Choosing wisdom : strategies and inspiration for growing through life-changing difficulties / Margaret Plews-Ogan, Justine E. Owens, and Natalie May.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Plews-Ogan, Margaret, 1956-

Contributor:

• May, Natalie.
• Owens, Justine E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mental healing.
• Physician and patient.
• Self-actualization (Psychology).
• Wisdom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We all know the saying, "That which does not kill us, makes us stronger," but is that really true? After all, for some people, traumatic experiences ultimately lead to truly debilitating outcomes. For others though, adversity really does seem to lead to "post-traumatic growth" where individuals move through suffering and find their lives changed in positive ways as a result. Why does this growth happen for some people and not others? How exactly does it happen? Can the positive results be purposefully replicated?These are the central questions of a new study conducted b

Contents:

• Background
• Introduction
• Defining wisdom
• Posttraumatic growth
• The path through adversity
• Acceptance
• Stepping in
• Integration
• New narrative
• Wisdom
• What helps: Sage advice from the field
• Finding community
• Compassion and gratitude
• Quiet reflection, meditation, and mindfulness
• Doing something
• Spirituality, forgiveness, and doing the right thing
• Choosing wisdom.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-[239]) and index.

ISBN:

• 9781283847476
• 1283847477
• 9781599474021
• 1599474026

OCLC:

820123162