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Welcome to Onward

Onward, Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar
Get Onward for an in-depth look at cultivating emotional resilience. Click the image to go to the publisher’s website for purchase.

Onwardthebook.com is a site dedicated to cultivating emotional resilience. It is a companion to the book, Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar, published by Wiley (buy the book here). But this site isn’t just for educators. Onward can the be the first stop for anyone looking for resources, inspiration, and guidance on cultivating resilience. We provide personal narratives, book reviews, recorded meditations, printable tools, and many activities that you can incorporate into your daily life. You’ll also find ways to learn with and from each other. We hope to bring people together in a journey to cultivating resilience.


What is Emotional Resilience?

Life can be rough. In fact, very few of us get through it without encountering obstacles and adversity. With resilience, we not only rebound from challenges, but we are stronger, kinder, and even more alive because of them. Resilience is about thriving, not just surviving. It’s about learning from suffering so that we experience more joy, calm and tranquility and more meaningful connections with others. Resilience allows us to experience the full spectrum of emotions and to move more quickly through uncomfortable emotions.

You already have resilience. And it’s a resource that you can increase tremendously. As you’ve probably heard, the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step–and cultivating resilience is a long journey. There are many ways to start this journey. You’ve already taken the first step by coming here.

With increased emotional resilience, we have more energy to serve others–to serve our communities and those that need our help and partnership. With increased resilience, we can create a more just and equitable world.


Ready to dive in?

Try this self-assessment

We recommend starting with this quick self-assessment quiz to help you recognize your strengths when it comes to resilience.

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Each chapter of Onward is devoted to a theme. You can find posts related to the themes by browsing are archives using the links below