Joel B Bennett

Welcome to Book 2 of the Quest for Presence CollectionWe are brainwashed into clock time while deep time keeps dancing with our souls in the background. Using poetry, exercises, stories, and research, this book guides you to join the dance by cultivating four capacities-Acceptance, Presence, Flow, and Synchronicity. The Soulful Capacities follows The Map and Radiant Forces (Book 1) and The Connoisseur of Time. Each book stands alone to transform your experience of time as a source of well-being. The Soulful Capacities have broad application across many healing and spiritual arts; whether you are a beginner, seeker, practitioner, scholar-or even a connoisseur of time.Visit us at www.presencequest.life.

Welcome to Book 2 of the Quest for Presence CollectionWe are brainwashed into clock time while deep time keeps dancing with our souls in the background. Using poetry, exercises, stories, and research, this book guides you to join the dance by cultivating four capacities-Acceptance, Presence, Flow, and Synchronicity. The Soulful Capacities follows The Map and Radiant Forces (Book 1) and The Connoisseur of Time. Each book stands alone to transform your experience of time as a source of well-being. The Soulful Capacities have broad application across many healing and spiritual arts; whether you are a beginner, seeker, practitioner, scholar-or even a connoisseur of time.Visit us at www.presencequest.life.

"Time is what we make of it.""Be here now.""Find time for the things that matter."These simple statements mask a deeper spiritual reality where time becomes an old friend. We move beyond "be here now" to be here for the whole time of this precious life.Join author Joel Bennett in this invitation to well-being. Find your happening self in the original mandala called life.

Do you want to lead and influence others more effectively?Whether you're a new or aspiring leader-looking for your first step in building a professional career, or a manager working to recover from corporate setbacks, sluggish direct reports, bad bosses, and economic downturns-you'll find hope, encouragement, and support to further your leadership career in this allegorical tale. The authors, both business experts, coaches and trainers, tell the story of Sam, who encounters unexpected challenges in her first job as a manager. She realizes that it takes more than past success and a positive attitude to be effective in leading others. As you learn about her path to strength through several best-practice programs, you'll be able to apply the same lessons right now to your own growth and development. Engage "Your Best Self at Work" and bring others along with you The book includes a Bonus Feature, 50 Tips for Uncertain Times - Applying principles of the book in the challenging circumstances we've all experienced.In Your Best Self at Work, you'll meet Sam, a young professional who discovers that her first role as a manager isn't at all what she expected. After dealing with team performance problems, difficult employees, a corporate restructuring, and a manager who wants results now but provides little support, Sam is ready to move on to other opportunities. But then a change in circumstances - a new manager, an invitation to participate in her company's leadership development program, and her own decision to pursue an MBA at a local university - gives Sam the ability to begin to become the leader she wants to be - to be her best self at work.You'll join Sam on a journey to explore her personality, natural talents, and strengths, and then to discover the power of aligning strengths with the skills of emotional intelligence (EI) and resilience. In Sam's leadership training sessions, classes at the university, and discussions with a leadership coach, she learns that personality, competencies, and strengths are essential for success, but those alone are not enough, particularly in challenging times. Understanding strengths provides 80% of what you need for effectiveness at work (and more broadly, in life). Sam soon sees that the remaining 20%, representing the difference between mediocrity (B-/C+) and excellence (A+), is found in the realm of emotional stability. The skills of emotional intelligence provide enhanced ability to understand and manage emotions within oneself and in interactions with others.Sam also learns that resilience is not a state of being but a set of practices in which one can become centered, confident, committed, compassionate, and in community with others. As you experience Sam's transformation, you'll be empowered for your own journey to align your unique strengths with the skills of emotional intelligence and the practices of resilience - to become your best self at work, in relationships, and in life.

Raw Coping Power: From Stress to Thriving (in life and business) explores new ways to address the growing problem of stress in society and the workplace. It is both a practical guidebook and resource for anyone interested in mastering stress, including individuals, groups, workplaces, and those who serve them (such as coaches, counselors, trainers, and therapists). Each individual has an innate capacity to transform stress into an opportunity for thriving and flourishing. Stress is both a friend and teacher. We can tap into this truth through reminders, a certain vision, and practice of simple tools. And Raw Coping Power provides all of these with specific encouragement to use over 30 exercises in the tool section.The chapter on the 7 Principles first establishes a foundation of knowledge-with different maps borrowed from research. Each principle is discussed with examples, giving readers confidence that our mind-body system is designed to transform instead of succumb to stress. The next chapter translates research from 10 different areas of modern science including neuroplasticity, post-traumatic growth, resilience, social capital, and the author's own studies on team wellness.The Tool chapter gives readers simple exercises, most of which can be completed in 10 minutes and systematically designed to tap into our capacity for resilience. The purpose and background of each tool is described and specific steps are given that make these easy to use. A Resource section also gives different tips on where and how to get additional help. Much of Raw Coping Power is based in scientific research and a Notes section gives additional citations and capsule clarifications for studies and other references used. A list of definitions also makes this a very useful tool for communicating this innovative approach to audiences who are looking to see stress in a whole new and positive light.PRAISE FROM BUSINESS/WELLNESS LEADERS ]] "One tool will never be obsolete: your own inner strength. Joel Bennett walks you through exactly how you can uncover these priceless forces of resilience and use them to great advantage and satisfaction. A remarkable book." Marshall Goldsmith author, the New York Times and global bestseller 'What Got You Here Won't Get You There' ]] "With obvious expertise, clear compassion, keen insight, and genuine wisdom, Joel Bennett explains why, and how, to cultivate this inner source of strength-and live a better life as a result." David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP; Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center ]] "Dr. Bennett is an undisputed leader in the field of organizational wellness and particularly stress management. A powerful inspirational resource that will build strength and resilience for anyone. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did." Connie Tyne, Vice President of External Affairs; The Cooper Institute ]] "Be open to the journey, be open to just being. Let Raw Coping Power unleash the raw, life energizing, spirit deep within you" William B. Baun, EPD, CWP, FAWHP; Wellness Officer, MD Anderson Cancer Center; President, National Wellness Institute ]] "Dr Joel Bennett is a bona fide thought leader, his work spot on, timely, and powerfully practical. Raw Coping Power is an accessible "system", helping individuals, teams, and workplaces to tap their capacity to transform stress into a positive learning force." Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD; Author, "The Healer Within" ]] "A must read for anyone, especially those who wish to reveal new potential within their daily lives." Michaela Conley, MA, MCHES, CSMS; Founder and President: Health Promotion Live, HP Career.Net

There is a mysterious connection between our experiences of intimacy--of love, the longing to feel connected, and sexual embrace--and the human sense of time--eternity, impermanence, and rhythm. In this critical analysis of the time-intimacy equation, Bennett shows how the scientific study of personal relationships can address this mystery. As a study of transpersonal science, this book points to the possible evolution of intimacy and of our consciousness of time, and how the two evolutionary paths weave together. Dr. Bennett draws from a wide array of resources to advance and marry two compelling themes: first, the social and clinical science of personal relationships should integrate the spiritual or transpersonal dimension of intimacy, and second, science can contribute to lay understandings by describing the richly temporal aspects of relationships. In blending popular literature, transpersonal psychology, and scientific research and theory, this work also attempts to address the lack of dialogue between academics who study personal intimacy and those writers in the popular press who give advice and guidelines for building intimacy.Time and Intimacy is written for a broad audience, intended for those with a general interest in relationships, as well as for students, counselors, and psychologists. It can be used as a text in courses on personal relationships, as well as to supplement courses in humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, interpersonal communication, relationships, marital and family counseling, human relations, and related areas. Because it advances an interdisciplinary understanding of personal relationships, this book is certain to challenge prevailing views about the meaning of intimacy in both the academic and popular literatures.

There is a mysterious connection between our experiences of intimacy--of love, the longing to feel connected, and sexual embrace--and the human sense of time--eternity, impermanence, and rhythm. In this critical analysis of the time-intimacy equation, Bennett shows how the scientific study of personal relationships can address this mystery. As a study of transpersonal science, this book points to the possible evolution of intimacy and of our consciousness of time, and how the two evolutionary paths weave together. Dr. Bennett draws from a wide array of resources to advance and marry two compelling themes: first, the social and clinical science of personal relationships should integrate the spiritual or transpersonal dimension of intimacy, and second, science can contribute to lay understandings by describing the richly temporal aspects of relationships. In blending popular literature, transpersonal psychology, and scientific research and theory, this work also attempts to address the lack of dialogue between academics who study personal intimacy and those writers in the popular press who give advice and guidelines for building intimacy.Time and Intimacy is written for a broad audience, intended for those with a general interest in relationships, as well as for students, counselors, and psychologists. It can be used as a text in courses on personal relationships, as well as to supplement courses in humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, interpersonal communication, relationships, marital and family counseling, human relations, and related areas. Because it advances an interdisciplinary understanding of personal relationships, this book is certain to challenge prevailing views about the meaning of intimacy in both the academic and popular literatures.