From Bullied to Brilliant (B2B) should be read and permanently on the shelf of every parent, teacher, sports coach, employer, community and political leader and every young person who is or has been bullied. If possible, B2B should also be placed in the hands of those who are or have been involved in bullying behaviours towards others.

Author, Karen Clarke, offers sequential steps, strategies and a range of actions that one can implement to deal with bullies and bullying. Karen and the contributors to her book display great compassion, empathy, intelligence, insight and humour in their descriptions and analysis of their experiences of bullies and bullying.

Clarke covers in depth the following topics and issues:

Understanding Bullying

The Different Faces of Bullying

A Change in Thinking

Raising Empowered Children

Seven Steps to Peaceful Personal Power

Tools and Techniques

The practical steps outlined in B2B open up pathways for both the bullied and the bully to discover how they can change and in doing so become brilliant and unique through applying Clarke’s  strategies for disarming rather than perpetuating the bully-victim cycle. I highly recommend From Bullied to Brilliant for our times and to relieve us of the burdens of our past behaviours, towards creating and sustaining our positive and brilliant futures.