True Strength

Author: Psychologies Magazine

How to Use This Book We have divided the book into three parts: 1. What does true strength mean to you? 2. What prevents you from regaining your balance or overcoming what you have faced? 3. How can you acquire true strength? The first part will give you an overview of our culture's interpretations – modern and non-modern – of true strength. We will invite you to see all the different ways we define it – in Psychologies Magazine – and encourage you to decide which parts of this list of definitions resonate most with you, in order to choose and define your own definition, or at least decide which aspect of true strength you want to work on more. In the second part, we will help you understand the obstacles you may face that might prevent you from feeling truly stronger. We will explore whether some people are naturally more resilient than others, what skills and qualities they possess that you can learn, and how to learn them. There is also a section on "strength thieves," which are common pitfalls we fall into that rob us of our ability to be resilient. In the third part, we provide you with real techniques and actual treatments used by professionals that will help you enhance strength and resilience in the most supportive and sustainable ways possible. We aim for these practical steps to be something you have acquired and will stay with you throughout your life. However, we don't want you to wait until the last part of the book to get practical help; therefore, throughout the book, you will find tips that can be tried to start feeling better and stronger immediately.