Includes bibliographical references and index

Have a life! An introduction -- Navigating life's rough waters : riding the crest of chronic and acute stress -- Personal renewal : creating and tailoring your own self-care protocol -- A powerful healing combination : friendship, resilience, and compassion -- The first steps toward self-knowledge : debriefing yourself -- Solitude, silence, and mindfulness : centering yourself in a driven world -- The simple care of a hopeful heart : a brief epilogue -- Appendix A. Creating and reflecting upon your own stress-resilience profile : an exercise in strengthening your inner life -- Appendix B. An individual reflection guide -- Further reading : resilience, mindfulness, positive psychology, and contemporary biographies/autobiographies of resilient people -- Works cited -- Permissions -- Index

Stress is a fact of modern life. And as more and more people face greater financial insecurity, longer work hours, and the increasingly complex personal and social demands of our fast-paced, multi-tasking, high-tech lifestyle, finding healthy ways to handle stress is more important than ever. In Bounce: Living the Resilient Life, Robert Wicks shows you not just how to manage stress, but how to transform stressful situations into opportunities to live a more meaningful, self-aware, and compassionate life