Rick Hanson - Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

Through detailed examples and exercises, we learn how to calm the mind and optimize opportunities to connect with others. Underlying this beautifully written narrative is the view that through positive experience of oneself and others, our brains rewire to promote benevolence, generosity, gratitude, and compassion.

Stephen Porges, Ph.D., distinguished university scientist, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University; professor of psychiatry, University of North Carolina

Written with dignity and grace, this book offers a wealth of insights and practical skills for staying strong in the face of adversity. It is a guide to living with integrity, illustrated with disarmingly candid personal observations and supported by scientific research.

Christopher Germer, Ph.D., lecturer, Harvard Medical School; author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

In the chaos of uncertainty and adversity, one calm person in the room can make all the difference, and Rick Hanson shows us how to be that person. Resilient offers highly accessible methods to overcome the brains negativity bias and find our way to buoyancy rather than burn out. This book is an immeasurable resource and gift for well-being.

Frank Ostaseski, author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully

This clear, comprehensive, and kind guide is a science-backed compendium of simple practices and insightful wisdom for the challenging world we face each day.

Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., author of Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human and Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence

Resilient is a wise and compassionate book. Its a beautiful hands-on guide to foster balance, happiness, and health. In reading these pages, you can literally feel Rick and Forrests sincere and kind voices guiding us to grow wiser and more grounded. This is truly a special and rare offering. Wow!

Bob Stahl, Ph.D., coauthor of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook; Living with Your Heart Wide Open; Calming the Rush of Panic; A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety; and MBSR Everyday

Rooted in brain science and positive psychology, this book is a treasure trove of best practices for maintaining sustainable, undentable joy. It is precisely what we have come to expect from Rick Hanson: a book that is practical, empirical, readable, and deeply wise.

Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D., editor in chief, The Journal of Positive Psychology; author of The Little Book of Gratitude and Gratitude Works!

Dr. Hanson covers a large amount of helpful information in easy-to-read language containing much richness and wisdom. There are specific examples of how to grow resources, and this book is well worth the read.

Sandra Prince-Embury, Ph.D., The Resiliency Institute of Allenhurst; developer of widely used scales measuring resilience; and coeditor of Resilience in Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Translating Research into Practice

Rick Hanson is a perfect guide for these times. In Resilient, he is both wise and scientific, practical and expansive. He names the often unconscious tilt toward negativity that so many of us have and a way to rewire our brainsand therefore, our entire orientation to being alive. His words are so reassuring, so useful, so easy to implement even when we think it and we are hopeless. If we are to make it through these challenging times, it will be by being resilientand have Resilient by our sides.

Geneen Roth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Women Food and God and This Messy Magnificent Life

With humor, warmth, honesty, and a gift for making complicated ideas come alive, Dr. Hanson weaves together insights from neurobiology, modern psychology, and ancient wisdom traditions to provide easy-to-use tools to care for both our heads and our hearts. This is an essential resource not only to survive but to grow during difficult times.

Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D., assistant professor of psychology, Harvard Medical School; author of The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems

Tremendously practical neuroscience. Resilient is wise and helpful: skill building for the brain, medicine for the heart, and guidance for living a beautiful and enjoyable life.

Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., author of A Path with Heart

Rick Hanson has transformed many lives with his tools for creating positive plasticity in the brain. Resilient takes the science to a new level. You will learn about inner strengths you didnt know you had, and how to use them to live your best life, every day.

Elissa Epel, Ph.D., professor, University of California, San Francisco; coauthor of The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer

Today there is an epidemic of stress, anxiety, and depression. The key to not only surviving but thriving is the development of resilience. Marshaling years of experience combined with the latest science, Rick Hanson gives us a guide for developing resilient well-being. Thoughtful, profound, and practical.

James R. Doty, M.D., founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University; author of Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeons Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

We live in a world of rapid change, and sometimes it seems like each day brings a new crisis or disaster. These days, we all need to grow tools that help us stay focused, courageous, and wise in the face of real and imaginary danger. Rick Hanson shows us how.

Christine Carter, Ph.D., author of Raising Happiness and The Sweet Spot

The clarity of Dr. Hansons thoughts and writing emerge from a deep and profound understanding of how we can learn to be more compassionate, calm, and resilient. Everyone who reads this book will find something valuable and useful.

Robert D. Truog, M.D., Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesia, and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Rick Hanson guides us in how to cultivate well-being through learning to hold in mind what is helpful, enjoyable, and promotes flourishing. Here is a book of immense wisdom and practicality. Written in a clear, inviting, and friendly style, it can help all of us to cultivate a mind that is more able to induce happiness for ourselves and others.

Paul Gilbert. Ph.D., O.B.E., founder of Compassion Focused Therapy; author of The Compassionate Mind and Living Like Crazy

Rick Hanson weaves together theory and direct experience, sharing honest examples from his own life and simple, practical exercises that prompt the reader into liberating explorations of their own.

Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness and Real Love

Rick Hanson is not only wise and compassionate, he is also brilliant at systematizing complex material into bite-sized, easy-to-understand pieces.

Daniel Ellenberg, Ph.D., founder of Rewire Leadership Institute

In the jungle of books on mindfulness and neuroscience, Rick Hanson hacks a comprehensive and enlightening path through, while giving insight on how to understand your wild and wooly mind. And if that wasnt enough, he gives us tools to achieve peace and happiness. What more could you ask for?

Ruby Wax, O.B.E., author of Sane New World; A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled; and How to Be Human: The Manual

Resilient is a kind and supportive book that provides welcome wisdom for our increasingly chaotic world.

Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D., author of Mindfulness and Hypnosis and Depression Is Contagious

The authors both explore our capacities for enduring well-being and give us the practical tools to transform our lives.