[welcome to]
Enlightened © Lisa Eastman

luminous

Helping people and organizations to shine

Jennifer Crystal Chien
Change Consultant and Coach

510.301.6923
jennifer@jenniferchien.com

These articles, exerpts, and books were selected to help
inform and inspire your perspective and your change process.



Articles marked with (A) can be read with the free Adobe Acrobat program.


CREATIVE COACHING
(the coaching model used by luminous)

~ Coaching Components. The 11 components that are considering during coaching to stimulate the change process.

~ Coaching Concepts and Principles. The concepts for being carried through transformation and the principles used to create alignment within oneself, with others, and the larger universe.

~ Coaching Philosophy. The underpinings of what coaching is intended to accomplish.


EDUCATION

~ Educational Principles (A) by Janet A. Simons, Donald B. Irwin and Beverly A. Drinnien. This excerpt from Psychology - The Search for Understanding highlights 10 guidelines suggested by psychologist Abraham Maslow for how we should learn to be to promote positive human development.

top of page


LEADERSHIP

~ Responsible Leadership: Base Your Leadership on Spiritual Roots by William C. Miller explores how leadership that is spiritually-based with integrity can benefit your business.

~ Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership by Richard Farson is a book that demonstrates the value of seemingly contradictory advice on leadership and offers new ways to cope with the perplexing problems of organizational life.

top of page


MARKETING

~ Principles of Authentic Promotion: How to Prosper in a Business You Like (A) by Molly Gordon. This ebook covers the principles and practices of Authentic Promotion, a genuine way to connect with others around business. If you dislike traditional marketing, this may be right for you.

top of page


SELF-TRANSCENDENCE

~ Definitions of Self-Transcendence (A) explains self-transcendence, a powerful state of well-being, and includes a general description and three major features.

~ Characteristics of Self-Transcendence (A) describes the characteristics of people who experience self-transcendence.

top of page


SPIRITUALITY AND WORK

~ Spirituality, Creativity, and Business by William C. Miller descrbies how creativity and spiritual values can improve your business performance.

~ Spirit Matters: Global Healing and the Wisdom of the Soul by Michael Lerner promotes the idea of Emancipatory Spirituality as a way to sustain social change movements.

~ Reflections on Contemporary Spirituality (A) by James Schmesier reflects on the role and importance of imperfection and mystery in spiritual development from a Christian perspective. (luminous is not affiliated with a specific religion.)

top of page


THEORY

~ Transpersonal Psychology on Wikipedia describes this "fourth force" in psychology as interested in the transcendent or spiritual dimensions of humanity.

~ The Myth of Self Improvement by Ray Dodd discusses how a quest for self-improvement may actually be an endless search that magnifies fears of inadequacy.

~ The Failure of the Human Potential Movement (A) by Geoffrey Hill is a critical analysis of the Human Potential Movement, which is the broad field of self-development that is the basis for many popular transformation programs.

Business Services

Nonprofit Services

Life Coaching

Clients

About


Read my blog