The Simple Care of a Hopeful Heart

Robert J. Wicks received his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital and is Professor Emeritus, Loyola University Maryland. Dr. Wicks has lectured on the importance of resilience, self-care, the prevention of secondary stress, and maintaining a healthy perspective in 20 different countries around the world as well as at the Mayo Clinic, Yale School of Nursing, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Divinity School, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and on Capitol Hill to Members of Congress. and their Chiefs of Staff. He has written and edited dozens of books, most recently The Tao of Ordinariness (Oxford University Press, 2019) and Night Call: Embracing Compassion and Hope in a Troubled World (Oxford University Press, 2018).

• Introduction: Good News in the Making50 Lessons in Self-Mentoring in Difficult TimesChapter 1: "Hold on for the Next Supply"Chapter 2: Unlearning Chapter 3: The Two ViewsEL Both Are RealChapter 4: Maintaining a Healthy PerspectiveChapter 5: The Good and the Bad: Balancing Acts During Tough TimesChapter 6: Necessary Bump in the RoadChapter 7: During Uncertain Times, Don't Miss the OpeningChapter 8: Five Simple Steps to Prevent Loss of Emotional EnergyChapter 9: Taking the Little and Big Detours in LifeChapter 10: The One Word We Need in Really Stressful SituationsChapter 11: Only 2 Minutes? No Way! Yes, Way!!!Chapter 12: Change and LossChapter 13: Feeling Lost and Making Stupid MistakesChapter 14: During Tough Times... You Owe it to YourselfChapter 15: Pacing and Timing: The Forgotten Key FactorsChapter 16: Being Creative During an Extended Crisis is Great... But also Don't Forget the BasicChapter 17: Take a Break When Necessary... So You Can Continue to Be InvolvedChapter 18: The "Small Things" During a Crisis and its AftermathChapter 19: Planning Versus Preoccupation: Very, Very DifferentChapter 20: Amazingly, Few Report This... But they do exist! I Have Seen ThemChapter 21: I Must Remember That...Chapter 22: The Blame GameChapter 23: Being Aware of the Dangers of Toxic CompassionChapter 24: Images of GoodnessChapter 25: "Little" Memories that Bring Tears of Joy to My Life... Even NowChapter 26: An Unexpected Harvard Experience... Why Don't You Try It As Well?Chapter 27: One of the Most Serious Blocks to Self-MentoringChapter 28: Honoring AlonetimeChapter 29: Avoid the 3 Blind AlleysChapter 30: Kindness Wears Many Different Types of ClothesChapter 31: A Very Dangerous FearChapter 32: Eat the Food... Not the Menu!Chapter 33: Being Friendly with Yourself: Failure and Self-ForgivenessChapter 34: Strengthening the StrongChapter 35: Mentally Moving in Uncertain TimesChapter 36: Seeing through the CloudsChapter 37: "The Future Is Not What It Used to Be"Chapter 38: A Strange TensionChapter 39: You've Got an Attitude!Chapter 40: Personality Styles: Gifts and DeficitsChapter 41: Becoming an Elder... Not Simply OlderChapter 42: "Look Who's Talking!"Chapter 43: What You Already KnowELIs the ProblemChapter 44: Friendship's True GiftChapter 45: Isn't It Nice to Understand?Chapter 46: The Holocaust and the Joy of a Healthy PerspectiveChapter 47: Standing in the DarknessChapter 48: Simple GraciousnessChapter 49: Leaning Back to Find Openness, Possibility... and a Healthy PerspectiveChapter 50: A Refreshing Place of My OwnEpilogue: You're Stronger Swimming UpstreamAppendix: A Month of Minute Reminders