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Title: Becoming Resilient

Subtitle: How to Move Through Suffering and Come Back Stronger

Author: Donna Gibbs

Narrator: Ann Richardson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-17

Publisher: christianaudio.com

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Everyone suffers disappointment, rejection, injustices, and losses, perhaps even traumatic ones. The spiritual pain born of such suffering can paralyze us, leaving us broken inside and barely getting by with the motions of life. Whether we remain stuck or move forward is determined in large part by our resilience.

Concise and compassionate, Becoming Resilient takes our most common question when tragedy strikes - why? - and replaces it with the healthier, more productive question, what next? A professional Christian counselor for 20 years, author Donna Gibbs draws on her experience helping clients get unstuck, sharing secrets for building resilience that will change listeners' experience of suffering. She offers practical tools and effective coping strategies to deal with whatever life throws their way so they can move through suffering - and come out stronger on the other side.

Members Reviews:

Excellent resource for anyone suffering or counselors

There are many books on suffering and it is hard to set yourself apart as an author when you are addressing this topic. One thing is certain: suffering will come to absolutely every one of us. There is no escaping it.

To be honest, seeing that the forward was written by Gary Chapman made me want to read it. I respect him as an author, so I knew that he would only put his name on the best books.

In my opinion, Donna Gibbs did an excellent job setting herself apart from the other authors who have addressed this topic. I loved the real-life examples. It made the book so personable to me. I'm not currently in a season of suffering, but have come out of a year of intense suffering. It was wonderful to read the stories and I could see which person I most identified with.Â

Chapters 2 and 3 were great chapters that no a lot of people address. We say it's okay to grieve, but there are many who get stuck in grieving. When we don't understand the "why" and so desperately want to know, we become stuck. Especially when it's all we can think about. She gave some wonderful examples of people who have become stuck through this exact reason.

My favorite part was Part 2 of the book. It addressed the issue of getting unstuck and building reilience. She spends six chapters addressing the ways that you can best learn to move on. Chapter 4 is how we need to acknowledge our suffering. In it, she tells a heartwrenching story of a woman who had an abortion and she absolutely could not get past it. It carried with her for years until she acknowledged the pain that her family had forced her into.

Chapter 5 is that we need to tell the whole story. Her example was from a man whose wife had committed suicide. I loved how she said we don't often want to talk ill of someone who has died, but in some cases, it's needed so we can tell the whole story.ÂShe tells the story of Scott who had faced suffering twice in his life in such an intense way. He loses his daughter in such a horrible way, yet he doesn't become stuck in his grief because of his faith. He chose to still sing praises to God in the midst of his "Red Sea" moments.

Chapter 6 is considering a different angle. She shares about her Honduran friend taught her that we needed to redefine suffering. So often, we just need another perspective in our suffering and pain.

Chapter 7 is balancing emotional boundaries.