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Author: jenthehumanist
The best way to describe what I do is to say - I give really good advice. On what? Well, just about everything from bullies to business to parenting to how to deal with difficult people. My fans and customers are rarely specific about what I did for them, preferring to tell me that I simply transformed their lives and that they approach everything differently now. The best part is that everything I teach is practical, pragmatic and easy to understand and put into practice. The most common comment I get is "why didn't I think of that." I don't just help people solve their problems, I help them solve their problems in a way that they feel REALLY good about. I do this by teaching people how to think more effectively about how they approach problem solving in the first place. A lot of people think that learning how to think better is boring and they don't understand how it is related to morality. But it is actually the key to better relationships and being a better, happier person. I am a Humanist and if you let me I will teach you the 3 essential interrelated life skills that form the basis of the Humanist approach. How to make better decisions through critical thinking. How to improve your relationships through compassion. And how to infuse your life with meaning and purpose by prioritizing your ethics. These skills are applicable to all areas of life and every endeavor.

Book – Everyday Humanism

Everyday Humanism Author Dale McGowan is editor and co-author of Raising Freethinkers (2009), Parenting Beyond Belief (2007) and the forthcoming anthology Voices of Unbelief . He currently serves as founding executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief, a non-profit organization focusing, encouraging, and demonstrating humanist generosity and volunteerism. Everyday Humanism seeks to move the discussion of humanism's positive contributions to life away from the macro-level to focus on the everyday, Read more [...]

Some Reflections on Ethics – Book

Wonderful book by Dr. Ramendra on ethics – easy to read, really thought provoking. One of Jennifer’s favorite books about Humanism.

Positive Humanism: A Primer – Book

Positive Humanism: A Primer By Bo Bennett. This is an academically oriented book. It is meant to be a sequel to Gerard Larue's The Way of Positive Humanism . What is Positive Humanism? Is the focus of Humanism on all that is positive - how to live life better and be a better person and flourish - and a downplaying of the - what we are against approach that a lot of the modern Humanist movement seems to find itself stuck in. For someone new to the concept of Humanism, or who is coming out of the Read more [...]

Humanism as the Next Step – book

A brilliant down-to-earth guide to the Humanist philosophy. This is an older book, but still a classic.

The Philosophy of Humanism – Book

Renowned philosopher and activist Corliss Lamont offers a vigorous argument for humanism and provides an affirmative, intelligent guidebook for shaping a better life in today’s complex world.

Humanism and Democratic Criticism – book

A book from famed Humanist Edward Said – focuses on the intersection of philosophic Humanism and the necessity of a humanities education that is global in nature.

Humanism. What’s that? A book for curious kids

Wonderful book by Helen Bennett – designed to help guide kids through a discussion about the philosophy of humanism, tolerance and different beliefs. It is laid out as a dialogue between a teacher and her students.

You Learn by Living – Book

Excellent book – must read for Humanist parents. Talks about raising children and lessons learned.

Humanism for Parents – Book

This is a great book. Even though it is geared towards non-religious parents, it still lays out the principles of Humanist parenting quite well and can provide you with helpful ideas on how to provide for the needs of your increasingly independant child.

Raising Freethinkers – Book

Excellent book for learning specific ways you can encouraging thinking in your child. Very comprehensive to just about any situation you will find yourself in. I highly recommend this book.

Humanism in Business – Book

An international team of academics and practitioners present philosophical, spiritual, economic, psychological and organizational arguments that show how humanism can be used to understand, and possibly transform, business at three different levels: the systems level, the organizational level and the individual level.

Attuned Leadership – Book

Reuel Khoza, African Humanist and business man, argues that “the philosophical traditions of Africa offer an important contribution to the theory and practice of leadership in the world today.

Integrity in Organizations – Book

The authors shed light on leadership, governance, and personal development when companies aim for more humanism in business and management. Various international case studies illustrate the presented frameworks and presented recommendations.

Humanistic Marketing – Book

Humanistic Marketing recognizes the harm that comes with the unfettered desire for more of more. The authors ask how can marketing’s principles and practice be founded in humanistic values such as altruism, empathy, respect, trustworthiness, honesty, integrity, care, compassion, service, intelligence, beauty, justice, virtue?

Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality – Book

Another great book for the folks at the Humanistic Management Center. This book seeks to answer the question: Is there a humanistic consensus that can bridge cultural and ethnic divides and reconcile the diverse and contrary interests of stakeholders world-wide?

Humanistic Management in Practice – Book

This book investigates into the principles of humanistic management and examines their theoretical merits. In order to demonstrate that humanistic ideas also work in practice and can lead to actionable management guidelines it is a collection of case examples of how businesses succeed in generating social value whilst being profitable.

Please Talk to Your Staff – Book

The effectiveness of your leadership is, to a very large extent, determined by the way you converse, ask questions and interact with your staff. How can people friendly values can be put into the practice of how we create both a humanistic and a profitable organization?

Please Lead Your Staff – Book

Another excellent primer in Humanistic Leadership in Action by John Steinberg – practical guidebook in the art of leading with people friendly, humanistic values.

Please Train Your Staff – Book

A Humanistic Leadership in Action book by John Steinberg. This is a short, practical and passionate book about customer service, staff training and employee empowerment.

Why is change so hard?

This 1 hour course will teach you how to utilize behavioral psychology techniques to help overcome resistance to change in yourself and in others.

Ending Harassment and Retaliation in the Workplace

This 1 hour online course taught by Jennifer Hancock, author of The Bully Vaccine will help you learn the skills you need to protect yourself and others from harassment and retaliation.

Stop Arguing & Start Working – Book

Stop Arguing & Start Working: 6 Steps to Being Confident, Calm and Capable During Difficult Conversations at Work Stop Arguing & Start Working: 6 Steps to Being Confident, Calm and Capable During Difficult Conversations at Work - by Kathleen Bartle MA. This book outlines a 6 step program to help you calm your fears so you can face difficult conversations with grace and get what you want out of them. Read more [...]

What to do if your child is a bully

Free program at our partner site: This lesson is based on the operant conditioning techniques taught in the book The Bully Vaccine and includes, a video, along with detailed information on how to help your child if they are accused of bullying. This includes detailed information on how you, as their parent, can best support them if they are falsely accused and more importantly, how to get them stop if it turns out they really have been bullying other kids.

Why Bullies Bully & How to Stop Them

This free program takes approximately 40 minutes to complete and includes downloadable documentation logs and a flow chart for how to stop bullying in different situations.

Overcoming Addiction

This $89 addiction recovery tool is for people who want to stop drinking, using drugs, or compulsive gambling and recover using an app that’s supported by scientific research.