Buoyant

A science-backed and story-driven guide for staying afloat amid life's ups and downs.
If you've been shattered by grief, weighed down by loss, or overwhelmed by life's challenges, both large and small, you're not alone. Adversity is a universal human experience, but your resilience--how you respond, adapt, and recover--shapes your outlook, strength, and well-being. What matters most isn't what happens to you, but how you rebound and chart a new path forward--your buoyancy.
Written with deep compassion and vivid storytelling, Buoyant is a science-backed, hope-filled road map for grief healing, trauma recovery, and post-traumatic growth. Author Gina Vild draws on psychology, neuroscience, timeless wisdom, poetry, and her experience to show that resilience isn't something you're born with--it's a skill you can cultivate and strengthen at any age.
This book offers both inspiration and action: inspiration in the form of twenty-plus stirring stories of transformation from people who faced both unimaginable challenges and everyday struggles, and actionable steps in the form of "Buoyancy Boosters"--interactive exercises and practical coping strategies to build resilience. Put together, Buoyant is a toolkit to reframe pain, manage negative self-talk, practice mindfulness and acceptance, embrace forgiveness, rediscover your sense of purpose, and build a supportive community.
Whether you're healing after personal loss, navigating trauma recovery, overcoming professional setbacks, or simply trying to stay afloat in a chaotic world, Buoyant is your essential guide. It proves that profound healing is possible, resilience can be learned, and a life of joy and meaning is always within reach.