The Virtue of Resilience

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The grace of Resilience Recruiting, Reframing, Resolving The three Rs of Resilience ....................2 Psychological Resiliency .........5 Sources of Psychological Resilence ...........6 Resilience described and Discovered .....8 Reframing failure ....10 Resources.....11 2. Personal Resilence - The role of the Emotions The interplay of Fear, Courage, and Patience A case study in Resilence : Congresswoman gabrielle giffords ........16 Balancing fear, Courage, and patience ...............7 Courage as perseverance .........20 The calming mood of Contentment ....21 Resources .......22 3. Resilence and the faces of Power Personal Power as a foundation of Resilience ................26 4. Social Resilience - Crisis and Adaptability Holding environments - Loyalty and flexibility ...........39 5. Spiritual resilence - The transformation of Adversity resources of Belonging and Resistance ........50 6. A Soldier`s Resilience - Strength and Vulnerability Healing wound, Building resilience ..........60 7. Civic Resilience cultivating Political Emotions Civic Compassion - Boston and new Orleans ...........74 8. Resilience in Suffering Trauma and Tragedy - healing without cure ...............87 9. Resilience at Risk - the Challenge of Integrity the perils of Belonging and the virtue of Integrity ......96 10. Developing resilence - mindfulness and humor Redeeming the time and the practice of Humor ....105 11. Practicing resilence - hope and gratitude resources of Hope and Gratitude ............116 12. Resilience in Aging supporting Lifelong resilience ........125