What do you do as a coach when your client has been seriously rocked by the events in his or her life‎?‎ In Resilience‎,‎ Carole Pemberton offers a fresh and thoughtful framework for understanding what resilience is and is not‎,‎ and why it has such potential for triggering feelings of being de‎-stabilized‎.‎ Her book takes you step by step through a series of practical interventions‎,‎ a menu of options‎,‎ each with their research base and with their practicality explored‎.‎ Considering a variety of approaches‎,‎ Carole Pemberton asks‎:‎ So how far is the currently fashionable concept of mindfulness helpful‎?‎ How can you use some of the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy‎?‎ What can you borrow from Solution‎-focused Coaching and Positive Psychology‎?‎ Her practical guide shows you what is especially useful in these disciplines for work with clients whose resilience has temporarily vanished‎.‎ You will also learn how to assess your own resilience and coping mechanisms as a coach‎.‎ The fascinating chapters on client narrative and ‎'‎Narrative Wave‎'‎ alone make this a must‎-read for both new and more experienced coaches‎.‎ Carole Pemberton explores the essential theories currently influencing resilience coaching‎,‎ alongside stories from her own reflective practice in applying these and useful coaching tips‎.‎ Trevor Elkin‎,‎ Leadership and Talent Development‎,‎ Home Office The resilience of coaching clients is emerging as one of the key themes facing coaches in the 21st Century‎.‎ Carole Pemberton‎'‎s timely work brings together the key facets of this subject providing an understanding of what impacts on resilience for the client and the coach‎,‎ before providing an overview of a range of useful interventions to apply when working on this issue with clients‎.‎ Caroline Horner‎,‎ MD of the I‎-coach academy Wonderful to see a coaching book on resilience that compliments more traditional approaches with emergent thinking from the fields of mindfulness‎,‎ ACT and positive psychology‎.‎ Carole shows great wisdom and humility ‎- pointing to the importance of authenticity in teaching mindfulness to others and in sharing her own learning along the way‎.‎ Mark McMordie‎,‎ Director of Coaching‎,‎ Coachmatch This is a Treasure Trove of practical‎,‎ accessible and proven tools for skilled coaches‎.‎ Carole has created THE definitive guide for helping people to use their enhanced resilience to achieve their potential‎.‎ Stuart Lindenfield FRSA‎,‎ Head of Career and Change Management Solutions‎,‎ Reed Global Pemberton has a rare skill ‎- turning knowledge into power‎.‎ She gives the reader the wherewithal to notice when resilience is failing in their clients‎.‎ She then equips them with useful lines of inquiry and creative‎,‎ practical steps they can take with their clients to move them from being stuck to taking responsibility and accessing their resources‎.‎ She writes of the tricky subject of identity‎:‎ often a subject tackled in dense philosophical debate‎:‎ she makes it accessible‎,‎ giving clear guidance in eloquent plain English about how a coach can work with their client at identity level‎.‎ The work you as a coach will be able to do as a result of reading this book will be deeper and more creative‎.‎ My notebook was full of tips and ideas by the time I had left the book‎.‎ Deborah Tom‎,‎ Managing Director of Human Systems