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Turning Stress into Strength
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Samantha Boardman
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As seen on the Today Show, The New York Times, People Magazine, Mind Body Green, and more
“If you would like to live a more fulfilled life, Samantha Boardman has exactly what you need. Everyday Vitality is one part memoir, one part wisdom from years of experience as a psychiatrist, and one part cutting edge scientific evidence. Brilliant, warm, and best of all - an actionable guide to a life well-lived." (Angela Duckworth, New York Times best-selling author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance)
Science-backed, research-driven, actionable strategies for countering stress and building your resilience
“A great deal of everyday wellbeing lies beyond what is happening inside a person’s head. Everyday opportunities and activities that foster growth and build positive resources are not 'icing on the cake,' but the active ingredients of everyday resilience.” (Samantha Boardman, Everyday Vitality)
In Everyday Vitality, psychiatrist Dr. Samantha Boardman shows listeners how to find strength within their stress and how to transform full days into more fulfilling days. Drawing from scientific research and her own clinical experience, she shares strategies for cultivating vitality - the positive feeling of aliveness and energy that lies at the core of well-being and at the heart of a good day.
You will discover how increased vitality boosts productivity, builds coping skills, and enhances your ability to manage negative emotions. Dr. Boardman demonstrates how to override counterproductive responses to the onslaught of daily hassles and to respond with flexibility and fortitude instead of fear and rumination. Rather than disengaging from the world while you "find yourself", she shows you how to boost your vitality by living well within the world.
As Dr. Boardman explains, the three main wellsprings of vitality are: meaningfully connecting with others; engaging in experiences that challenge you; and contributing to something beyond yourself. These activities foster resilience by boosting emotional stamina and generating uplifts - the counterparts to daily irritations and annoyances. Whether it is having a good conversation, doing a favor for someone, going for a walk, or reading an interesting article and then calling a friend to talk about it, commonplace experiences and micro-moments serve as the building blocks of everyday resilience. Everyday Vitality explains how to identify them in your life, develop them, and use them as a foundation on which to thrive.
Whether you are 20 or 80, Everyday Vitality will give you the tools you need to get the most out of each day and to live your life to the fullest.
©2021 Samantha Boardman (P)2021 Penguin AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
"Boardman’s most successful argument is that society’s focus on self-care does more harm than good, as building community and finding supportive friends and family is crucial to well-being, while focusing too much on the self can increase rumination and, ultimately, depression.... By encouraging readers to 'override the urge to do what’s easy but empty,' Boardman’s helpful suggestions rise above the standard self-help fare." (Publishers Weekly)
“If you would like to live a more fulfilled life, Samantha Boardman has exactly what you need. Everyday Vitality is one part memoir, one part wisdom from years of experience as a psychiatrist, and one part cutting edge scientific evidence. Brilliant, warm, and best of all — an actionable guide to a life well-lived.” (Angela Duckworth, New York Times best-selling author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance)
“An insightful, uplifting read about how to bring more liveliness into our lives. Whereas most psychiatrists focus on alleviating mental illness, Samantha Boardman cares deeply about promoting mental health too. She combines an impressive command of science with deep empathy for her patients. If you’re depressed, burned out, or languishing, this book is brimming with practical ideas — and even if you’re flourishing, it’s full of valuable reminders for sustaining energy and wellbeing.” (Adam Grant, number one New York Times best-selling author of Think Again)
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- By: Liz Fosslien, Mollie West Duffy
- Narrated by: Liz Fosslien, Mollie West Duffy
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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The modern workplace can be an emotional minefield, filled with confusing power structures and unwritten rules. We're expected to be authentic, but not too authentic. Professional, but not stiff. Friendly, but not an oversharer. Easier said than done! Our goal in this book is to teach you how to figure out which emotions to toss, which to keep to yourself, and which to express in order to be both happier and more effective.
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Maybe not the best for audible...
- By Rebecca Wilcox on 08-01-19
By: Liz Fosslien, and others
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The Road to Better Habits, Updated and Expanded
- A Simple Framework for Transforming Your Habits
- By: Darius Foroux
- Narrated by: Darius Foroux
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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Covid-19 has changed our habits whether we like to admit it or not. We've become more distracted than ever, which is impacting every aspect of our lives. In this updated and expanded version of The Road to Better Habits, you’ll learn how to transform your habits in a simple way. Ultimately, where you are in your life is a result of your habits. The American historian and philosopher, Will Durant, said it best: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
By: Darius Foroux
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The Gift of Presence
- A Mindfulness Guide for Women
- By: Caroline Welch
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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Overwhelmed by the demands of family, work, and multiple responsibilities, many women find themselves feeling scattered and distracted. In this eye-opening audiobook, cofounder and CEO of the Mindsight Institute Caroline Welch takes listeners on a mindfulness journey to help them de-stress and cultivate inner peace. According to Welch, you do not need countless hours sitting in silence to be more present in your life - the key is to practice mindfulness wherever you are and whenever you can.
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Enjoyed it
- By JSMNT on 04-09-20
By: Caroline Welch
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Habit of Winning
- By: Prakash Iyer
- Narrated by: Andrew Hoffland
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
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This motivational audiobook is a wonderful collection of short and inspirational stories and facts that have the power to evoke the leader within oneself. Be it a student or a manager, this audiobook is for everyone and for all ages.
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India market focus and heavy on cricket and sports
- By Mike Mc on 03-22-19
By: Prakash Iyer
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The Biology of Desire
- Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
- By: Marc Lewis PhD
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease based on evidence that brains change with drug use. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing. Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it's supposed to do - seek pleasure and relief - in a world that's not cooperating.
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An important addition to understanding addiction.
- By Jeff M on 02-28-16
By: Marc Lewis PhD
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Unleash the Inner CEO
- Make distributed leadership a reality
- By: Jeremy Blain
- Narrated by: Matt Reeves, Stephanie Racine
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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We have been talking about ‘leadership at all levels’ for over a century – let’s make it a reality for today’s world. This completely updated second edition of the award-winning The Inner CEO provides the tried and tested blueprint to make distributed leadership a reality and tap into the potential of the many.
By: Jeremy Blain
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Crocodile on the Sandbank
- The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Peters
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Amelia Peabody inherited two things from her father: a considerable fortune and an unbendable will. The first allowed her to indulge in her life's passion. Without the second, the mummy's curse would have made corpses of them all.
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Nice break from the usual-
- By Carrie on 12-18-04
By: Elizabeth Peters
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The Man Who Would Be King
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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Two adventurers approach a journalist looking for help, they want plans, maps, and information about the mysterious Kafiristan. They have an audacious plan to carve themselves a kingdom in its mountainous terrain. Two men, versus an entire nation.
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Pursuit of a Dream
- By Placeholder on 05-02-24
By: Rudyard Kipling
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Train Your Mind to Be Successful
- Attract and Get Anything You Want in Life
- By: Sayra S. Montes
- Narrated by: Mapuana Makia
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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Do you want to develop the habits you need to thrive and flourish in life? Looking for powerful, proven exercises to help you change your mindsets, manifest your dream life, and strive for achievement? Then this is the book for you.
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Common sense Rehash of another million books out there
- By DeAnn on 07-03-22
By: Sayra S. Montes
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What I Told My Daughter
- Lessons from Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women
- By: Nina Tassler, Cynthia Littleton
- Narrated by: Nina Tassler - preface, Madeleine Maby, Janina Edwards, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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In What I Told My Daughter, entertainment executive Nina Tassler has brought together a powerful, diverse group of women - from Madeleine Albright to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Dr. Susan Love to Whoopi Goldberg - to reflect on the best advice and counsel they have given their daughters either by example, throughout their lives, or in character-building, teachable moments between parent and child.
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such an amazing book. it was incredibly inspiring.
- By Sammy on 07-08-16
By: Nina Tassler, and others
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You're Too Good to Feel This Bad
- An Orthodox Approach to Living an Unorthodox Life
- By: Nate Dallas
- Narrated by: Nate Dallas
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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It's typical to be burdened, frustrated, and easily triggered today. Feeling trapped in finances, work, or relationships isn’t remarkable, either. Most folks have lost a sense of peace, playfulness, and any semblance of order and simplicity. But the middle is no place for someone of your caliber. You're Too Good to Feel This Bad, and you know it.
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Fat shaming in the first two chapters is a 0 for me
- By Marra on 05-01-23
By: Nate Dallas
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Positive Parenting
- An Essential Guide
- By: Rebecca Eanes
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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Popular parenting blogger Rebecca Eanes shares her hard-won wisdom for overcoming limiting thought patterns and recognizing emotional triggers, as well as advice for connecting with kids at each stage, from infancy to adolescence. This heartfelt, insightful advice comes not from an "expert," but from a learning, evolving parent.
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It saved my life
- By Samantha khalil on 05-22-17
By: Rebecca Eanes
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Win Your Inner Battles
- Defeat the Enemy Within and Live with Purpose
- By: Darius Foroux
- Narrated by: Darius Foroux
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
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Do you want to change your career? Start a business? Stop losing sleep over a deadline? End your relationship? Or maybe, just live a fulfilling life? Everyone has goals and ambitions in life. But we often don't pursue our inner desires because of one thing: fear and a lack of self-confidence. In Win Your Inner Battles, I will show you how to destroy fear and live your life with a sense of purpose.
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So so
- By Cristina Wheeler on 03-31-25
By: Darius Foroux
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The Year of Less
- How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
- By: Cait Flanders
- Narrated by: Cait Flanders
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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In her late 20s, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy - only keeping her from meeting her goals - she decided to set herself a challenge: she would not shop for an entire year. The Year of Less documents Cait's life for 12 months during which she bought only consumables.
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Twenty-something coming of age
- By Kate Terrell on 06-23-18
By: Cait Flanders
Everyday uplift
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Some golden nuggets
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Inspirational and practical guide
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Relatable and practical guide to having more fulfillment in everyday
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Actionable advice
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This book shows you what truly matters in life
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AMAZING!!
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Excellent performance
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Brilliant
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Many of the the suggestions waxed on about the value of socializing, which is certainly important, but it was uncomfortably clear this author is off on the extravert end of the spectrum and does not recognize (at least in this work) that many people in our wide world fall in the middle or are more introverted types. Meaning these numerous people are not always as motivated or recharged by constant interactions with others as she seems to be.
She also largely fails to point out that there are many meaningful ways a person can contribute to others and to society that don't ever have to involve personally tracking down specific individuals to help in person. Additionally, there never seemed to be any mention that when we do yearn to help others it is important to seek a person or organization who is actually receptive to our aid. It can be easy to forget that forcing help on people who don't want it or need it can quickly turn in to a negative experience for everybody.
If you are not always super social, maybe look elsewhere for a better and more balanced read. If you do enjoy being a deeply social sort then this is probably a book that will resonate with you.
If not for narration, might have set this aside
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