Calvert F Cazier

Together, my wife and co-author, Anne, and I wrote a book that is better than either one of us could have written alone. The Resiliency Toolkit: A Busy Parent’s Guide to Raising Happy, Confident, Successful Children is a book full of stories to inspire you and practical strategies even the busiest parents have time to use right away.

I love telling stories and draw on a lifetime of working to overcome the challenges of Tourette syndrome as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD). In spite of being told I really wasn’t college material, I somehow managed not only to graduate college but to also go on to complete a master’s degree and PhD in public health. My stories come from the pains and joys of raising two sons, my personal struggles developing my own resiliency, stories I heard from my parents and grandparents, my experience as a college professor for over 30 years, my long career in public health motivating people to lead safer, healthier lives, and, of course, my own active imagination!

Anne and I have five kids, ten grandkids, and our very first great-granddaughter! We’ve come through multiple bouts of cancer, infertility, the death of a spouse and a grandchild, divorce, combining two families into a blended one, and so much more. What really excites us is helping parents answer the question, “How can I help my child be more successful today, tomorrow, the next day, and the next?”