Voices of Resilience: Children's and Adults' Stories of Strength & Courage of Heart

Unfortunately, life is often unfair. It can be difficult to navigate our way through challenges, heartache, and obstacles, no matter what our age.
Alex P. Hartwell, an educator and a marriage & family therapist, shares a collection of resilience stories from both children and adults from a variety of backgrounds and ages that reveal a candid glimpse into how each learned to look deep within for the strength to face and resolve difficulties. This included illness, separation from family, worries, bullying, peer pressure, and other everyday situations as well as traumatic events. As participants share their heartfelt and inspiring stories, others will discover that resilience starts with just one action that helps us to not just survive, but often thrive, through obstacles. Throughout the presentation, storytellers provide guidance, through their own examples of perseverance, for anyone facing difficulties, making hard decisions, or desiring to develop and display resilience.
Voices of Resilience is a volume of real-life stories for all ages that illustrates how to utilize inner-strength and courage to resolve problems and move forward in life with a new purpose.

Alex Prescott Hartwell worked part time as a licensed marriage and family therapist for a number of years, co-founded a small private practice with colleagues and friends, and worked primarily with adults. The author received advanced training in several areas and helped clients with concerns including life transitions, grief processing, educational matters, and relationship issues.
Hartwell worked in education as well, engaged fulltime in a many-year career that involved teaching a variety of students, including just about every unique and individual category known in the field of education. The work occurred in different states and covered the age range from four to twenty-one over the whole time. At times, this work also included program development.
Hartwell's keen interest in how individuals face difficulties and solve problems led to this first book. The author currently resides in western Colorado.