Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being [Paperback]

Winner of the 2013 Books for a Better Life Acorda Wellness Award and the 2014 Silver Nautilus Book Award

Resilience is the ability to face and handle life’s challenges, whether everyday disappointments or extraordinary disasters. While resilience is innate in the brain, over time we learn unhelpful patterns, which then become fixed in our neural circuitry. But science is now revealing that what previously seemed hardwired can be rewired, andBouncing Backshows us how. With powerful, time-tested exercises, Linda Graham guides us in rebuilding our core well-being and disaster-proofing our brains.

Linda Graham, MFT, is a marriage and family therapist, mindfulness teacher, and expert on the neuroscience of human relationships who trains other clinicians in applying neuroscience in their work.

“Creative in its groundbreaking integration of ancient contemplative wisdom, relational psychology, and modern neuroscience — and supremely useful in its compassionate focus on what will help you here and now.”
— from the foreword byRick Hanson, PhD

“Linda Graham offers a beautiful and wise understanding of neuroscience combined with immensely practical tools for healthy living and genuine well-being.”
—Jack Kornfield, PhD, author ofA Path with Heart

“Written with great lucidity and compassion, this book helps us cultivate a heart that is ready for anything.”
—Tara Brach, PhD, author ofRadical AcceptanceandTrue Refuge

“This intelligent and very readable book is more than informative; it is a heartfelt conversation with a wise and compassionate friend — and we can all use more of those.”
—Louis Cozolino, PhD, author ofThe Neuroscience of Psychotherapy

“Linda Graham has written the ultimate handbook for dealing with life’s inevitable bumps, challengl*