Stressilient: How to Beat Stress and Build Resilience by Sam Akbar

Clinical psychologist Sam Akbar explains why a mind built to spot danger can struggle with modern pressures. Stressilient offers practical ways to notice thoughts, make room for feelings and respond to difficult moments without automatically fighting or avoiding them.

Short discussions and exercises include labeling emotions and working with urges, with the realistic aim of living better alongside everyday responsibilities. This 192-page St. Martin’s Essentials edition is ISBN 9781250883421.