1Part I: The Neurological Architecture of Resistance
11Expanding the Window of Distress Tolerance
2The Evolutionary Mechanics of Maladaptive Preservation
12Part III: Narrative Repair and Epistemic Reconstruction
3Predictive Processing and the Minimization of Free Energy
13Autobiographical Continuity and Identity Disruption
4The Neurobiology of the Status Quo Bias
14Reclaiming Epistemic Agency After Adversity
5Allostatic Load and the Metabolic Costs of Change
15Cognitive Defusion and Internal Narrative Modulation
6The Multidimensionality of Behavioral Persistence
16Part IV: Prospective Psychology and Intentional Action
7Part II: Somatic Regulation and Interoceptive Pathways
17Temporal Discounting and the Future-Self Paradigm
8Dimensional Constructs of Interoceptive Processing
18Synaptic Plasticity via Micro-Habituation
9Autonomic Rhythms and Emotional Metabolism
19The Neuro-Existential Architecture of Sustainable Mastery
10Neural Circuitry of Affective Integration
20About Author & Publisher