When life throws a curveball, it can knock you off your feet, and it may take you only seconds or minutes to get up.

But sometimes, it takes hours, days, months, or years—and you could stay down.

When Ruth Pearson suffered an emotional breakdown while teaching, she felt as though her life had fallen apart. After twenty-five years, she was afraid to go back into a classroom.

While she felt terrible at the time, the bad experiences she went through became the catalyst for her to change her life. In sharing how she overcame her challenges, she helps...