How We Go On: Self-Compassion, Courage, and Gratitude on the Path Forward

How we go on is the most frequently asked question of our lives. It is also one of the most important. Our willingness and ability to meet life's changes, challenges, crises, losses, and opportunities, determines the quality of our lives. Clearing the path forward to our best possible future involves skillfully and courageously overcoming adversity, strengthening our relationships, being more self-compassionate, socially responsible and making peace with life's terms as we all get older.

Guided by his Code for Courageous Living, Dr. Ken Druck shows us how to fine tune and upgrade our Operating Systems by replacing harsh self-criticism with clarity, kindness, self-compassion, encouragement, support, faith, and humility. We develop plans and skills for effectively managing life's transitions, harvesting its opportunities, selflessly paying the good in our lives forward and leaving a legacy of love out of heartfelt gratitude.

Ken Druck's personal journey after the death of his 21-year-old daughter, Jenna, and his work on the front lines with bereaved families over the past thirty years, led him to discover how we go on from life's worst losses. Turning what he learned into a Code for Courageous Living for effectively dealing life's changes, challenges, and opportunities, Dr. Ken Druck has uncovered the secrets of how we go on.

Ken Druck, Ph.D. Dr. Ken Druck is a best-selling author and international authority on healing after loss, family relationships, aging and turning adversity into opportunity. Recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Contribution to Psychology award for his groundbreaking work on traumatic loss, Dr. Ken has guided clients, communities, readers, audiences, and the general public for over 45 years with his life's work on Courageous Living. His books, including "How We Go On: Self-Compassion, Courage and Gratitude on the Path Forward," "he Real Rules of Life," "Healing Your Life After the Loss of a Loved One," "Courageous Aging" and "Raising an Aging Parent" are based on his personal journey after the death of his oldest daughter, Jenna, his work on the front lines after tragedies including 9-11, Sandy Hook and Columbine and his experience as an Executive Coach/Consultant. Ken speaks for distinguished organizations including the United Nations, Harvard School of Public Health and Young Presidents Organization. He trains psychiatric residents in Grief Literacy at the UCSD School of Medicine and his work is featured regularly on CNN, PBS and in network specials as well as in top newspapers, podcasts, magazines, and social media sites. Ken, his beloved partner, Lisette, and their rescue dog, Jack, live in Del Mar, California only a few minutes from the offices of Druck Enterprises Inc. and a few miles from his daughter, Stefie, twin grandsons, and son-in-law, Tony.