Thoughts That Feed the Resilient Mind

Thoughts that Feed the Resilient Mind offers inspirational, challenging affirmations and provoking ideas to nurture the resilient mind. These thoughts provide enhancement to self-empowerment, spiritual awareness, and alternative ways of thinking and responding to life. The words in this work can help you maintain resiliency through adverse, traumatic, and difficult times. It may inspire you to respond with positive actions, uplift you, encourage you, and transcend your thoughts to feed the resilient mind. This is a guide for anyone wanting to stay resilient through unwanted events, such as loss of a job, a loved one, or a troubled relationship, or having trouble staying resilient when things do not go as planned. One may ask, "How often does one have to practice resiliency in order to count resiliency as an attribute to their character?" Resilience is necessary to grow through recovery and life's challenges and uncomfortable situations. It is imperative that we respond and not react. Responding takes effort and application of spiritual principles such as love, forgiveness, and trust. Reacting usually results in needing forgiveness for inappropriate responses. We are responsible for our own healing, learning, and growth.

Dr. Robin R. Laysears Smith has more than twenty years of experience in education. She has served on the cabinet of three Superintendents of Schools. A few of her successes include raising student achievement, staff accountability and climate and culture of many schools through a myriad of effective programming and training. Dr. Laysears Smith obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Cheyney University, Masters of Education and Doctorate of Education degrees from Temple University. She was honored with the Outstanding Dissertation in Education from Phi Beta Kappa. Her experiences in education are diverse from urban to rural communities. Dr. Laysears Smith has written and received many grants for at risk youth and innovative learning concepts. She has been recognized by Pennsylvania Department of Education for her work with at risk programs. Dr. Laysears Smith has served on national, state and local advisory boards and currently serves on national and local nonprofit advisory boards. She mentors doctoral students and serves as External Examiner of dissertations and continues to inspire leaders in education and social services. Hence, student success is at the core of her belief system. Dr. Laysears Smith is the Founder of Women Empowering Themselves WET and CEO and Founder of High Stakes Education Services HSES. She continues to serve many nonprofit and profit organizations to advance their academic and social initiatives. She has a passion to communicate to a vast variety of people from schools to prisons, churches to profit organizations. Dr. Robin R. Laysears Smith provides memorable, informative, academic, motivational lectures and presentations. Her aim is to educate and empower people. She resides in Southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband of 19 years and their teenage son.