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I reached for this book after a particularly tough week. I was feeling low, and so many things had started to creep up on me, making me feel like a deflated balloon. This book gave me a little bit of that strength back, and I can’t believe just how my mindset has changed because of it! I’m absolutely thrilled to be sharing my review for this book, one that has helped my mind and saved my sanity a little. I can’t thank the author enough! Read full review, click here .

Selwa Berbawy Hamati Author | Speaker | Certified Life Coach   Q. What is Real Resilience about? A. This book is written to inspire and give practical tools to those who are ready to make a positive change in their lives. Many people have already headed in a new direction, and this pandemic has turned into their opportunity to reinvent themselves by changing their daily routines, priorities, and businesses or careers, and I share some of their stories. Someday when COVID-19 fades away, another virus or some other catastrophe can and will take place. I want people to learn how to be really resilient now to be prepared to handle whatever happens. Q. What does resilience mean to you? A. “Resilience: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.” This is the dictionary definition of resilience. Of course, I agree with that definition. I also believe that there’s more to this capacity to recover quickly—part of recovering is coming back stronge...

  Illustrator Interview Michelle Gamble   Q. What drew you to illustrate Ant Trails and Butterfly Dreams – A Story About Happiness ?   A. The author Selwa Berbawy Hamati had published three other books with my company, 3L Publishing (www.3LPublishing.com). I painted on the side, and I rarely shared about my paintings. We were talking one day, and she mentioned her desire to write this children’s book based on her new book Real Resilience – Once Upon a Pandemic . I showed her some paintings, but cautioned I don’t like to paint cartoons. She loved my work and soon hired me to illustrate her children’s book. I was happy that she liked fine art and wouldn’t push to create cartoon-like characters, but more fun and beautiful paintings. In fact, she loved the cover so much she bought the original. Q. How did you decide on the style of the paintings? A. I wanted the illustrations to create a fun, bright, happy world to convey the theme of the book,...

  RESILIENCE MEANS NOT JUST SURVIVING BUT THRIVING New book titled Real Resilience draws a mental roadmap to thriving during the pandemic and beyond.   DIXON , Calif.—In recent months the term “resilience” has become the new buzzword. In fact, 2020 will go down in the annals of history as the year that people had to bounce back from the negativity of the pandemic, California fires, racial tensions, political unrest, and a myriad of other disasters. Those individuals who did not understand or discover ways of bouncing back and stabilizing after such a year can now look to the new book titled Real Resilience – Once Upon a Pandemic by Selwa Berbawy Hamati to become resilient and not just survive all these changes, but also thrive in the New Normal.   “ As a certified business and life coach, I have seen people not just survive but thrive through obstacles and chaos many would find overwhelming. That is why I wrote this book,” said Hamati. “I want...