Why Good People Make Bad Choices: How You Can Develop Peace of Mind Through Integrity
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Suppose that four simple instinctual directives helped to bring about the survival of the human species. While good for survival purposes, those directives have also been at the heart of most human problems.
Why Good People Make Bad Choices takes you on a journey of self-discovery by way of new insights about the human condition. The instinctual directives we follow are described as--the ego's agenda. Due to this agenda, we experience problematic feelings, maintain maladaptive thoughts, and engage in behaviors that we know are not in our best interest--indeed, we make bad choices. The solution is integrity. With this book you can learn how to:
Why Good People Make Bad Choices is for the individual who wants to experience a more harmonious inner nature, or establish a new direction for their life.
"As you begin to consistently live out your belief system, one choice at a time, your trust in the outcome of integrity will be the incentive to continue. Positive results will prevail, and you will be evolving."
What People Are Saying About Why Good People Make Bad Choices
"I find this to be a very valuable framework for therapy, and for living a good life generally. It is a challenging book that can lead one to a new, more satisfying life."
--Robert Rich, PhD, author Cancer: A Personal Challenge.
"Why Good People Make Bad Choices is an incredible tool to aid in the transcendence of the ego and to initiate the establishment of a personal belief system in order to live life with integrity."
--Richard A. Singer Jr., psychotherapist, author Your Daily Walk with the Great Minds
"Thought-provoking and well worth the time, this book should be read once throughout and then repeatedly and in small doses. It is bound to trigger a lot of introspection, something we sorely lack in modern life."
--Sam Vaknin, author Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited
More information at www.CharlesLawrenceAllen.com
From the New Horizons in Therapy Series
Series Editor: Robert Rich, Ph.D.
Published by Loving Healing Press (www.LovingHealing.com)
Charles L. Allen
Charles L. Allen (1913–2005) was a pastor and newspaper columnist for the Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Constitution, and the Houston Chronicle. He was the author of more than thirty inspirational books including God’s Psychiatry and All Things Are Possible Through Prayer.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why Good People Make Bad Choices: How You Can Develop Peace of Mind Through IntegrityAuthor: Charles Lawrence AllenPublisher: Loving Healing PressISBN: 978-1-932690-25-5This book is a part of Loving Healing Press' New Horizons In Therapy Series, an excellent and diverse series of self help/personal growth books utilizing a wide array of new techniques and ground breaking works in the field of psychology.Charles L. Allen takes a look at the how and why of the thought processes that lead us to make both and bad choices and decisions. We all do things we know aren't the right choices for us. We may even think we truly want to make better decisions and we may really make attempts to change. A part of us fights the urge to make those healthier decisions or changes for the better.The author's premise is that how we make decisions is based on our personal ego. Our ego has an agenda of it's own and that agenda isn't always in our best interests. We need to learn the psychological functioning of our ego and how to overcome or control it. The first thing needed to make changes involves thought and personal reflection. We need to decide just what our priorities and our personal belief system consists of. To resolve issues by a personal belief system creates personal integrity and responsibility.This author does an outstanding job explaining integrity and how to figure out your personal value system. Each chapter contains great, helpful exercises to assist you on your way. With topics including danger, fear of change and intimacy, handling happiness and more. Several appendixes offer additional assistance to work through discovering personal ethics and values, case studies, a self image inventory, an extensive bibliography and very comprehensive index.While the book is written at an adult level, I think it would also work great as a guidebook for parents helping kids develop a personal value system. Additionally, counselors/therapists will find it invaluable for working with clients. Outstanding reference!