Calm Within the Storm
A review of

Calm Within the Storm

A Pathway to Everyday Resiliency


Choose Hope

by David Meyer

Psychology instructor Robyne Hanley-Dafoe offers a compassionate, uplifting guide for dealing with life’s challenges.

To help you cope with life’s inevitable hard times, psychology instructor Robyne Hanley-Dafoe offers a compassionate guide to resiliency. She emphasizes that recovery from setbacks and personal growth are always possible. Hanley-Dafoe discusses real-life challenges, and offers compassion, insight and hope to anyone struggling with grief and adversity.

Barriers to Resiliency    

The word “resilience” comes from the Latin word resiliens – to rebound. Resilience means having the strength, flexibility and capacity for restoration. At your most resilient, you can push through adversity, decision by decision, to create new life paths.


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    M. W. 10 months ago
    very helpful and timely
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    R. I. 10 months ago
    very helpful
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    M. K. 1 year ago
    Perfect! What I needed to read.