Weave A Resilient Life--Black and White

by Dale Weaver

This book is about the ups and downs of my life. It’s about resilience. About bouncing back from hardships and recovering from the difficulties in life many of us face.

The book is organized by themes. Each chapter is a different phase of my life. I summarize the important meaning I learned from those eleven phases.

I start by writing about my family, beginning in Ukraine, which was then part of Russia. I share the tragedy of my parents’ divorce, my mother’s early death, and my brother’s fight with substance addictions. I describe my experiences with running and how it transformed me. I tell about attending the University of Oregon and working during the summers for the U.S. Forest Service. That’s when I became a mountain man.

Next I write about the Pacific Islands and explain all the wonderful things that happened to me on Guam. I write about our three wonderful children. I take a chapter to talk about my love of basketball and how it affected my family and me. I share my world travels and describe some unique experiences. The next chapter transitions into my twenty years as a U.S. Air Force officer, after which I offer a description of returning to teaching and counseling, finding my purpose in life, and earning a Ph.D. in counselor education.

I finish by sharing the changes to my mind and body as I age—my slow, steady decline. I also describe what I consider to be the secret to life—to always live, love, and laugh. Be resilient, turn negatives into positives, and enjoy every moment. Weave a resilient life.

166 pages, Paperback

First published May 3, 2015

About the author

Dr. Weaver completed his Ph.D. in Educational Counseling in 2009 from The College of William and Mary. His research focused on the relationship between cultural/ethnic identity and individual protective factors of academic resilience. Dr. Weaver has published articles in the magazine Guam Business News, as well as the Guam newspapers Pacific Daily News and Guam Tribune. Dr. Weaver has written for Air Force newspapers in Hawaii, Guam, and Virginia. While serving on active duty in the U. S. Air Force, he published a "Concept of Employment" technical document that described how to operate the military's premier survival radio, the Combat Survivor Evader Locator, currently in use worldwide.

Dr. Weaver grew up in Morro Bay, California, attended college at the University of Oregon, and earned his Master's degree in Counseling from the University of Guam. He has worked as a steelworker, firefighter, carpenter, teacher, counselor, and college professor.

Dr. Weaver is an avid sports enthusiast. He has sailed, windsurfed, scuba-dived, parasailed, hang-glided, mountain-climbed, sky-dived, surfed, snowboarded, and skiied. He played college volleyball for the University of Oregon and college basketball for the University of Guam.

Dr. Weaver is married to the former Lauren Murphy of Tumon Heights, Guam. They have three children: Jerusha, Hana, and Chance. He and his wife live on the central coast of California.

Reviews

[Theonelmichele · Rating 5 out of 5]

'Dr. Dale'(aka Dale Weaver, Ph.D), hit a home run with his 1st published book, "Weave a Resilient Life." The story is authentic, easy-to-read with an engaging story-line. The book cover is literally to die-for: the feel is amazing with the slightly raised text print and with its subtle sprinkles. Dr. Dales' authentic personal quotes, at the end, also provide people with hope and direction...which is believable and inspiring because "he's been there, done that."

[Neal Carbaugh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspirational! Best motivational memoir I've ever read. Sure, everyone has their ups and downs, but the author provides lessons he has learned in order to bounce back from the downs. It took me less than 24 hours to read this book because once I picked it up, I could not put it down.