The Resilience Myth, Soraya Chemaly
The Resilience Myth, Soraya Chemaly
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The Resilience Myth
New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma

Author: Soraya Chemaly

Narrator: Soraya Chemaly

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/21/2024


Synopsis

A “vital, life-saving must-read” (Nora McInerny, author of Bad Vibes Only) manifesto for communal resilience based on in-depth investigations into history, social science, and psychology, from the bestselling author of Rage Becomes Her.

We are often urged to rely only on ourselves for strength, mental fortitude, and positivity. “With her signature clarity and penetrating mind” (Jean Guerrero, author of Hatemonger), Soraya Chemaly challenges us to reject this model—based on a culture of toxic individualism—and, instead, leverage our interdependence.

Drawing on comprehensive research and eye-opening examples from real-life, The Resilience Myth offers an “ambitious” (Publishers Weekly) feminist paradigm of resilience based on an ethic of care, cognitive flexibility, and the provision of material needs. Interdependence, collective care, and nurturing relationships to each other and the earth, she compellingly argues, are the keys to positively adapting to adversity and polycrises.

About Soraya Chemaly

Soraya Chemaly is an award-winning author and activist. As the former Executive Director of The Representation Project and Director and co-founder of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project, she has long been committed to expanding women’s civic and political participation. As a cultural critic and leading feminist thinker, she writes and speaks about gender, free speech, sexualized violence, technology and media, and the politics of supremacy. Ms. Chemaly has also spearheaded several successful global campaigns challenging corporations to address online hate and harassment, restrictive content moderation and censorship, and institutional biases. She is the author of Rage Becomes Her, The Resilience Myth, and All We Want is Everything. A prolific writer and speaker, her articles appear in TimeThe VergeThe GuardianThe NationThe Washington Post, and The Atlantic. Follow her on her Substack, Unmanned, and on Instagram, and learn more at SorayaChemaly.com.   


Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan on March 31, 2024

Favorite Quote: The key to using optimism to enhance resilience is in rejecting black-and-white, either/or thinking. Resilient people use both optimism and pessimism strategically to gain the critical insights and information they need to adjust to change. Synopsis: Resilience is something we hear fa......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on September 18, 2024

I must admit, I haven't had the best luck with giveaways this year. I thought this book was going to be a lot different than what it was. I thought it was going to be more self help but it's not. It talks about multiple reasons for trauma and coping but really no solutions to coping specifically. I......more

Goodreads review by Jim on June 05, 2024

I received an advance uncorrected proof copy of this from the publisher through Edelweiss,and while I finished it a couple of weeks back, sorting through my notes has required a bit of ... resilience. The book isn't long (there are only about 200 pages in the main text body) and Ms. Chemaly conveys......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on June 11, 2024

Mine was the kind of family that could make a psychologist a lot of money, if the main bad actors would ever admit they needed help and agree to see one. Alas, they didn't, and so I had the opportunity to learn the kind of resilience Chemaly criticizes in this book: pathological independence, total......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on July 30, 2024

Sometimes the right book appears at the right time, and that’s what this book is to me. My adult daughter and I listened to it during a long drive on a trip we took to deal with a family emergency. We were both still processing our recent experiences and we stopped and started the book as points the......more