Goodfinding

William G. DeFoore Ph.D.

Description

What you pay attention to grows, and finding the good helps the good find you.

You're born with a brilliant mind, but it doesn’t come with a user’s guide or an on-off switch. Left to its own devices, it can feel like your worst enemy when its survival-based default program keeps you focused on what is wrong with you and your world.

This book is the user’s guide that puts you in charge of how your mind works. With positive psychology and emotional intelligence working for you, you will become the conscious creator you were born to be.

Goodfinding activates your brilliant mind with gratitude, appreciation, and optimism for your past, present, and future, deriving value and opportunity from all of your life experiences.

William G. DeFoore, Ph.D., a mental health counselor for more than fifty years, shares this roadmap to help you achieve your desired outcomes. The premise of the book is that you have a good heart, and when you use your brilliant mind effectively, it will be in direct service to that inner goodness.

Goodfinding will become your manual, guide, and companion as you expand into the best version of the person you choose to be. What you pay attention to grows, and finding the good helps the good find you.

What others are saying about Goodfinding:

Goodfinding offers several lifetimes of wisdom on each and every page. There are so many engaging ideas and tools for readers to live their most present life, in mind, body, and spirit. The entire book is a well-informed and life-giving workbook, and a therapy book for a doctorate level course in Awakened Living!

Carolyn Craft, PsyD. Unity Minister, Pastoral Counselor, Coach, and media executive

First the name “Goodfinding” attracted my attention as a clever and warm-hearted summation of William DeFoore’s core philosophy. Then in page after page of life experience, practical wisdom, and useful tools and perspectives, I found my mood brighten along with my faith in humanity. Thank God we have teachers like William to share essential knowledge so critical to humankind in these troubled times.

Bruce Cryer, MA, former CEO, HeartMath, adjunct faculty, Stanford University

Dr. William DeFoore’s book, Goodfinding, is inspirational. It manages to describe important, complex systems in easily understandable terms. The basic principles outlined in Goodfinding are laid out in very practical vignettes that make them immediately accessible to the person ready to put them in practice. Most impressive is Dr. DeFoore’s ability to put into practice, through his easy manner of relating to the reader, the very principles he describes in the text designed to promote self-confidence, self-acceptance, compassion, and optimism.

Larry J. Benoit, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist

In Goodfinding, Dr. William DeFoore has made available to all of us a path, a way of using our mind and heart to make a positive contribution to life, starting with our own. It’s so clear: If we are likely to find what we are looking for, why not look for what is ‘good’? And when we truly appreciate people and things, we live up to the original meaning of that word: we see the positive value and quality of what is there.

Dr John. J. Scherer, author, Leadership Development Facilitator

William DeFoore’s Goodfinding presents a recipe for discovering joy and happiness in your life. And it does so by inviting the reader to directly participate in highly effective, efficacy-based strategies for positive change, presented in a beautifully flowing, profoundly engaging, grounded but succinct, and to-the-point tour of how to find the good in living. How can anyone join Dr. DeFoore on this virtual romp through the land of positivity, of possibilities, of Goodfinding without becoming overcome with the pure exhilaration of being alive? You will enjoy this ride.

Larry C. Stevens, Ph.D., Professor of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University

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Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Emotions
• EQ
• Self-help
• Ecualizador

Informations

• Publié par: Balboa Press
• Date de parution: 03 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798765235669
• Langue: English

Extrait

First the name “Goodfinding” attracted my attention as a clever and warm-hearted summation of William DeFoore’s core philosophy. Then in page after page of life experience, practical wisdom, and useful tools and perspectives, I found my mood brighten along with my faith in humanity. Thank God we have teachers like William to share essential knowledge so critical to humankind in these troubled times.
Bruce Cryer, MA, Former CEO, HeartMath, adjunct faculty, Stanford University
Goodfinding offers several lifetimes of wisdom on each and every page. There are so many engaging ideas and tools for readers to live their most present life, in mind, body, and spirit. The entire book is a well-informed and life-giving workbook, and a therapy book for a doctorate level course in Awakened Living!
Carolyn Craft, PsyD. Unity Minister, Pastoral Counselor, Coach, and media executive
Dr. William DeFoore’s book, Goodfinding, is inspirational. It manages to describe important, complex systems in easily understandable terms. The basic principles outlined in Goodfinding are laid out in very practical vignettes that make them immediately accessible to the person ready to put them in practice. Most impressive is Dr. DeFoore’s ability to put into practice, through his easy manner of relating to the reader, the very principles he describes in the text designed to promote self-confidence, self-acceptance, compassion, and optimism.
Larry J. Benoit, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist
In Goodfinding, Dr. William DeFoore has made available to all of us a path, a way of using our mind and heart to make a positive contribution to life, starting with our own. It’s so clear: If we are likely to find what we are looking for, why not look for what is ‘good’? And when we truly appreciate people and things, we live up to the original meaning of that word: we see the positive value and quality of what is there.
Dr John. J. Scherer, Author and Leadership Development Facilitator
The Goodfinding practice of gratitude, appreciation, and optimism changed my everyday life immediately. The whole book is a resource of practical self-care I’ll come back to regularly.
As a professional in the financial planning industry, I find that people seem to worry about their money more than they give, invest, or spend it. Dr. DeFoore’s chapter on finance empowers readers to take control of their financial story and begin to shape their dreams.
Jonathan Newman, Certified Financial Planner, Professional
In this timely and pragmatic book, Goodfinding: A User’s Guide to EQ and Your Brilliant Mind, William DeFoore provides an in-depth, essential and effective roadmap that leads us to discover, appreciate and fully realize our innate magnificence as conscious beings of love. This book excels in its deep wisdom shared in a practical and viable way. An invaluable and inspiring handbook for anyone truly seeking to enjoy their journey in life.
Harold W. Becker, Author and Founder of The Love Foundation, Inc.
William DeFoore’s Goodfinding presents a recipe for discovering joy and happiness in your life. And it does so by inviting the reader to directly participate in highly effective, efficacy-based strategies for positive change, presented in a beautifully flowing, profoundly engaging, grounded but succinct, and to-the-point tour of how to find the good in living. How can anyone join Dr. DeFoore on this virtual romp through the land of positivity, of possibilities, of Goodfinding without becoming overcome with the pure exhilaration of being alive? You will enjoy this ride.
Larry C. Stevens, Ph.D., Professor of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
As a mother and a Nurse Practitioner, it’s my joy and my job to help develop wellness in those around me. Incorporating the practical wisdom within these pages to find what is good, right and working will help readers develop happy healthy relationships with themselves and the world around them. Dr. DeFoore covers the gambit on how to physically, emotionally, and spiritually tap in to ‘The power of the positive’ fostering emotional maturity, confidence, and physical wellness. As we ask ourselves the introspective questions in these pages, we can avoid or overcome suffering, creating overall wellness and improved resilience for a fulfilling life.
Andrea Newman, APRN, CPNP/ACPNP
Do you have an abiding sense there should be more to your experience of life? In your ‘heart of hearts’ do you know something is missing? This book provides numerous tools to help you unleash the life potential you know is possible. It is the operating manual you should have received long ago. Thanks to Dr DeFoore, it is in your hands now.
Mark Sanders, D.C.
Goodfinding! What a refreshing idea, especially in the midst of our planet’s turmoil and the constant barrage of negativity coming at us from all sides. Goodfinding invites you to stop creating what you don’t want and choose possibility and positivity instead. Anchored in deep spirituality and practical tactics, Dr. DeFoore offers a clear roadmap to Goodfinding. If you had no other resource to create a vibrant life, this book would be plenty! A work of genius such as this could only come from the kind, generous, and expansive being that is Dr. Bill DeFoore.
Chris Lucerne, Master Coach, San Antonio, TX





A User’s Guide to EQ and Your Brilliant Mind
Goodfinding








William G. DeFoore, Ph.D.







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ISBN: 979-8-7652-3565-2 (sc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3567-6 (hc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3566-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022919178

Balboa Press rev. date: 10/25/2022



Table of Contents
I Introduction
II Part One: The Philosophy and Practice of Goodfinding
A. Chapter 1: Gratitude for What Life Has Provided
B. Chapter 2: Appreciation of the Good in Your Present Experience
C. Chapter 3: Moving Forward to Your Bright Future with Optimism
III Part Two: The Creative Power of Shifting Your Mental Focus
A. Chapter 4: Shifting Your Focus from Negative to Positive
B. Chapter 5: Shifting Your Focus from External to Internal
IVPart Three: The Emotional Intelligence Framework
A. Chapter 6: The Multiple Dimensions of Self-Awareness
B. Chapter 7: The Phases and Stages of Self-Management
C. Chapter 8: The Multiple Dimensions of Social Awareness
D. Chapter 9: The Art and Science of Relationship Management
V Part Four: Ongoing Expansion and Improvement
A. Chapter 10: Healing, Health, and Unlimited Well-Being
B. Chapter 11: A Positive, Emotionally Intelligent Approach to Aging
C. Chapter 12: Finding the Good in Your Finances
D. Chapter 13: Love and Positive Possibilities
Glossary
References



Acknowledgements
First and foremost, I want to acknowledge the love, encouragement, and ongoing support of my beloved wife and business partner, Cindy Parker DeFoore. She first introduced me to the idea of Goodfinding, after a conversation she had with a friend of ours. Our friend had heard a minister saying that we need to be “good finders” in our marriages, focusing on what we like and love in our partners. Cindy, in her intuitive wisdom, thought that the term “good finder” or “good finding” might be something I could work with. And was she ever correct about that! Further, Cindy has been my primary editor of the manuscript for this book, a gift beyond measure.
When the concept of Goodfinding took hold, I was doing regular talks as adjunct faculty of the Cooper Wellness Program, associated with Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas where I taught for 27 years. After exploring many wellness-related topics over several years, the topic of Goodfinding: Optimizing Your Aptitude for Health and Happiness became the mainstay of my presentations for the duration of my time at Cooper. I want to thank Connie Tyne, director of the Wellness Program, for her ongoing encouragement and support as I developed my Goodfinding topic and presentation.
I also want to thank my dear friends and associates for taking the time to read my manuscript and offer their input, as well