Bounce: Living the Resilient Life, SECOND EDITION

ABSTRACT

Resilience is an evergreen topic of interest. People are naturally drawn to information on how to improve self-care, create a richer circle of friends, develop and maintain a healthy perspective, and—especially now—the importance of seeing "alone time” not simply as forced isolation but a venue for new personality development. Such areas aid self-awareness and understanding as well as improve our emotional intellect so we don't react but instead pause to reflect and process life as it unfolds. The original edition of Bounce addressed these areas, and much of what was contained in the book is still current and applicable. But then the appearance of Covid-19, intense political strife, and increased divisiveness within countries, families, communities, and even faith traditions occurred. Greeting, successfully adjusting to, and even benefiting from such unexpected and broad-reaching change, challenges, and stress is of even greater import now. In addition, styles of living which were taken for granted—that is, adults go out to work and children are educated in an actual classroom—were also radically impacted. As a result, adults were also expected to deal with the questions raised by the young about their own security and hoped-for normalcy. With updated information and a new chapter on posttraumatic growth, the second edition of Bounce is designed to enhance the search for balance and new meaning-making by enabling a better understanding of both chronic and acute stress, creating and tailoring your own self-care protocol, and knowing how to better debrief yourself after an intense day. © Oxford University Press 2023. All rights reserved.