
Somebody Should Have Told Us!
Simple Truths for Living Well
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Jack Pransky
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Jack Pransky
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What if peace of mind, beautiful feelings, little or no stress, wonderful, healthy relationships, and greater effectiveness were right at your fingertips and you held the key but didn't realize it or didn't know how to use it? That is what somebody should have told us!
This audiobook is about how we all have a state of perfect mental health and wisdom inside us that can only be covered up by our own thinking and how our use of our power of thought creates the "reality" we see, out of which we then think, feel, and act. Here are 10 simple but profound truths for living well, arising from three spiritual facts that once grasped or truly realized can transform one's life. This audiobook has the ability to spawn insights that change the lives of those who come to understand the simple yet profound wisdom contained in this audiobook. In fact, it already has.
This audiobook is the essence of self-help in that it points people inside themselves for all answers. It shows people how to access their own essence whenever they need to. It shows people how they create their experience of life moment to moment. The audiobook is authored in an easy-to-understand manner with many stories of how people's lives have changed. When we were growing up, nobody told us what this audiobook points to, but somebody should have told us! And it's never too late.
About the author: Jack Pransky, PhD, is founder/director of the Center for Inside-Out Understanding. He authored the books Modello: A Story of Hope for the Inner City and Beyond, Parenting from the Heart, Prevention from the Inside-Out, and Prevention: The Critical Need and coauthored Healthy Thinking/Feeling/Doing from the Inside-Out prevention curriculum for middle school students. Pransky has worked in the field of prevention since 1968 in a wide variety of capacities and now provides consultation, training, counseling, and coaching from the inside out, throughout the US and internationally.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-09-20
Life changing
The three principles: A must for anyone wanting greater peace of mind, clarity and wisdom.
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- MTUguru
- 11-14-24
Good book
Good information about how our thoughts affect us. Only issue was background noise since it was read outside.
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- Sooner Girl
- 01-26-23
Valuable information presented in multiple story format
The concepts presented are invaluable. Learn true freedom. You are not a victim of anything outside of you…only your thinking about those things outside of you. Your perspective is the only path to joy. Sounds stupid when it is said like this….it is the life stories which help you to truly understand the concept. Great job Jack! It’s cool that you read it yourself…but a professional reader may have helped with performance…hence the 4 stars on that ;)
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- Gonzalo E Ruiz
- 12-09-19
Excellent examples of how to chose a healthy mind
This is one of the best books of self help that I have encountered. I love the real life experiences shared.
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- Nic
- 12-10-22
Wow
Great message!!! This content is life changing! I appreciate all the stories and how Jack connects the principles to life!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-23-19
Your thoughts create your life.
background water/ocean was annoying. Loved the teaching though!!!! Great stories of life revelations delivered with compassion.
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- Daniela
- 05-04-21
Life-changing!
I wish that everyone comes across this information! Absolutely transformational, and its simplicity makes it all even more powerful. Hopefully Jack Pransky will read more of his material. Thank you!
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