Showing results by narrator "John Lee" in Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development

There is a paradox. As children, most of us think we are highly creative; as adults many of us think we are not. What changes as children grow up? Organizations across the globe are competing in a world that is changing faster than ever. They say they need people who can think creatively, who are flexible and quick to adapt.

Alan Watts draws on the wisdom of Eastern philosophy and religion in this timeless and classic guide to living a more fulfilling life. His central insight is more relevant now than ever: when we spend all of our time worrying about the future and lamenting the past, we are unable to enjoy the present moment—the only one we are actually able to inhabit.

In this moving, compassionate presentation, John Lee shows how to break the crippling cycle of emotional woundedness that is passed from father to son. Sharing his own struggle to come to terms with his father and to recover from a troubled childhood, Lee tells the listener how all men can let go of the past, reclaim themselves, and say goodbye to the patterns that are no longer useful or wanted.

Growing Yourself Back Up is John Lee's book that thousands of therapists recommend to their clients every year. This lecture will help the listener recognize, prevent, and diffuse regression in ourselves and others. He teaches, for example, that adults cannot be abandoned, they can only be left; if we're feeling abandoned we're regressing. He also reminds us that no matter how overwhelmed we are, adults always have options; if we believe we don't, we're in a regression.

From the author of Confessions of an Actuarial Tutor comes this collection of more than 670 jokes that only actuaries will find funny (though probably only because they have such low standards for humor). With jokes covering actuaries and their (lack of) personality and social life, along with jokes on pensions, insurance, finance, mortality, statistics, Excel, and even accountants. By the Law of Averages, you’re sure to find something that will eventually make you almost laugh.

This is a unique and powerful approach to anger and rage. Discover the differences between healthy and harmful anger with John Lee's life-changing program. Therapist Lee's proven method will help anyone immediately tap into the causes of their own anger, allowing them to get a handle on the emotions that cause stress and pain. Without guilt, shame, embarrassment, resentment, or hopelessness, this lecture offers groundbreaking information on controlling rage. The Anger Solution promises to be the next classic in anger management.

Friends first and love forever. The time is long overdue for men to mature—to treat women with love, respect, dignity, and cherish them inside and out. He not only must find the right woman to spend his life with, but also must develop and maintain a healthy relationship with her. In order to do so, he must find the courage within himself to participate in a love so intimate that he must risk his very soul—and hers as well.

A very insightful look at each of the 12 steps by a very spiritual guy with long term sobriety in early AA. John shares his own experience taking the 12 Steps and insights learned while taking hundreds of other alcoholics through them. This is a very good AA talk, an enjoyable presentation of 12-step wisdom with some humorous parts.

This is a touching and tender talk that will change forever the way you think about love, sending it, receiving it with those you love whether family, friends, lovers and even colleagues. It will remind you to throw away "The Golden Rule" when it comes time to loving people and adopt "The Platinum Rule", which says send the people you love the kind of love they long for and tell your loved ones the way you wish to be loved.