Overcoming Adversity: Conquering Life's Challenges

By Eileen S. Lenson

No one searches for adversity. Bad things happen. Yet how many of us will know what to do to prevent our lives from spiralling 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 behaviours.
• Master new skills through practice exercises.
• Benefit from the stories of others, just like you, who have faced and overcome adversity.

 ‘For anyone who is struggling with conflict, Eileen's book can help you overcome whatever obstacles are holding you back from living the life you truly want. Highly recommended.’  ‘

— Hal Elrod, #1 bestselling author, The Miracle Morning

'Shows how to successfully thrive in the face of complicated life situations.'

— Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times #1 bestselling author of Triggers.

ISBN 9781925644067

Softcover, 276 pages

Released 2018

Here's what readers say about this 5-star Amazon rated book:

'Well written and organized. A valuable tool for anyone facing adversity. The author gives us the perfect tools to fight back from adversity.'

"Whether you're dealing with a profound loss or every day ups and downs, this book is a wonderful resource for moving forward. Chocked full of inspirational stories, wisdom and studies, I found myself underlining passages for later review. It's the kind of book you'll want to keep on your shelf and refer to again and again.”

"Eileen Lenson’s book is unique amongst the plenty of "self help” books in bookstores and online. It is at its heart a "practical” book. It doesn’t just give platitudes. It discusses in detail the most prevalent issues relating to overcoming adversity, and then outlines a simple structure as to how to accomplish that employing realistic avenues. The beauty of the book is that every issue is structured, outlined, and explained using the same template, chapter by chapter. One might say that the book teaches one how to respond to adversity rather than to react to it. It can make all the emotional difference in the world.”

'4 emotional stars. A good guide for getting through struggles no matter how big or small.'

"This book really helps to recognize problems and, most important, how to handle them.
This is a great guide for everyone.”

"This is not your typical research driven book that complicates the message with technical terms and statistics that only other researchers would appreciate. This book is written in understandable terms and concepts that all can assimilate and provide the reader with clear direction on how to avoid becoming a victim to life's challenges. it is an easy read with a clear message on how to overcome adversity as the title suggests.”

'Well written book that offers great advice.Was easy to read and understand the author's viewpoint.Highly recommend.'

'The people Ms. Lenson interviewed were fascinating, and the struggles they

shared in the book could have led them all to give up. Instead they all

have that piece that allows one to push through and perservere. Lenson's

book examines the steps one can take to do that too. You don't need to

be an elite athlete to overcome obstacles. Instead by following this

advice you can get there yourself.'

"Adversity is a gift, so I am always a skeptic at some of the self-help books

about Adversity. They seem more motivational and/or inspirational versus

being a guide to helping people identify and overcome adversity. In

Elieen's book she shows us how to do this with tools to help with all

levels of adversity, how to process them and does this with real

stories. I think this can be a great source book for those that need

tools to identify and overcome adversity."