Christopher Willard, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist at Harvard Medical School and author of over 18 publications for children and adults. An internationally sought-after speaker and mindfulness educator, his books include Growing Up Mindful, Raising Resilience, The Breathing Book, Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing, and Alphabreaths Too.
A compassionate road map ... this book will prove to be a helpful guide and resource to restore our capacity to treat ourselves and one another with loving awareness. --Sara King, PhD, neuroscientist, medical anthropologist, education philosopher, and founder of MindHeart Consulting A straightforward yet science-based guide to recovery and healing, from the individual to the collective. --Emma Seppala, PhD, Yale psychologist and author of The Happiness Track Chris brings humor, unflinching compassion--and, yes, even playfulness--to a topic that for so many of us can leave us underwater. This book is a buoy. --Caverly Morgan, author of The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together and founder of Peace in Schools The writing is thoughtful, the practices are accessible, and the message is exactly what we need: that we can survive (and even thrive) when faced with traumatic stress. Highly recommended! --David Treleaven, PhD, author of Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing