The Learning Center offers a variety of learning tools
Are you a lifelong learner looking to improve yourself? The Happiness after Midlife Learning Center gives you the opportunity to engage in different learning materials to step into your life and be the best you can be.
e-Books
The Center offers two e-books for midlife development.
Take Charge of Midlife and Beyond: 52 Ideas and Activities for Dealing with Life’s Challenges- Aging, Change, Financial Matters and More!
by Dr. Frank - the change-your-life e book, is a collection of 52 ideas and activities for changing your life, taking on new challenges, living life with spark and energy, and enjoying yourself more.
The Spirituality of Aging by Dr. Toni LaMotta - learn a new perspective - and come to understand the Imponderable Lessons in the process of growing older itself...
e-Courses
The Learning Center offers two online courses that I designed and developed with my team. I participated in content creation for both these courses.
Shifting gears at midlife: Creating an extraordinary future life by Dr. Frank Bonkowski and Dr. Fred Horowitz - a 5-week multimedia e-course.
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Discover Your Confidence by Monique Pambrun - a two-part 12-week multimedia e-course.
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Part 1: Foundational Learning - deals with discovering internal and external confidence as well as interactions with others.
Part 2: Reinforce the Foundation -focuses on developing mental and physical strength, using fear, pain and pleasure positively, and rewarding myself.
Recommended Products
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Disclaimer: I am affiliate of these programs that I have used myself and highly recommend. Being a member of great affiliate programs is an important part of my business model.
Learn a new perspective - and come to understand the imponderable lessons in the process of aging itself. Dr. Toni is a teacher of both profound wisdom and insightful humor. Aging can be an opportunity to awaken to the Inexpressible Truths that have been part of your Knowing but not yet fully experienced.
SBI! is the only all-in-1 package of process, software, guidance, and help that enables anyone to create Web sites that build profitable businesses at unmatched rates of success.
The Mind Manual System by Susan Reeve & Joan Breiner: an approach for developing self-confidence.
The Self-Bailout Strategy by Shawn Fawcett. A How-To-Guide to recession-proof yourself with multiple online income streams. Fawcett, one of our favorite authors, shows you exactly how to set up yourself on the Internet to earn steady streams of recurring income from multiple sources - something he has been doing for years.
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Great Books
The Learning Center has a broad range of books on high-interest topics that I have researched and consulted or colleagues have recommended to me. Get an electronic version of a book with the new Kindle. See the link below.
Aging and The Third
Brill, Peter. Finding Your J Spot: Joy in Midlife and Beyond
Chopra, Deepak. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old
Hillman, James. The Force of Character and the Lasting LIfe
Osho. Maturity: The Responsibility of Being Oneself (Insights for a New Way of Living)
Sadler, William. The Third Age: Six Principles for Personal Growth and Rejuvenation after Forty
Change, Transition, Transformation
Deutschman, Alan. Change or Die: The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life
McLean, Pamela D. & F. Hudson. LifeLaunch: A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life (5th Edition)
Lewis, Allyson. The Seven Minute Difference: Small Steps to Big Changes
Cognitive Development
Cohen, Gene D. The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain
Communication
Blanton, Brad. Radical Honesty: How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth
Isaacs, William. Dialogue: The Art Of Thinking Together
Conscious Entrepreneurship
Aburdene, Patricia. Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism
Conley, Chip. Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership)
Klein, Jeff. Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living
Death and Dying
Levine, Stephen. A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last
Depression
Williams, Mark. The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
Entrepreneurship
Cheney, Karen and Lesley Alderman. How to Start a Successful Home Business
Fawcett, Shawn. Instant Book Writing Kit.
Fawcett, Shawn. The Self-Bailout Strategy.
Goal Setting and Accomplishment
Shapiro, Stephen. Goal-Free Living: How to Have the Life You Want NOW!
Health, Fitness
Morley, John E. & Sheri R. Colberg. The Science of Staying Young (The BeneVia Advantage)
Sarno, John. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
Happiness
Haidt, Jonathan. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Life Purpose, Meaning
Crofts, Neil. Authentic: How to Make a Living By Being Yourself
Diamond, Jed. The Irritable Male Syndrome: Managing the Four Key Causes of Depression and Aggression
Mindfulness
Whitmyer, Claude. Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Money Matters
Dominguez, Joe and Vicki Robin. Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century (Paperback)
Personal Development
Metcalf, C.W. Lighten Up: Survival Skills for People Under Pressure
Silsbee, Doug. Presence-Based Coaching: Cultivating Self-Generative Leaders Through Mind, Body, and Heart
Psychology
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihali. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Levoy, Gregg. Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life
Spiritual Life
Krishnamurti. The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
Peck, Scott. Different Drum: Community Making and Peace
Success
Rao, Srikumar. Are You Ready to Succeed? Unconventional Strategies to Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life
Zelinski, Ernie. Career Success without a Real Job: The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations
Wisdom
Easwaran, Eknath. Words to Live By: Short Readings of Daily Wisdom.
Work, Career, Career Change, Vocation
Clarke, Ginny. Career Mapping: Charting Your Course in the New World of Work
Gallwey, W. Timothy. The Inner Game of Work: Focus, Learning, Pleasure, and Mobility in the Workplace
Rao, Srikumar. Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What
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