My Second Chance at Overcoming Life’s Challenges is a reflection of the many obstacles that I had to overcome in getting my life back from the changes, challenges, setbacks, disappointments, and failures that encephalitis, brain surgery, and cancer had brought.

No one searches for adversity. Bad things happen. Yet how many of us will know what to do to prevent our lives from spiraling out of control when we encounter traumatic events that threaten our safety, careers, emotions, health, or relationships? In this pragmatic and inspirational book, experienced US-based life coach and former psychotherapist Eileen Lenson shows us tools to turn suffering into hope and develop resilience by combining scientific research with an understanding of our emotional and spiritual lives. She cuts through existing myths and provides readers with a look into what it takes to not just overcome adversity and survive, but to thrive. Written to help anyone who finds themselves in a painful place, regardless of social background, culture, religion or education, each chapter describes from a scientific, psychological and spiritual perspective, why we do the things we do. Armed with this knowledge we can learn to manage our feelings and respond to devastating events with the skills to seek healthy coping options and change our lives for the better. In this book you’ll learn how to: • Use five core factors of your life — forgiveness, courage, perspective, perseverance, and hope — to reduce emotional suffering. • Identify and replace unproductive coping skills with healthy thoughts, feelings and behaviors. • Master new skills through practice exercises. • Benefit from the stories of others, just like you, who have faced and overcome adversity.

A powerful novel of drugs, violence—and second chances. Dope Sick, from two-time Newbery Honor winner and five-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Walter Dean Myers, belongs on reading lists beside Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and Dear Martin by Nic Stone. A drug deal goes south and a cop has been shot. Lil J's on the run. And he's starting to get dope sick. He'd do anything to change the last twenty-four hours, and when he stumbles into an abandoned building, it actually might be possible. . . . Elements of magical realism intensify this harrowing story about drug use, violence, perceptions of reality, and second chances. This ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers earned multiple starred reviews and was described as "vivid," "nuanced," and "intriguing." Booklist said: “Myers’ narrative strategy is so inherently dramatic that it captures his readers’ attentions and imaginations, inviting not only empathy but also thoughtful discussion.” Walter Dean Myers was a New York Times bestselling author, Printz Award winner, five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, two-time Newbery Honor recipient, and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Maria Russo, writing in the New York Times, called Myers "one of the greats and a champion of diversity in children’s books well before the cause got mainstream attention."

If you have ever wondered why you experience the difficulties and traumas of life, this book is for you. By reading about my experiences, I hope you can realize that we all have a choice in life: the choice to dream and the courage to change whatever it is in life that you desire. In this book, I will explain the Law of Attraction and how it affects our every moment in this physical life. I will share what I have come to understand. Stay with me through this heartfelt and healing journey.

Imparting Into A Destined Life.. The tenacity of your well-being in life depends on your identification in Christ through Godly investments and their implementations. This book explains it all with the knowledge of life experiences, mysteries and the power to overcome lifes crises and their struggles with the spiritual strategies to set one free from any challenges in life. However, there are some insights of lifes formation and its stands set by the author through the power of the Holy Spirit to relieve the pain and stress that are attached to individual lives. In living for peace, you need to search for the Prince of Peace (Jesus Christ), who by His knowledge and wisdom has inspired the author to write this divine book. This book, Overcoming The Hardships In Life teaches us how we can effectively overcome the causes of lifes stresses, pains and its difficulties with the inspired principles here received from God, to direct every life that faces hardships continually. Reading this book will help you catch a glimpse of indispensable basic principles to be successful in your life. For as you win, you win for yourself and the people around you, but whereas you fail, you fail for yourself. Hence, you must know for sure that, A better life holds some intrinsic values which nobody knows, except the one who owns it Be for yourself, and be for others. Psalm 68:11, Says, God gave the word, and Great was the Company of those who proclaimed it. Reach your Goals in Life. For, Gods power is always super imposed against any forces that try to harass a delicate life been ordained by God by the author.

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Let Go of the Past--Embrace Your Second Chance You have a destiny. You may have lost sight of it, opened a wrong door, taken a misleading path, but it's there--you haven't missed your chance! Yet it can be hard to see, hard to find, when the only things in front of you are challenging circumstances, lost opportunities, or overwhelming obstacles. But there is hope! With warmth and insight, Pat Smith shares the truths she and other women have learned on their own journeys from heartache to hope. She encourages and empowers you to recommit to the destiny God has for you in life, love, work, and faith. She also shows how to let go of what's holding you back, reinvent yourself, and rediscover your purpose and joy. There is a second chance waiting for you--it's time to celebrate your new life!

Tough times won’t last but tough people will. These 101 empowering stories of resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles will help you find your own path through life’s challenges. You are tougher than you think, and your inner reserves of strength are just waiting for you to call on them. This powerful collection of revealing, personal stories will help you handle whatever arises in your life, whether it’s financial challenges, health issues, relationship troubles, loss and grieving, natural disasters, or any of the other ways in which life sometimes goes off track. The courageous people in these pages are the role models who show us what is possible. Prepare to be inspired! You’ll find the 101 stories in this book broken into chapters entitled: • The New Normal • Count Your Blessings • Find Your Inner Strength • It Takes a Village • Coping with COVID • Attitude & Perspective • Moving Forward • Meet the New You • Face Your Fears • Loss, Grieving, and Healing Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.

When the loved one you once had is no longer here, your world collapses in front of your eyes. You may alternate between great pain and numbness and find yourself unsure how to continue your life without them. The loss of a loved one through death or any other reason can be a harrowing experience requiring years of recovery. Author Kathleen Ho lost her significant other, David Bigby, in 2015. The life they built together fell apart with David’s death. It took her one year and a half to bounce back to life. Now, Kathleen seeks to help those struggling with losing loved ones to honor her late David’s life. By sharing practical strategies that grievers can adopt in their journey to recovery, she hopes you will stand back up and fight for your happiness. Kathleen also encourages readers to consider whether they have made the most of their precious time on Earth. The future belongs to those willing to move forward despite experiencing significant losses.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Dalai Lama At a crossroad where all my dreams and everything in my life were shattered, I knew I had failed terribly in my life and bad enough that I wanted to end my life. Suicide was on my mind, but it was not the solution to all the problems, to any life crisis, be it emotional, mental, physical, or social. If you want your life to change, new choices and actions must be aligned to your desired future. Each new day is an opportunity to fulfi l your dreams and potentials. Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living life creatively. You either have no goal that is important enough to you or you are not using your talents and efforts in striving for an important goal. Maxwell Maltz Live the life that you want... make that change It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.