Building a Resilient Life: How Adversity Awakens Strength, Hope, and Meaning

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Even if you're walking through a difficult season or feeling overwhelmed with the chaos of life, you can build a peace-filled resilience that equips you with strength for today--and for every day ahead.

Life is hard for all kinds of reasons. It's tempting to try to move past the pain as quickly as possible. Instead, what if we embraced our struggles to develop the strength of resilience not dependent on circumstances

Writing as a friend who has also walked through difficult times, Rebekah Lyons--the bestselling author of Rhythms of Renewal and the popular host of the Rhythms for Life podcast--reminds us of adversity that always comes with a choice: will discouragement, stress, and fear cause you to crumble, or will you embrace the strength you've already been given

In Building a Resilient Life, Rebekah offers five practical, life-changing rules that help you live into God's unshakable peace in a world that seems more uncertain every day. Through Rebekah's unique blend of story, psychology, theology, and biblical teaching, you will:

• Discover five rules of resilience to thrive in difficult times
• Experience adversity as a friend rather than an enemy
• Reset triggers of overwhelm with a fortified faith
• Cultivate strong community to rally in stressful seasons
• Overcome temporary setbacks without giving up

As you use these rules to build your own resilient life, you'll encounter the God who offers you a peace beyond understanding, a hope beyond today, and a strength and joy you never even knew you had.

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We all face painful challenges in our lives, and sometimes it takes someone who is willing to share their own hurt before we can make sense of our own. Rebekah opens up her heart and her life with the kind of beautiful vulnerability that will make you ache and reveal to you a path to healing for your own difficult stories. Candace Cameron Bure, actress, producer, entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author
In today's weary world, the reminder that we can live a beautiful, resilient life--not without struggle and hardship, but in and through it--shines through every word of this book. Rebekah Lyons writes with a wisdom, vulnerability, and compassion that come only through facing life with resilience. She offers us great hope and gently guides us to orient our hearts toward the God who has all things in his hands. Korie Robertson, author of Strong and Kind and star of Duck Dynasty
I needed this book, and I'm sure you do too! For those of us who have been bumped and bruised along the way (that's everyone, right), this book offers wisdom and a road map for building a life that can weather storms in grace and love. I'm so thankful for Rebekah and her story that leads the way for us. Jefferson Bethke, New York Times bestselling author of Take Back Your Family
I have personally watched Rebekah Lyons live this message. The words in this book come from a resilient life. She and Gabe know difficulty, and they also know joy. In a world that is falling apart at the seams, Rebekah will give you handles to build a thriving, strong faith. Jennie Allen, author of Get Out of Your Head
To become durable--to develop resilience--is to live into the infinite depth of eternity that God has set in our hearts. It is with this vision of the ever-deepening, eternal kingdom of God in her sights that Rebekah Lyons has provided us a wise, accessible offering that leads us not merely to survive but to flourish. Read this expectantly and with hope, but not without the willingness to do the necessary work that God longs to join us in as we become what God has imagined before the foundation of the world. Curt Thompson, MD, author of The Soul of Desire, The Soul of Shame, and The Deepest Place
If life has left you weary and overwhelmed, don't wait a single second to jump into these hope-filled pages! With compassion and clarity, Rebekah Lyons shows the path forward through life's challenges and straight to a place of healing--practical steps that will take you from stressed to settled. No matter what you face, Rebekah proves that with God's grace, you can land in a place of resilience and joy. Shannon Bream, #1 New York Times bestselling author and anchor of Fox News Sunday
Rebekah Lyons is a one-of-a-kind woman who has compassion for all that we have in common. This book on resilience is incredibly important in the complex world we all share. While we live in a world of division, we share the same emotions, fears, and unavoidable periods of suffering. What we don't share is the capacity to deal with those debilitating aspects of our lives and ways to rise above those periods of chaos. This book is written for everyone, no matter what you are dealing with. I wish I had access to this book during my periods of unspeakable loss, cancer, and the failures that continue to haunt me with regret. There are paths through the storms, and Rebekah's faith, wisdom, and experience can help guide you through them. Scott Hamilton, cancer survivor, Olympic gold medalist, and serial optimist
Rebekah Lyons has given us a tremendous gift in this resource! Resilience is a trustworthy guide through life's most challenging hardships. She uses her personal experiences to encourage readers to see the goodness of God in the hardest of times. After reading this, you will be on your way to a resilient life! Jonathan Pokluda, pastor of Harris Creek Baptist Church, bestselling author, and host of the Becoming Something podcast
In a time when hopelessness is growing in the hearts of people around the world, Rebekah Lyons has developed an antidote and offered up a strategy for developing the resilience we need in order to endure and regain hope. This book will create grit that lasts for generations. Toni Collier, speaker and author of Brave Enough to Be Broken
Building a Resilient Life is filled with Rebekah's powerful testimony and wisdom on how to practice courage and cling to God in a world that feels unsteady and heavy. I felt her humility and love on every page, like a friend wanting to impart her years of tear-soaked experiences with vulnerability and rawness. She doesn't promote a 'put your head in the sand and pretend it's not there' approach to living, but quite the opposite. She urges us, as people practicing the way of Jesus, to press in to the hardest places--exposing our fears, pains, and anxieties and how they can teach us and drive us toward God. Hillary Scott Tyrrell, recording artist, wife, and mom
The last few years have been overwhelming for us all. No one has been left untouched. And many are struggling to move beyond the survival malaise and into the life that Jesus offers. In this deeply inspiring yet practical book, Rebekah Lyons shows, with compassion, skill, and love, how to build a life of resilience. I believe this is the book so many have been waiting for to take steps to cultivating a resilient heart. Jon Tyson, author and pastor (church.nyc)

Author Bio

Rebekah Lyons is a national speaker and bestselling author of You Are Free: Be Who You Already Are and Freefall to Fly: A Breathtaking Journey Toward a Life of Meaning. An old soul with a contemporary, honest voice, Rebekah reveals her own battles to overcome anxiety and depression-and invites others to discover and boldly pursue their God-given purpose. Alongside her husband, Gabe, Rebekah finds joy in raising four children, two of whom have Down syndrome. She wears her heart on her sleeve, a benefit to friends and readers alike. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, CNN, Huffington Post, The Tennessean, Publisher's Weekly, and more.