When Life is Out of Balance: Passivity May be the Root of the Problem
Passivity is an offense of omission—not doing or saying what needs to be done, not responding, not accepting challenges and refusing to take risks. Passivity is a learned behavior; a reaction to life that can be unlearned. Lee's new workshop The Half-Lived Life: Overcoming Passivity and Learning to be Compassionately Assertive will give participants the tools and information they need to live a balanced life and break free from passivity.
Mentone, AL, February 04, 2009 --(PR.com)-- National author and presenter, John Lee, is now offering an informative, fast paced and eye opening workshop. Participants may never think of relationships in the same way again. Clinically relevant and immediately helpful, this workshop will practical tools to utilize at home and at work.
Lee says passivity is one of the most overlooked, un-discussed, and un-diagnosed and least understood issues in psychology, psychotherapy, personal growth, and recovery. The passive man or woman operates, participates and creates at half of their capacity and potential. They are out of balance between work, relationships, self-care and community. As one honest man ready to work with his own passivity said, “I am half the doctor I could be, half the husband, half the father, half the friend, and half the creative person I know I can be.”
Passivity Defined
Passivity is an offense of omission—not doing or saying what needs to be done, not responding, not accepting challenges and refusing to take risks—rather than commission and that is one reason why it has been overlooked by clinicians and writers.
Many people have developed a great connection to loss and feeling less than; they settle for unfulfilling relationships or careers that never quite achieve their creative potentials. Surviving rather than thriving has become the state that many people are not only used to, but are compelled to pursue. It is the non-engaging that lets life pass them by because they did not have the information and tools to take action to change things for the better.
Passivity compels people to wait in a state of suspended animation until something or someone outside themselves “rescues” them from their current circumstances which would then allow them to have a full life. This knight in shining armor (whether a person, the world, society or a supernatural being) is supposed to bring the passive person something they feel they have lost or had taken from them. That something could be hope, energy, love, trust, faith, the perfect job, an unconditional lover, winning the lottery or the good parent they never had, once had or wished they had. It is a psychological, physical, emotional and spiritual condition that plagues even the most educated and self-directed people and therefore the whole person must be addressed.
The Half-Lived Life is a unique presentation; participants will learn through lecture, small group, experiential exercises and Q&A. The major topics discussed will be:
*Define and Identify Passivity in Relationships, Recovery, Creativity both at Home and Work
*Examine and Eliminate the “Greatest Trick” The Passive Person Plays on Themselves and Others
*Work with the 9 Types of Passivity
*Explore Repetition Compulsion and the Passive Personality
*Will be shown the solutions for Passivity Learn how to become more Compassionately Assertive
The Half-Lived Life will be presented on Feb 20th at Precisions Innovative Wellness Center in Delray Beach, FL and on March 19th at MAHEC (Mountain Area Health Center) in Asheville, NC.
For upcoming passivity workshop dates, times and registration details, please visit http://www.johnleebooks.com
About John Lee
John Lee, bestselling author of The Flying Boy: Healing the Wounded Man, has written 17 books, including Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately and The Missing Peace: Solving the Anger Problem for Alcoholics/Addicts and Those Who Love Them.
His latest books—The Anger Solution (DaCapo Press) and When The Buddha Met Bubba (his first novel-Turner Publishing)—will be released in the fall 2009.
John's highly innovative work in the fields of anger management and emotional regression has made him an in demand consultant, teacher, trainer, coach and speaker. His contributions in the fields of recovery, relationships, men's issues, spirituality, parenting and creativity have put him in the national spotlight for over twenty years.
He has been featured on Oprah, Oprah & Friends with Dr. Oz, 20/20, Barbara Walter’s The View, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He has been interviewed by Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and dozens of other national magazines and radio talk shows.
John Lee has consulted and trained prestigious institutions in the clinical environment including The Betty Ford Clinic, Guy’s Hospital (London, England), The New York Open Center, South Pacific Private Hospital (Sydney, Australia), and Mountain Area Health and Education Center (North Carolina), and numerous others.
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Lee says passivity is one of the most overlooked, un-discussed, and un-diagnosed and least understood issues in psychology, psychotherapy, personal growth, and recovery. The passive man or woman operates, participates and creates at half of their capacity and potential. They are out of balance between work, relationships, self-care and community. As one honest man ready to work with his own passivity said, “I am half the doctor I could be, half the husband, half the father, half the friend, and half the creative person I know I can be.”
Passivity Defined
Passivity is an offense of omission—not doing or saying what needs to be done, not responding, not accepting challenges and refusing to take risks—rather than commission and that is one reason why it has been overlooked by clinicians and writers.
Many people have developed a great connection to loss and feeling less than; they settle for unfulfilling relationships or careers that never quite achieve their creative potentials. Surviving rather than thriving has become the state that many people are not only used to, but are compelled to pursue. It is the non-engaging that lets life pass them by because they did not have the information and tools to take action to change things for the better.
Passivity compels people to wait in a state of suspended animation until something or someone outside themselves “rescues” them from their current circumstances which would then allow them to have a full life. This knight in shining armor (whether a person, the world, society or a supernatural being) is supposed to bring the passive person something they feel they have lost or had taken from them. That something could be hope, energy, love, trust, faith, the perfect job, an unconditional lover, winning the lottery or the good parent they never had, once had or wished they had. It is a psychological, physical, emotional and spiritual condition that plagues even the most educated and self-directed people and therefore the whole person must be addressed.
The Half-Lived Life is a unique presentation; participants will learn through lecture, small group, experiential exercises and Q&A. The major topics discussed will be:
*Define and Identify Passivity in Relationships, Recovery, Creativity both at Home and Work
*Examine and Eliminate the “Greatest Trick” The Passive Person Plays on Themselves and Others
*Work with the 9 Types of Passivity
*Explore Repetition Compulsion and the Passive Personality
*Will be shown the solutions for Passivity Learn how to become more Compassionately Assertive
The Half-Lived Life will be presented on Feb 20th at Precisions Innovative Wellness Center in Delray Beach, FL and on March 19th at MAHEC (Mountain Area Health Center) in Asheville, NC.
For upcoming passivity workshop dates, times and registration details, please visit http://www.johnleebooks.com
About John Lee
John Lee, bestselling author of The Flying Boy: Healing the Wounded Man, has written 17 books, including Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately and The Missing Peace: Solving the Anger Problem for Alcoholics/Addicts and Those Who Love Them.
His latest books—The Anger Solution (DaCapo Press) and When The Buddha Met Bubba (his first novel-Turner Publishing)—will be released in the fall 2009.
John's highly innovative work in the fields of anger management and emotional regression has made him an in demand consultant, teacher, trainer, coach and speaker. His contributions in the fields of recovery, relationships, men's issues, spirituality, parenting and creativity have put him in the national spotlight for over twenty years.
He has been featured on Oprah, Oprah & Friends with Dr. Oz, 20/20, Barbara Walter’s The View, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He has been interviewed by Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and dozens of other national magazines and radio talk shows.
John Lee has consulted and trained prestigious institutions in the clinical environment including The Betty Ford Clinic, Guy’s Hospital (London, England), The New York Open Center, South Pacific Private Hospital (Sydney, Australia), and Mountain Area Health and Education Center (North Carolina), and numerous others.
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