William G. DeFoore, Ph. D. has been a counselor for over 50 years, and is president of Halcyon Life Enterprises, LLP. He has authored six books in print, five e-books, and 20 audiobooks. He is the author and developer of three web sites, including WilliamDeFoore.com, AngerManagementResource.com and Goodfinding.com. He publishes two monthly newsletters and daily Goodfinding quotes through his websites. He served on the faculty of Cooper Aerobics Center Wellness program for 27 years, and has spoken at numerous conferences worldwide on the topics of emotional intelligence, financial intelligence, and body/mind wellness. Dr. DeFoore has provided corporate consulting and executive coaching services to small and multi-national businesses. His emphasis on the deep inherent value of each individual has pervaded all of his work, bringing his orientation into alignment with a positive psychology approach to well-being. With his wife and business partner, he enjoys hiking, playing with their donkeys, and creative expression through fiber art, guitar, ukulele, and singing.
“An energetic guide to bringing greater intentionality to daily life.” – Kirkus Reviews
SELF-HELP
GOODFINDING
BY William DeFoore • POSTED ON Nov. 3, 2022
DeFoore provides a blueprint for greater mental clarity and effectiveness in this self-help guide.
“Goodfinding” is “the practice of gratitude for the benefits of your past experiences, appreciation of your present blessings and opportunities, and optimism about the positive possibilities that lie ahead for you,” writes the author, emphasizing what he refers to as the “time travel” aspect of the human mind, capable of pondering the past, assessing the present, and planning for the future. His practice involves three key changes in thinking: a shift from negative to positive thinking, a change from outer focus to inner focus (to remind the reader that one is “the driver of your own car, the captain of your own ship, and the creator of your own reality”), and a pivot from “living at effect” to “living at cause.” DeFoore asserts that by following this practice, one is “learning to use your brilliant mind to its maximum benefit, contributing to your own well-being and that of the world around you.” The author frequently references Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence (1995), assuring his readers that they have brilliant minds (“I’m not saying that because I know anything about your intelligence,” DeFoore writes; “I’m saying that because a brilliant mind is standard equipment in the human organism”). This tone of strong encouragement runs throughout the book, which advises readers on everything from improving their finances (“a positive relationship with money is essential to your ongoing health and happiness”) to the practice of “gratitude journaling.” The author has a large number of abstruse topics to cover, and he’s very much aided in doing so by a clear, straightforward, explanatory style when clarifying his terms: “If a thought, belief, or course of action promotes life, health, and happiness and doesn’t harm you or others,” he writes, “then it is authentically positive.” Such plainspoken bits of wisdom will make DeFoore’s book appealing to readers seeking a bit of reinvention.
An energetic guide to bringing greater intentionality to daily life.
1. Anger: Deal With it Heal With It Stop It From Killing You
William DeFoore provides practical solutions to one of society's most pressing concerns-anger and rage. His practical ten-step approach offers a way to reach a new level of psychological and physical health by learning to deal with anger in healthy ways. Through gripping stories, research and narrative, DeFoore explores the many faces of anger, including passive anger, anger during the grief process, anger among males, and anger that can actually help us connect with our spirituality and life purpose. This edition has added new chapters that cover anger in women, anger in children, in school, in the workplace, and domestic violence.
Here is your roadmap for inner healing. Your eyes and ears don't work for looking and listening inside--Serai gives you a story with characters that help you do just that! Now you can see into the internal world of your emotions, and you will love what you find! Right there inside you is healing power, magic, creativity and love beyond what you have ever known. Learn to love and accept yourself as you really are!
3. Anger Among Angels: Shedding LIght on the Darkness of the Human Soul
Discover true spiritual power in the meeting place between anger and love. Learn how healthy, spiritually focused anger can be the key to healing and personal transformation. Dr. DeFoore invites you on this journey to sacred space through the mystery and majesty of the human soul. In a series of short stories, he shows you the magnificence and power of the human capacity for love and compassion. You will find new depth to your own beauty and value in this surprising and inspiring book.
Discover and learn to make the powerful journey from anger through forgiveness and back to love. Love is who you are at the core of your being, and there is always a deep yearning within you to return to your true nature. While you probably have good reasons for your anger, if you stay there too long, it will be a departure from your good, loving heart.
Life and who you really are is all about love. Forgiveness represents your journey back home to yourself. Learn about healthy and unhealthy anger, and also how forgiveness can sometimes be unhealthy as well. Most important, learn how to be emotionally healthy no matter what is happening in your life and relationships.
Do yourself the kindness of self-forgiveness, while also learning about how to let go of anger and resentment and set yourself free to be emotionally well and emotionally intelligent.
4. Your Inner Child: A Complete Guide to Joy and Healing
This inner child compilation is your complete guide to emotional healing, joy, and creative expression. Here you will find Dr. DeFoore's books, Nurturing Your Inner Child, Your New Inner Child For Women and Your New Inner Child For Men. You'll start with the healing and nurturing necessary to launch into the final phases of expanding joy, love, and creativity. Heal your sexuality, embrace your own inner beauty, and master the art of self-love. This book is based on Dr. DeFoore's 50 years of professional counseling experience, guiding you further and deeper into self-awareness and balanced self-esteem. Throughout his career of helping people, Dr. DeFoore has discovered many powerful and subtle approaches to healing and expanding self worth in his clients. You will get the benefit of his insights and knowledge here. This guidebook will be a resource you return to again and again over the years. It is filled with tools to be revisited and renewed on an ongoing basis.
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