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Using the author's extensive experience of advising public, private and non-profit sectors on personal, organization, and community behavioral and systems change knowledge and tools, this book applies a new lens to the question of how to respond to climate change. It offers a scientifically rigorous understanding of the negative mental health and psychosocial impacts of climate change and argues that overlooking these issues will have very damaging consequences. The practical assessment of various methods to build human resilience offered by Transformational Resilience then makes a powerful case for the need to quickly expand beyond emission reductions and hardening physical infrastructure to enhance the capacity of individuals and groups to cope with the inevitable changes affecting all levels of society.Applying a trauma-informed mental health and psychosocial perspective, Transformational Resilience offers a groundbreaking approach to responding to climate disruption. The book describes how climate disruption traumatizes societies and how effective responses can catalyze positive learning, growth, and change.
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Introduction: Climate disruption can be humanity's greatest teacher Part I: How climate disruption will transform human relations 1. The psychological effects of climate disruption on individuals 2. The psycho-social-spiritual impacts of climate disruption on organizations, communities, and societies 3. The imperative of building widespread capacity for transformational resiliencePart II: Presencing: The first building block of transformational resilience 4. Ground - and center yourself by stabilizing your nervous system 5. Remember - your personal strengths, resources, and social support network 6. Observe your reactions to and thoughts about the situation non-judgmentally and with self-compassionPart III: Purposing: The second building block of transformational resilience 7. Watch For new insight and meaning in life as a result Of climate-enhanced hardships 8. Tap into the core values you want to live by in the midst of adversity 9. Harvest hope for new possibilities by making choices that increase personal, social, and environmental wellbeingPart IV: Building transformational resilience in organizations and communities 10. Building transformational resilience in organizations 11. Building transformational resilience in communities 12. Building transformational resilience across different cultures Conclusion 13. No time to lose in building transformational resilience
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Doppelt, Bob
Summary
Applying a trauma-informed mental health and psychosocial perspective, Transformational Resilience offers a groundbreaking approach to responding to climate disruption. T?he book describes how climate disruption? traumatizes ?societies and how ?effective responses? can ?catalyze? positive learning, growth, and ?change.
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My humble suggestion is to read this book and to share it widely. That's just what I'm doing and I'm happy to have my own copy that I can mark up over and over again. It now looks like a tiedye shirt that makes me smile. Transformational Resiliencecould well be a gamechanger and a daily dose might be a most effective way to counter all the ‘negative stuff’ that's happening and to make sure that the future remains bright for our magnificent planet and its awesome array of beings. - Psychology Today - Marc Bekoff, PhD
My humble suggestion is to read this book and to share it widely. That's just what I'm doing and I'm happy to have my own copy that I can mark up over and over again. It now looks like a tiedye shirt that makes me smile. Transformational Resiliencecould well be a gamechanger and a daily dose might be a most effective way to counter all the ‘negative stuff’ that's happening and to make sure that the future remains bright for our magnificent planet and its awesome array of beings - https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201603/transformational-resilience-my-go-book-hope - Marc Bekoff, PhD
