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Reviewed by Ty Mall for Readers' Favorite
"Stepping Stones to Greater Resilience" by Marquita Herald is about what resilience is, and how to put it into practice, without a lot of hard-to-understand jargon to clutter the message. Starting off with what resilience means, this book moves into how to develop self-confidence, and the importance of having a purpose. This book also discusses responding to change, how to develop a support network for yourself, and more. At various times, lists of questions are given for readers to answer to help them discover where they are starting with each facet of the resilience journey, and where they want to go. At the end of the book, the author gives sections of motivational stories and quotes, and lists the resources she used to help her write the book.
Young or old, everyone can learn something from this book. The author gives precise suggestions about how to apply the concepts she presents. Redefining what failure is, the nature of trust, and defining some concepts as skills that can be learned were all helpful sections to me. I enjoyed the chapter about humor a lot. The idea of keeping a journal wasn’t new to me, but this author gave me new reasons to do so, as well as new suggestions for what to write about. This book’s end-of-chapter summaries are useful. There are a few typos and missing words here and there throughout the book, but it is not a serious deterrent. The author mentioned the importance of finding motivational books, but I think hers just became one of mine.
