Humanist Life Skills
Humanism is a highly effective approach to human development. It is as concerned with personal development as it is with social responsibility. These books and programs will help you learn how to think better, have better relationships and feel more fulfilled.
Jennifer takes you through the American Humanist Association definition of Humanism and takes each element and explains why it’s part of the definition, why it’s important and how all the elements work together to create a lived philosophy of life.
This book will provide you with:
● An understanding of the role compassion and dignity play in effective communication
● How to think differently about difficult conversations
● Concrete strategies to use when you find you are not being understood
This is a compilation of 7 of Jennifer Hancock’s books dealing with the subject of conflict management from a humanistic perspective. These books are companions to online courses offered at Humanist Learning Systems and contain the transcripts of those programs for easy home reference.
This book is designed to help parents vaccinate their kids against bullies and other obnoxious petty people. By preparing for them in advance you can effectively inoculate yourself against the worst of their behavior. It’s based on behavioral conditioning techniques and will help you learn what exactly has to happen to make a bully stop.
Non-religious individuals who are experiencing grief need a resource that they can turn to as they process their grief. They need a resource that will help them cope, as Humanists, with the emotional trauma that is the grieving process. This is that book.
This is a book that basically says – here are personal ethics, here is why they are important, and here is how you can apply them to your daily life and why doing so will help you live a happier more productive life. Great for parents to use to help talk to their kids about why ethics are important and how to integrate ethics into their decision making.
Jennifer Hancock’s book – The Humanist Approach to Happiness – has been translated into the following languages. Spanish, Italian and Swahili
Book: Guide To Coping With Depression
This book is a series of short activities. Really easy activities. Things that anyone can do. And that's why it's so helpful. Depression makes it hard to think and hard to plan. So anything complicated, is hard to do. But these exercises- are simple. They don't take a lot of brain power and they are calming to do. You'll read it and go - oh yeah - I do like doing that. I can do that.
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The School of Life - EbooksThe School of life is an educational organization founded by Alain de Botton, atheist 2.0 author and philosopher. This series is from educators who work at the School of Life. The nice thing about these self help books is that there is no religious mumbo jumbo in them. How to Stay Sane How to Deal with Adversity How to Find Fulfilling Work How to Change the World How to Age How to Think More About Sex How to Be AloneHow to Think About Exercise Read more [...]
The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and HumanismThe Unheard Cry for Meaning by Viktor Frankl is a wonderful book that combines humanism with self help and psychotherapy. Addressing our angst and search for meaning and it's impact on our mental health. And he does this all from an explicitly Humanist frame of reference.In these selected essays, written between 1947 and 1977, Dr. Frankl illustrates the vital importance of the human dimension in psychotherapy. Using a wide range of subjects—including Read more [...]
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Asking the Right QuestionsIn a media-driven world of talking heads, gurus, urban legends, and hype, learning to think more clearly and critically, and helping others to do the same, is one of the most important things you can do. This book by Christopher Dicarlo will help you learn those skills.In this witty, incisive guide to critical thinking the author provides you with the tools to allow you to question beliefs and assumptions Read more [...]
The Wellness SyndromeThe Wellness Syndrome is a book about how our obsession with wellness is actually hurting us. The impetus we have to equate wellness with morality is the central problem. This book straddles the discussion between humanism and wellness.In this ground-breaking new book, Carl Cederström and André Spicer argue that the ever-present pressure to maximize our wellness has started to work against us, making us feel worse and provoking us to withdraw into ourselves. The Wellness Syndrome Read more [...]
The Power of Pause: How to be More Effective in a Demanding, 24/7 World The Power of Pause by Nance Guilmartin is an excellent book. It is basically about how to take a pause so you can think more rationally and strategically and thus give yourself a better chance of success. This ability to pause so you can think before you act is the first step to thinking critically. Nance provides excellent easy to implement exercises to help you master the technique. This practical method helps even the most Read more [...]
This book discusses how Humanists approach the important business of living a life that is fully realized and understanding what success really means. It is designed to help you think more explicitly about how to live your values fully, using critical thinking to improve your odds of success and to remove the fears that overwhelm you.
Gleb Tsipursky’s new workbook, “Find Your Purpose Using Science” is a nice addition to your science based self help library. It is filled with thought provoking exercises as well information on what research has shown works to provide meaning and purpose to people’s lives.
Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality
It is amazing how much baggage people carry with them when they have sex. The Humanist approach to sex is that it is a foundational human urge. Similar to the need for food. It should be consensual and pleasurable, for everyone involved. We do not consider it sinful unless it is coerced or causes harm.
Dr. Darrel Ray has written a wonderful book for people who experienced religious indoctrination about sex who find now that the guilt they attach Read more [...]
In this book, we will discuss the research on generational differences and consider how we might use the knowledge to create more effective communication strategies. At the core of this approach is a humanistic respect for the dignity and worth of each human in your company.
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope argument, the ad hominem attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short—plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical faux pas. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky must be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (the appeal to ignorance). And Lion doesn’t believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that Read more [...]
Visualizations For Empowerment
By Dr. Sirota of The Ruthless Compassion Institute. This audio program walks you through 11 different visualization exercises on this full-length audio CD. These are designed to help people connect to the different parts of their psyche and to heal the wounds of childhood.
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This streaming video on applied humanism discusses a humanistic approach to the important business of living a life that is fully realized, to help you not only understand what success really means but how to achieve it. Learn how to stay focused and not give up when you hit a roadblock on your road to success! Taught by Jennifer Hancock, founder of Humanist Learning Systems.
The Moral Molecule: How Trust Works
By PAUL J. ZAK, Ph.D., is professor of economic psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University. He is at the vanguard of neuroeconomics, a new discipline that integrates neuroscience and economics. This book explores the role oxytocin plays in regulating moral behavior. (Recommended by Humanist Meditation instructor Rick Heller)
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Excellent book – must read for Humanist parents. Talks about raising children and lessons learned.
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.
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.
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.
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