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Centered on Resilience
A Guide for Protecting Energy in a Global World
Dr. Elizabeth Napier
Protect your energy. Navigate change. Stay connected to what matters.
In a world that constantly asks for more, how do we remain grounded?
Centered on Resilience brings together insights from business, sustainability, mindfulness, and lived experience to explore how we respond to uncertainty—and what helps us move forward with purpose. Through personal reflection and practical guidance, the book invites readers to recognize what sustains them, establish meaningful boundaries, and build resilience in everyday life.
About the Book
Our lives are shaped by forces both close to home and far beyond our control. Relationships, workplace expectations, digital demands, and global disruption all influence how we spend our energy and experience change.
Centered on Resilience explores these connections through a personal and professional lens. Across twelve chapters, readers move from protecting their own energy to understanding the relationships, organizations, communities, and global systems that shape their well-being.
Reflection prompts and guided meditations offer opportunities to pause, reconnect, and put these ideas into practice.
Inside, You’ll Explore
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Setting boundaries that support your energy and relationships.
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Recognizing disconnection and making space for recovery.
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Navigating uncertainty at work and in everyday life.
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Understanding how global systems affect personal well-being.
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Bringing mindfulness into leadership and decision-making.
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Strengthening the connection between mind, body, and business.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for people balancing ambition with well-being, navigating a transition, or feeling stretched by the demands of daily life. Professionals, educators, leaders, students, and readers interested in personal growth will find invitations to reflect on how they live, work, and connect.
About the Author
Dr. Elizabeth Napier is an Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business at the University of Toledo, a researcher, speaker, and certified yoga instructor. Her background in anthropology and international business informs her work on sustainability, resilience, mindfulness, and the human side of global systems.
In Centered on Resilience, she brings these perspectives together with personal experience to make research accessible and relevant to everyday life.
“My energy is mine to protect. Boundaries are sacred. Resilience begins within.”
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