There's a cost to being a certain kind of strong.
When it comes to difficult circumstances, weâve all heard the platitudes: âNo pain, no gain.â âWhat doesnât kill you makes you stronger.â But if we spend our lives trying to be âthe strong one,â we become exhausted, burned-out, and disconnected from our truest selves.
What if it were different? Could there be a different way to be strong? Could strength mean more than pushing on and pushing through pain, bearing every heavy burden on our own? What if, instead, true strength were more like the tide: soft and bold, fierce and gentle, moving together as one powerful force?
In Strong like Water, author and trauma therapist Aundi Kolber offers a framework for true flourishing. With each page, youâll: Learn how your nervous system shapes your experience so that we can move through pain instead of being stuck in it. Explore various practices, rhythms, and resources to support you in challenging circumstances with compassion and hope. Discover how to internalize connection, love, and safetyâempowering you with greater resilience.
A different, more expansive way of healing, wholeness, and possiblyâespeciallyâstrength is possible. We were made to be strong like water.