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The resilience myth : new thinking on grit, strength, and growth after trauma / Soraya Chemaly.

Chemaly, Soraya, 1966- (author.).

Summary:

"In this thought-provoking exploration, writer and activist Soraya Chemaly challenges our common, most dearly held myths of resilience and urges us to shift our perspective from prioritizing individualized traits and skills to uplifting collective care, material life, and open-ended connections with our communities. Resilience, she proves, is always relational ... Blending rigorous research and enthralling personal storytelling, The Resilience Myth offers a new vision for collective healing by emphasizing care for our neighbors--both human and nonhuman--and our environments over just ourselves. By prioritizing compassion, creativity, and connection, this book ignites essential conversations about fostering resilience for all, not just for those who can afford it" -- Provided by publisher.

"The author of the "must read" (NPR) Rage Becomes Her presents a powerful manifesto for communal resilience based on in-depth investigations into history, social science, and psychology. We are often urged to rely only on ourselves for strength, mental fortitude, and positivity. But with her distinctive "skill, wit, and sharp insight" (Laura Bates, author of Girl Up), Soraya Chemaly challenges us to adapt our thinking about how we survive in a world of sustained, overlapping crises. It is interdependence and nurturing relationships that truly sustain us, she argues. Based on comprehensive research and eye-opening examples from real-life, The Resilience Myth offers alternative visions of relational hardiness by emphasizing care for others and our environments above all" -- Goodreads.

Record details

ISBN: 9781982170769
ISBN: 198217076X
Physical Description: xviii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-267) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- The misguided goal of strength and self-sufficiency -- Resilience and the body -- The importance of formative experiences -- The necessity of negativity -- Resisting the lure of productivity -- The paradoxes of soldiering on -- The fantasy of bouncing back -- Risk and the burden of resilience -- Meaning, belonging, and the stories we tell -- Wondrous beginnings -- Afterword.