検索キーワード： "Stephen Walker" 自己啓発・人間関係・子育て

I thought country club living at home in Long Island during college, with no job or accountability, was the perfect life. Then came a trip to Africa during the Congo Crisis.... That started a nine-year downhill spiral. Back in the US, it was one illness and surgery after another. When my brother Michael returned a completely different person, I accepted an invite to visit him in Los Angeles. There the most shocking awakening happened. Instantly I knew: all is well. An associate once asked me, "How come things happen to you that don't happen to us?" The answers are what this book is all about.

You think your lack of willpower is why you always fail. You think it’s why you can’t lose weight, succeed as an entrepreneur, and procrastinate and waste your day. You think if only you had willpower like other people, life would be different. Everything would change. But You Are Wrong. Will isn’t something you have or don’t. It’s not genetic or gifted to you. It has to be developed. Strengthened like a muscle, built like an athlete from amateur to pro. It’s not about having the “right stuff.” This is about training.

Welcome to 'The Self-Help Loop: A Hilarious Journey Through the Maze of Self-Improvement.' Join us as we embark on a whimsical adventure through the world of self-help addiction. In this insightful and entertaining book, we navigate the twists and turns of the self-help industry, poking fun at its exaggerated claims, absurd promises, and never-ending quest for personal growth. From meeting the "Productivity Prophet" to encountering the "Spiritual Sherpa," listeners are treated to a cast of fictional gurus and humorous anecdotes that shed light on the quirks of self-help culture.

This is the story of Noel, who lost Maris, his beloved wife of 42 years, to suicide, following years of struggling with depression. The abrupt ending of a life by suicide can be the most catastrophic of events for those left behind. Survivors experience intense pain and massive guilt. Grief banishes survivors to a place so removed from the normal hurly-burly of everyday life that they feel close to madness. Somehow, they have to claw their way back.