you can have whatever you want if you get out of your own way, take risks, screw the rules and what people think, do the very thing that makes you afraid, and live your best life unapologetically. This book has it all!

An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis—and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system. We can’t deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and the effects of racism. This book is an exploration of Black mental health in today’s world, the forces that have undermined mental health progress for African Americans, and what needs to happen for African Americans to heal psychological distress, find community, and undo years of stigma and marginalization in order to access effective mental health care. In The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, psychologist and African American mental health expert Rheeda Walker offers important information on the mental health crisis in the Black community, how to combat stigma, spot potential mental illness, how to practice emotional wellness, and how to get the best care possible in system steeped in racial bias. This breakthrough book will help you: Recognize mental and emotional health problems Understand the myriad ways in which these problems impact overall health and quality of life and relationships Develop psychological tools to neutralize ongoing stressors and live more fully Navigate a mental health care system that is unequal It’s past time to take Black mental health seriously. Whether you suffer yourself, have a loved one who needs help, or are a mental health professional working with the Black community, this book is an essential and much-needed resource.

The world may be in a physical lockdown, our movements restricted, and the definition of what is normal is no longer normal. However, there is no way of locking down just how spirited one can be. With the #WriteYourHeartOut movement by Notion Press, poets all over this nation have kept the fire of creativity going. In the Spirit of love, hope, and peace, discover the joys of poetry that find a way to build the resillience of the human mind in this lockdown. Let us not forget to remain postive and In the Spirit!

The key to optimal living is not only bouncing back from failures but looking forward to the opportunities for extraordinary growth that they provide. Life coaches serve their clients from languishing to flourishing, but they are not impervious to life’s stress, vulnerabilities, and dissonance. In Beyond Resilient, life coach Marc Cordon weaves philosophy, positive psychology theory, and pop cultural references together to show how coaches and clients alike can use their daily experiences to unlock extraordinary outcomes in mental wellbeing, life transition, business performance, and leadership. Coaches and clients learn how to alleviate the internal mental chatter that causes self-doubt, while using resistance, criticism, and even failure to fuel their growth.

In an era of raging commoditization and eroding profit margins, survival depends on resilience: staying one step ahead of your customers. Sure, most companies say they're "customer-focused," but they don't deliver solutions to customers' thorniest problems. Why? Because they're stymied by the rigid "silos" they're organized around. In Reorganize for Resilience, Ranjay Gulati reveals how resilient companies prosper both in good times and bad, driving growth and increasing profitability by immersing themselves in the lives of their customers. This book shows how resilient organizations cut through internal barriers that impede action, build bridges between warring divisions, and transform former competitors into collaborators. Based on more than a decade of research in a variety of industries, and filled with examples from companies including Cisco Systems, La Farge, Starbucks, Best Buy, and Jones Lang LaSalle, Gulati exploresthe five levers of resilience: · Coordination: Connect, eradicate, or restructure silos to enable swift responses. · Cooperation: Foster a culture that aligns all employees around the shared goals of customer solutions. · Clout: Redistribute power to "bridge builders" and customer champions. · Capability: Develop employees' skills at tackling changing customer needs. · Connection: Blend partners' offerings with yours to provide unique customer solutions.

Everyone suffers disappointment, rejection, injustices, and losses, perhaps even traumatic ones. The spiritual pain born of such suffering can paralyze us, leaving us broken inside and barely getting by with the motions of life. Whether we remain stuck or move forward is determined in large part by our resilience. Concise and compassionate, Becoming Resilient takes our most common question when tragedy strikes--Why?--and replaces it with the healthier, more productive question, What next? A professional Christian counselor for 20 years, author Donna Gibbs draws on her experience helping clients get unstuck, sharing secrets for building resilience that will change readers' experience of suffering. She offers practical tools and effective coping strategies to deal with whatever life throws their way so they can move through suffering--and come out stronger on the other side.