Life is messy -- Why this mess? Why now? -- Finding our balance -- Don't waste a crisis -- Rediscovering our passion -- Old activities, new ways -- Small failures -- Change happens -- Small steps, bigger goals -- Rethinking fitness -- Letting it go -- Feeling disenchanted? -- The importance of the search -- Who's got your back? - Facing rejection -- Paving the way -- The path behind us -- Becoming resilient -- Understanding pain -- It feels like death -- The right people come through -- Our hurting friends -- Living in empty spaces -- Marked faces -- Ends and beginnings -- "If only I had..." -- Starting over -- The same mistakes -- What we didn't get -- Shaped by waiting -- Missing the meaning -- Remembering correctly? -- "I just want to be happy" -- What makes us happy? -- Glass jaws -- Struggling with jealousy -- The messiness of anger -- To be truly strong -- Only the strong -- forgiveness isn't absolution -- A new lesson in forgiveness -- Needing my enemies -- Guarding our secrets -- The people we remember -- What we can do -- Aiming and settling -- Reaching for power -- Defining success -- Our greatest strengths -- Ignoring success -- The sweet spot -- Living in the flow -- Discovering our bliss -- Making it -- Living in the afterward -- Between principles and values -- We're not who we used to be.
Summary:
This book is about making your life better, not in spite of but because of the adversities you face.
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