The 9 Pillars of Resilience: The Proven Path to Master Stress, Slow Aging, and Increase Vitality

by Stephen I. Sideroff PhD

Overview

Stress is a fact of life—and it’s necessary for success.

Discover a holistic methodology based on 9 key pillars to help you thrive even in the midst of overwhelming stress.

Individuals at all levels of society and income are feeling the exhausting effects of economic uncertainty, political upheaval, international conflict, the pandemic, and environmental devastation. This timely book offers effective approaches for overcoming everyday challenges, presenting you with the tools you need to neutralize stress, build resilience, and live a balanced life.

Drawing on over 40 years of experience, Dr. Stephen I. Sideroff equips you with the techniques needed to adjust the mind and body to the evolutionary mismatch posed by modern forms of stress.

Empower yourself to conquer stress, enhance resilience, and improve overall wellness and longevity through an innovative approach that will help you:

• Prosper with stress rather than letting it weigh you down
• Maintain good brain health for optimal performance
• Implement recovery techniques for many common ailments
• Improve emotional awareness
• Enhance feelings of self-worth, happiness, and satisfaction
• Maximize your energy and focus

Featuring a 6-page personal guide and assessment to support you on your journey, The 9 Pillars of Resilience makes it simple to establish lifelong physical, emotional, and mental patterns for mastering stress, increasing longevity, and living a joyful, balanced life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637745557
Publisher:	BenBella Books, Inc.
Publication date:	06/04/2024
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	367,341
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 9.31(h) x 1.31(d)

About the Author

Dr. Stephen Sideroff is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, executive and medical consultant, and expert in resilience, longevity, optimal performance, addiction, neurofeedback, and mental health. He has published pioneering research in these fields. Dr. Sideroff’s work focuses on the two most important and difficult modern issues we all face: stress and resilience, and achieving permanent change and transformation. His approach is focused not only on providing useful information, but presenting it in a way that generates change in the recipient.

Dr. Sideroff is an associate professor in the departments of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and rheumatology at UCLA’s Geffen School of Medicine. He was the founder and former clinical director of the Stress Strategies program of UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and former clinical director of Moonview Sanctuary’s Treatment and Optimal Performance Center. He has helped establish innovative training and treatment approaches in optimal functioning, mind-body medicine in the US, China, and Europe. His book, The Path, has been hailed as “a true Bible for living in balance and spirituality.”

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“A masterful guide for achieving happiness, health, and success.”
—David Perlmutter, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain
 
“Just as food is medicine, Dr. Sideroff’s insightful and comprehensive approach to resilience presents the equivalent mental and emotional medicine to help the body function at its best . . . Presented as a step-by-step program, with solutions that build mental clarity, The 9 Pillars of Resilience offers practical, yet deeply transformative processes for both health and success.”
—Dr. Mark Hyman, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Young Forever
 
“Beautifully written . . . Dr. Sideroff’s book provides a badly needed resource for many people trying to maneuver through a world packed with challenges that evolution has not equipped us well to cope with effectively.”
—Emeran A. Mayer, MD, MD, executive director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience
 
“A transformative guide that bridges the gap between scientific research and practical application. Through his insightful exploration of resilience, Dr. Sideroff offers readers a comprehensive road map to not only withstand the challenges of life but to thrive amidst them.”
—Karol Darsa, PsyD, executive director of the Reconnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Center
 
“An extraordinary blueprint for resilience. Dr. Sideroff has an incredible ability to distill complex processes into an easy-to-follow pathway toward building resilience. I truly feel something profound shifting in me after working through the 9 Pillars. Thank you for so eloquently putting decades of wisdom into this book.”
—Sarah Abedi, MD, host of The Hidden Body podcast and emergency medicine physician
 
“Dr. Sideroff addresses one of the most important factors that speeds up aging and thus the development of symptoms. I’m impressed with Dr. Sideroff’s comprehensive and innovative model of resilience, but what makes his book most valuable is the step-by-step approach that I believe anyone can follow to gain new coping skills and live life with greater calmness and health. Anyone overwhelmed by stress should get this book.”
—William Faloon, author and cofounder of the Life Extension Foundation