The Positive Attitude
Development Workshop
by Lyle Wildes with Joe Kelly
Assimilating, Accomodating & Acclimating to Change
A complete curriculum to help people maintain emotional well-being in a world of change and adversity.
We rarely have control over our environment or the changes taking place in our lives. We are bombarded with life’s little (or big) challenges almost daily. So how can we maintain emotional stability during these trying times? How can we prepare ourselves so outside negative influences don’t take over and cause undue stress, anger, depression and even illness?
Lyle Wildes, author of The Positive Attitude Development Workbook, knows this kind of adversity caused by change. After engaging in some illegal activities, Lyle served 20 years in correctional institutions. Due to this major change in his life he experienced many negative consequences -- stress, anger, depression, anxiety, and many more, just short of losing his will to live.
It was at this point that a fellow inmate asked Lyle to attend a class on positive attitude development. Wondering how this class could possibly help inmates accept the major changes in their lives, Lyle began studying about the connection between change and attitude. He became an avid reader and a true believer in the process. For the next 18 years Lyle re-worked and taught Positive Attitude Development to hundreds of inmates. He and his fellow inmates learned that the process for accepting change begins with one’s attitude and the texture and quality of our attitude determines the type of life we build for ourselves.
Change is inevitable. Every day we are asked to respond to changes and circumstances we have no control over. Some are relatively insignificant such as a detour on your route home, adapting to a new co-worker, changing dentists, adjusting to your spouses’ new hobby. Others are much more significant such as, loss of a job, death of a loved one, onset of a disease, abusiveness, loss of significant income. Prepare yourself for all of these changes, big or small. When you’re on top of managing your emotions you will be happier, healthier and more productive.
This workbook is filled with lessons that will change the participant’s outlook and equip him/her to deal more effectively with the never-ending change in their life. The lessons can be self-administered or led by a group facilitator.
Available in two editions: General Audience and Correctional Institution. Please call for generous discounts on multiple copies of the workbook.
IPAD (general audience) / $20.00
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IPADCI (correctional institutions) / 20.00 |
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General audience edition is great for
- Employees
- Church groups
- Community education programs
- Wellness programs
- Group and individual therapy
Correctional Institution Edition is great for
- Inmates serving in federal and state prisons
- Re-entry programs
- Those struggling with adjustment issues
“The content of the course made a huge impression on the lives of many of the participants who came away from the class with a motivation for change.”
—Retired prison chaplain
Want to offer a PAD course?
It's simple—
- We offer generous discounts on quantity book orders.
- Or, you can hire Lyle Wildes to teach the course for your group.
- Give us a call and we'll get you started.
