Lanterns In the Dark: Life Lessons In a Changing World (Revised Expanded Edition)

di , BernsPen (Autore)

BernsPen, 2026

We tell ourselves that resilience is a possession—something we either have or don't, discovered in one dramatic moment and kept forever after. Lanterns In the Dark was written to say otherwise: that resilience is built the way anything durable is built, in small, repeated, often invisible acts, and that it can be lost sight of and found again more than once in a single life. This expanded edition keeps the ten lanterns readers found in the original—inner strength, faith, resilient action, connection, inner peace, purpose, authenticity, gratitude, courage in the face of the unknown, and the transformation of scars into wisdom—and takes each one further. Every chapter now grounds its lessons in real psychological research, from Bandura's work on self-efficacy to Tedeschi and Calhoun's studies on post-traumatic growth, so the reader understands not just what helps, but why. And for the first time, every chapter also names its own limits: when persistence becomes self-blame, when faith becomes avoidance, and when gratitude becomes a way of skipping grief that still needs to be felt. The result is a book that trusts its reader with the whole truth—not just that these lanterns work, but that knowing where their light runs out is part of what makes them trustworthy at all. For anyone standing in a fog they didn't choose, wondering whether the strength to get through it actually exists—it does. This book will help you find it, use it honestly, and know when to reach for something more.

• Autore: , BernsPen
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: BernsPen
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235303591