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When Life Breaks You: The Science of Building Resilience

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Discover how to navigate life's most devastating moments with evidence-based strategies from Viktor Frankl's concentration camp survival insights to Kelly McGonigal's stress research. Learn why the body-mind connection matters in crisis and how tiny actions can rebuild your life when everything falls apart.

When Life Breaks You: The Science of Building Resilience
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Huberman Lab
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/the-science-and-process-of-healing-from-grief
3 secrets of resilient people
link
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/3-secrets-of-resilient-people-lucy-hone/discuss
How to make stress your friend
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/q22s5JoA
The Upside of Stress
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-upside-of-stress-by-kelly-mcgonigal
Modern Wisdom
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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-modern-wisdom-30936734/episode/836-dr-andrew-huberman--214001582/
Option B
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32938155-option-b
Atomic Habits
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/atomic-habits-by-james-clear
Modern Wisdom
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https://dexa.ai/modernwisdom/d/470aa26a-6a6a-11ee-8afd-538e7561e0f5
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
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https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988
Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18207779-resilience
The Body Keeps the Score
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-body-keeps-the-score-by-bessel-van-der-kolk
The gift and power of emotional courage
link
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/iaTNUBwR
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
link
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1297-the-happiness-lab-with-dr-47445035/episode/the-paradox-of-grief-91385761/
Grit
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213329-grit
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
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https://www.fcc.gov/988-suicide-and-crisis-lifeline
The Obstacle Is the Way
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18668059-the-obstacle-is-the-way
Health effects of expressive writing on stressful or traumatic experiences — a meta-analysis
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19742069/
Looking beyond depression: a meta-analysis of the effect of behavioral activation
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/looking-beyond-depression-a-metaanalysis-of-the-effect-of-behavioral-activation-on-depression-anxiety-and-activation/F4B92EAA32F7949A958A1147B6D5B480
Man's Search for Meaning
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning
SuperBetter
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/superbetter-by-jane-mcgonigal
Social relationships and mortality risk: a meta-analytic review
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20668659/
The Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement: A Decade On
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2190/OM.61.4.b
How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are
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https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are
The Choice
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-choice-by-edith-eva-eger
Suicide Prevention: General Resources
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https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/general-resources.html
Huberman Lab
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/healing-from-grief-loss-dr-mary-frances-oconnor
Examining domains of psychological flexibility and inflexibility as treatment mechanisms in ACT
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38615492/
A meta-analysis of the effects of written emotional disclosure
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15348980/
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1297-the-happiness-lab-with-dr-47445035/episode/how-to-grow-after-adversity-169631770/
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How can I build resilience when life completely falls apart?

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