The Road to Resilience
Arm Yourself for Life's Challenges and Learn How to Bounce Back
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
An effective toolbox for facing timeless and uniquely modern struggles
Whatever you might be facing, know that you are not alone. From Adam Przytula, mental health advocate and founder of Armed for Life, The Road to Resilience is a down-to-earth guide for getting through the challenges that young people face daily. Nothing is off the table, from alcohol and drug use, to self-image in the age of social media, to bullying, depression and anxiety, pornography addiction, toxic masculinity, dating and relationships. If it happens in your life, you'll probably find it in this book.
Written in an honest and accessible style, The Road to Resilience is designed to help teens with struggles they encounter every day, including those being faced for the first time by this generation. Packed full of practical exercises, life-affirming lessons and relatable stories drawn from the author's own life, this book will help you to become the person you want to be.
Inside you will find:
- Effective techniques to reassess and improve mental health
- Powerful coping strategies and skills to deal with modern issues, including toxic masculinity, pornography, and unrealistic beauty standards set by influencers
- Tools to build self-awareness and tackle bullying in-person and online
The Road to Resilience is a guide to facing down the unique challenges of today and learning the skills you need to be a healthy well-adjusted person for life.
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- I desperately want to change the way I look.
- I find it difficult to accept who I am.
- I have really high standards for myself and for others (I am a perfectionist).
- I feel uncomfortable around successful people.
- I have high levels of anxiety and fear.
- I never try new things â I might make a mistake.
- I focus on my mistakes and minimise what I achieve.
- I feel down all the time.
- I frequently think negative thoughts about myself.
- I feel worthless.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Important note to readers
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- chapter #1: Selfâesteem
- chapter #2: Resilience
- chapter #3: Bullying
- chapter #4: Stress management
- chapter #5: Positive mental health and wellbeing
- chapter #6: Selfâawareness and managing emotions
- chapter #7: Healthy friendships
- chapter #8: Real men
- chapter #9: Real beauty
- chapter #10: Dating and relationships
- chapter #11: Drugs, alcohol and other addictions
- Conclusion
- Index
- End User License Agreement