The Resilient Woman
Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power
by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD
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Pub Date Mar 05 2013 | Archive Date Mar 18 2013
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Description
Noted psychologist and author Dr. Patricia O'Gorman answers these questions for today's generation of women. This groundbreaking book reveals how girly thoughts are just conclusions women reach as a way of making sense of the trauma they've experienced and the resulting codependency issues they grapple with. They need to be reminded from time to time of the saying that while legendary dancer Fred Astaire received top billing, "Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels."
Whether dealing with family members, coworkers, intimate relationships, or a best friend, when a woman feels "less than" she often misses the path toward achieving her true potential. Blaming herself for what someone else has done to her is, sadly, a common theme among women, but Dr. O'Gorman shows how this reaction is merely how women have been conditioned to respond—then provides the tools they need to break the cycle and become more resilient.
Resilience, according to Dr. O'Gorman, is the part of us that celebrates cycles: it looks forward to new beginnings and back to past lessons. Using this life-long lens, readers will learn valuable ways of looking at their interpersonal relationships and will acquire tools to become more resilient,
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“This is a powerful MUST READ resource for women to understand the
process of resiliency and their resilient style in facing stressful challenges.
Bravo to the author for empowering women with creative exercises and tools to
strengthen their resilient style.”—Mercedes A. McCormick, PhD, LP, 2013 President of the American Psychological Association, Div. 52 International Psychology, and past president of the New York State Psychological Association, Division of Women’s Issues
“Offering both a mirror and a roadmap to guide women to new understandings about individual thoughts, actions, and strengths, The Resilient Woman provides insight and the protective tools to ‘woman-proof ’ our lives. Instead of blaming women for picking up negative ideas of how we should think, feel, or act, O’Gorman explains how being a woman includes the exposure to a certain amount of ‘cultural trauma’ and then shows women how a resilient life is generated not from what happened in our lives but by our reactions to those things. The Resilient Woman offers the tools we need to make change in our lives plus the actionable steps to help us live from our base of personal power. It’s a masterpiece!” —Teena Cahill, PsyD, humorist, TV and radio show host,
director of Wisdom and Beyond, and author of The Cahill Factor: Turning Adversity into Advantage
“Exploring the individual, family, and community factors we have experienced enables us to look at ourselves in a new way. The questions raised by Dr. O’Gorman about how we think of ourselves, and the steps suggested to build a sense of resilience, are very constructive. How were we taught to deal
with changes in our lives? Are we curious, or ashamed to question feelings aroused? The exercises suggested in The Resilient Woman can help to answer those questions. Then we can indeed feel gratitude for who we are and what we have accomplished.”—Lita Schwartz, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Pennsylvania State University
“Unfortunately, even after half a century of feminist awareness, many smart women and girls are unable to access their power and live as fully as they would like. This book is a place to start—for women and for men who care about women and girls—to unravel the invisible forces that determine how we feel and what we’re capable of doing.”—Marsha Shenk, pioneer in business anthropology, coach, consultant to leaders from the Fortune 50 to Solopreneurs, and founder of The BestWork® People
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Radio
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March 2013
TV
3.17.13- Channel 13 Forum -Channel 13 WNYT – Albany NY
late March / early April (exact date to come) Wisdom and Beyond with Dr. Teena Cahill
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780757317095 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
