The Tao of Ordinariness

Robert J. Wicks, who received his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, is Professor Emeritus at Loyola University Maryland. He has published more than 50 books for professionals and the general public, including Night Call: Embracing Compassion and Hope in a Troubled World (Oxford University Press, 2018); Perspective: The Calm within the Storm (Oxford University Press, 2014); and Bounce: Living the Resilient Life (Oxford University Press, 2010). Dr. Wicks has lectured on the importance of resilience, self-care, and maintaining a healthy perspective in Hanoi, Beijing, Port au Prince, Johannesburg, Phnom Penh, and Budapest as well as at the Mayo Clinic, Yale School of Nursing, Harvard's Children's Hospital and Harvard Divinity School, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the U.S. Air Force Academy, on Capitol Hill to Members of Congress and their Chiefs of Staff, and most recently in Beirut to persons living and working in Aleppo, Syria. He has also served on the faculty of Bryn Mawr College's Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research and received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the American Counseling Association's Division on Spirituality, Ethics, and Values. In 2006, he was recipient of the first annual Alumni Award for Excellence in Professional Psychology from Widener University.

Introduction: Coming Home to Yourself
Chapter One. An Elusive Companion Virtue: Humility
Chapter Two. Travel Lightly: Simplicity and Letting Go
Chapter Three. The Unrecognizable You: Addressing the Reputation You Currently Have with Yourself
Chapter Four. Becoming "Sea-Kindly": Living with Patience, Perseverance, and a Willingness to Fail
Chapter Five. Mentors in Ordinariness: Experiencing Authenticity in Practice
Chapter Six. Alonetime: Embracing Spaces Conducive for the Processes of Self-Uncovering and Re-discovery
Epilogue. Returning Home to Yourself. . . Again