More Than Luck Cultivating a Resilient Mindset: Navigating Life and Adversity

By Dr Jacqueline McAdam

More than Luck: Cultivating a Resilient Mindset: Navigating Life and Adversity provides a practical, research-informed framework for understanding how to navigate the many pathways that life takes us on with strength, clarity, and purpose. I wrote this book to help many more people understand why some individuals struggle in the face of adversity while others adapt and often thrive despite overwhelming odds. Drawing on the lived experiences of those in extreme adversity, including those from conflict zones, displaced persons, and refugee camps, as well as those who have lost parents at a young age, I consolidate key characteristics of highly resilient individuals. Resilience is not about luck or personality, but rather a set of learnable skills and intentional practices that can help you and others in your community enhance their ability to cope. My book outlines seven characteristics of people with high levels of resilience. Each invites you to reflect, assess and refine your present situation to cultivate a stronger sense of resilience. This book blends trauma-informed insight, mindset development, emotional intelligence, and resilience research to offer hope, inspiration, and actionable strategies to help you cultivate a resilient mindset in your personal and professional life. This book is my offering to those whose suffering I have witnessed and to the many more who struggle with life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1069253103
• ISBN13: 9781069253101
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Resilient Generations
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"