Audiobooks narrated by Dr. John Townsend

Who's Pushing Your Buttons?: Handling the Difficult People in Your Life

Button-pushers come in all shapes and sizes, but they have one thing in common: Their behavior drives us crazy and makes us dream of ways to escape the mess we're in. The person who pushes your buttons is likely someone who matters to you - a spouse, a parent, a boss, a fellow church member. Almost always this difficult person is connected to you by blood, love, faith, or money, so you can't just end the relationship without causing pain and upheaval in your life. Our friends and today's culture will often advise us to abandon such relationships quickly - to end this unpleasant chapter and get on with our lives. Psychologist and author Dr. John Townsend disagrees, 'Your button-pusher is not someone you would easily and casually leave. You are intertwined at many levels. It is worth the trouble to take a look at the ways the relationship you had, and want, can be revived and reborn.' In this easy-to-read book he offers - Expert insights to help you understand your own button-pusher - Wise assistance in determining the nature of the problem - Compassionate help in identifying your failed attempts to fix things - A hope-filled vision for what can be and how to make it come true - Rich resources to help you navigate the necessary changes

Dr. John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend (Narrator)

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People Fuel: Fill Your Tank for Life, Love, and Leadership

Full of stories, clinical advice, and accessible takeaways, People Fuel outlines the twenty-two relational nutrients we all need to cultivate good relationships that provide energy, focus, and the support you need to succeed. We all need more energy, the vitality that helps us stay motivated, focused and productive in life. We know we receive energy from good nutrition, along with working out, adequate sleep and maintaining positivity. But there is another major source for the energy we need: having the right kinds of relationships with others. Not the ones that drain us, but the ones that refuel us. In his new audiobook, Dr. John Townsend, psychologist, leadership expert and coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Boundaries, shows you how we need the fuel of 'Relational Nutrients' from others, and, in turn we can then provide them to others. Our bodies require physical nutrients to stay healthy. If we don't take enough iron, we can develop anemia. Too little calcium can lead to bone disease. In the same way, John identifies the key Relational Nutrients that we need. As we experience these critical elements from others, we grow mentally and emotionally more sharp and healthy. And as we give these elements back, others benefit as well. Finally, Dr. Townsend details the specific types of people who can either be energy sources or energy drains, and gives concrete steps to help you cultivate relationships with those who will help you be all you were meant to be. The person who taught you how to have boundaries now helps you to experience the best from those people you have allowed into your boundaries. Reference charts, tables, and appendix available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Narrator)

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The Entitlement Cure : Finding Success in Doing Hard Things the Right Way

Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Narrator)

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How to Be a Best Friend Forever: Making and Keeping Lifetime Relationships

Our world has diluted the meaning of friendship, but the reality is, there’s nothing like the sustaining strength of true-blue, forever friends. Still, many people are convinced that they’ll never find such lifelong connections—or that they don’t need them. In this encouraging audio book, best-selling author and psychologist John Townsend delivers hope and help for making these relationships a reality—and for making them even better if you’ve already got a “bestie.” His eight principles for building the very best kind of friendship, along with his shared experiences within his own friendships (including mistakes he’s made), will move every listener to aspire to deeper connections and to stay the course when challenges arise. Townsend’s simple but profound concepts are sure to transform listeners’ relationships and keep them from missing out on one of life’s greatest and most essential joys: the joy of having a best friend. ***Please Contact Member Services for Additional Documents***

Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Narrator)

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Beyond Boundaries

How do you know you're ready to trust again ... and what does it take to be ready? Painful relationships violate our trust, causing us to close our hearts. But to experience the freedom and love God designed us for, we eventually have to take another risk. In this breakthrough book, bestselling author Dr. John Townsend takes you beyond the pain of the past to discover how to re-enter a life of intimate relationships. Whether you're trying to restore a current relationship or begin a new one, Townsend gives practical tools for establishing trust and finding the intimacy you long for. Beyond Boundaries will help you reinstate closeness with someone who broke your trust; discern when true change has occurred; reestablish appropriate connections in strained relationships; create a safe environment that helps you trust; and restore former relationships to a healthy dynamic. You can move past relational pain to trust again. Beyond Boundaries will show you how.

Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Narrator)

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Leadership Beyond Reason: How Great Leaders Succeed by Harnessing the Power of Their Values, Feeling

"As someone who is involved in influencing others toward excellence and inspiration, you need to be the best you can be for yourself, your mission, and those you lead." —Dr. John Townsend. Leaders at the forefront of society - executives, business owners, managers, and influencers - are constantly pressured to respond to the available research, analysis, and other linear sources of information in order to make critical decisions. But if you rely only on external data and fail to harness the power of your own subjective experience, you lose access to a great value toward your goals and outcomes. A human behavioral expert and leadership consultant, Dr. John Townsend says there are priceless resources within every leader that are all too often neglected and ignored. Leadership Beyond Reason clarifies the leader’s internal world and teaches you how to draw on your intuition, emotions, creativity, spiritual life, and values. These principles will help you stand out from the rest in a world growing weary of paint-by-the-numbers leaders. Whether you are increasing your skill set or looking for a new way to address your organization’s needs, Dr. Townsend’s insight and advice will train you to take advantage of the ability to look inward as well as outward and achieve great results.

Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Narrator)

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Where is God?

Hard times make us look for God. Everyone has problems. But if we could solve all our difficulties ourselves, would we ever search for God? Psychologist John Townsend says "It is actually the very unfixability of our problems and our powerlessness to bring right results that keep us asking, 'Where is God?' With a compelling narrative, Townsend offers new insights into the pursuit for God's help and presence. Designed to give readers hope and meaning, he divides the discussion into three parts: * Why does a loving God allow us to experience difficulties? * How is God active in the middle of our hard times? * How can I find God? With powerful stories and practical applications, Where Is God? assures readers that even when it feels as though God is absent it is his nature to be in relationship, to connect with, love, and guide us. And when we seek him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, he shows up in ways that transform us forever.

Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Narrator)

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How to Have That Difficult Conversation You've Been Avoiding

Successful people confront well. They know that setting healthy boundaries improves relationships and can solve important problems. They have discovered that uncomfortable situations can be avoided or resolved through direct conversation. But most of us don't know how to have difficult conversations, and see confrontation as scary or adversarial. Authors Henry Cloud and John Townsend take the principles from their bestselling book, Boundaries, and apply them to a variety of the most common difficult situations and relationships in order to: * Show how healthy confrontation can improve relationships * Present the essentials of a good boundary-setting conversation * Provide tips on preparing for the conversation * Show how to tell people what you want, stop bad behavior, and deal with counterattack * Give actual examples of conversations to have with your spouse, your date, your kids, your coworker, your parents, and more!

Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud, Henry/john Cloud/townsend, John Townsend, Zondervan Publishing (Narrator)

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It's Not My Fault: The No-Excuse Plan to Put You in Charge of Your Life

The most common excuse. The most dangerous trap. 'It's not my fault!' It seems like just a common, no-harm-done excuse. It can even seem like the truth. But according to Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, it’s really a dangerous, self-destructive trap that keeps you from the life you want to live. Yet there is a way to turn the trap into a launching pad—and it’s simpler than you think. Using eight principles, powerful true stories and their years of experience as professional psychologists, this best-selling author duo of Boundaries and other popular books will teach you the one skill you need to make empowering choices and start getting what you want out of your relationships, your career, your life. Even if you’ve gotten a raw deal from other people, your DNA or life’s circumstances, there is always something you can do to make things better. With the transformational insights in this audio book, Cloud and Townsend will help you get your focus off what you cannot control and break free from the blame game that sabotages success... so that you really can start living the life you choose.

Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Narrator)

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Rescue Your Love Life: Changing Those Dumb Attitudes & Behaviors That Will Sink Your Marriage [UNABR

You don’t have to sink or swim in your marriage. Sail off into the sunset with the love of your life. Most marriages need rescue at one time or another. So when you need help, it’s usually due to those thoughtless things you do or say that break the delicate connection between husband and wife. Before you face storms in your marriage (or if you’re already in one), turn to psychologists and best-selling authors Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend. They offer real solutions and biblical insight for couples who want to keep the wind in their sails of romance. You’ll fi nd forty practical, irresistible ways to steer clear of, or resolve, all the “dumb” things that can scuttle our most cherished relationship. Insightful advice, along with true stories from the authors’ clinical practice, will strengthen your marriage or help get it back on course. Discover how to avoid bringing out the worst in each other, get exactly what you need out of marriage, rebuild trust after great betrayal, reignite sexual passion, accept that there are no perfect 10s and very few 9s, reconnect, even when all seems hopeless, love when you don't even like, and escape stupid temptations to be unfaithful. Whether you’re simply sailing in choppy waters or braving a relational typhoon, reach for this lifeline - Rescue Your Love Life - so you and your mate can recapture the fun, happiness, and romance you deserve.

Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Narrator)

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Who's Pushing Your Buttons?: Handling the Difficult People in Your Life

Button-pushers come in all shapes and sizes, but they have one thing in common: Their behavior drives us crazy and makes us dream of ways to escape the mess we’re in. The person who pushes your buttons is likely someone who matters to you—a spouse, a parent, a boss, a fellow church member. Almost always the difficult person is connected to you by blood, love, faith, or money, so you can’t just end the relationship without causing pain and upheaval in your life. Our friends and today’s culture will often advise us to abandon such relationships quickly—to end this unpleasant chapter and get on with our lives. “Your button-pusher is not someone you would easily and casually leave. You are intertwined at many levels. It is worth the trouble to take a look at the ways the relationship you had, and want, can be revived and reborn.” This audio book offers expert insights to help you understand your own button-pusher, wise assistance in determining the nature of the problem, compassionate help in identifying your failed attempts to fix things, a hope-filled vision for what can be and how to make it come true, and rich resources to help you navigate the necessary changes.

Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Author), Dr. John Townsend, John Townsend (Narrator)

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Boundaries with Kids

Here at last is the help you need for raising your kids to take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, emotions. Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend take you through the ins and outs of establishing family boundaries and of instilling the kind of character in your children that will help them lead balanced, productive, and fulfilling adult lives. Learn how to - set limits and still be a loving parents - bring control to an out-of-control family life - apply then ten laws of boundaries to parenting - define legitimate boundaries for your family. . And much more.

Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Author), Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. Henry Cloud And Dr. John Townsend, Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud, Zondervan Publishing (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Dr. John Townsend