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Recipes For Resilience

How Ordinary Stories Build Extraordinary Strength

By Lee Bakewell

Available February 23rd, 2026

A short introduction to the ideas behind the book

Recipes for Resilience is a reflection-based exploration of how resilience is built — not through formulas or prescriptions, but through real human experience.

The book brings together conversations with people from different backgrounds and professions — leaders, parents, athletes, physicians, educators — all navigating pressure, uncertainty, loss, and change in their own ways.What emerges is not a single definition of resilience, but a shared language.

Across twelve themes — including connection, self-awareness, pause, trust, and adaptation — the book invites readers to slow down, reflect, and recognize the skills they are already developing, often without realizing it. This is not a step-by-step program.

It is not sport-specific.

It is not prescriptive advice.

It is a collection of stories and reflections designed to help readers notice patterns, reframe experiences, and build steadiness over time.

Available February 23, 2026