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With the global financial meltdown of the past year, millions around the world are suddenly out of work, homeless, or both. Such dramatic turnarounds of fortune often breed further adversity, in the form of strained relationships, threatened physical health, and elevated risk for mental health issues, such as depression, anti-social behaviour, and personality disorders.

Not a pretty picture! This site aims to put you in touch with psychological resources and tools and personal connections to help guide yourself and others through the difficult days that are now upon us. So take heart. Collectively we human beings have a lot of wisdom and experience to draw on. You can prevail!

Order Back from the Edge

Click here to go through to my page on the Cape Catley Books site, where you can order the book.

You think you've got it bad! Back from the Edge shares the stories of 15 "ordinary" people who found themselves in extaordinary circumstances, and displayed heartwarming courage in their responses. You'll meet:

Rob, who defied known limits of endurance to remain alive in the ocean for four days after getting separated from the diving boat

Lyndal and John, who lost everything they owned in the fires

Patrick, a dairy farmer who, due to drought, deregulation, and then debt, lost his his cattle, nearly all of his lands and means of livelihood, and then his wife

Ayan, who was escaping war-torn Somalia at age 10 when a roadside bomb killed her parents and little brother. She then spent 12 years in a Kenyan refugee camp before being allowed to come to New Zealand.

You’ll find out just why these and other “stars” of the book are such powerful role-models for hardiness as they share their survival secrets.

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