Audiobooks by Dr. John Townsend

Growth Has No Boundaries: The Christian's Secret to a Deeper Spiritual Life

In Growth Has No Boundaries, Drs. Cloud and Townsend give readers age-old keys to growth from the Scriptures, with life applications unique from what many Christians have previously thought and were told. Whether life is going well or whether a person is struggling in some area, the insights in this book are essential to progressing spiritually, relationally, and emotionally. Based on their bestselling book How People Grow, Drs. Cloud and Townsend explore what it takes to experience increasing strength and depth in a person's spiritual walk, marriage and family life, friendships, personal development--in everything life is about? Unpacking the practical and passionate theology that forms the backbone of their speaking and writing, the authors shatter popular misconceptions about how God operates and how growth happens. You will discover: - The essential processes that make people grow - How these processes fit into a biblical understanding of spiritual growth and theology - How spiritual growth and real-life issues are one and the same - The responsibility people have for their own personal growth Shining focused light on the great doctrines and themes of Christianity, Growth Has No Boundaries shows why all growth is spiritual growth and how a person can grow in ways they never thought possible.

Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud (Author), Henry O. Arnold (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 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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Leading from Your Gut: How You Can Succeed by Harnessing the Power of Your Values, Feelings, and Int

Leading from Your Gut will help emerging and experienced leaders alike to hone their intuition and become the leader they were meant to be. As a leader, your decisions are critical. They have a significant effect on you and everyone around you. But the effective leader needs to have more than just logic, facts, and financials to help make the best choices. Leaders also must access their own intuition, that gut feeling inside. In Leading from Your Gut, you'll learn how leaders excel not just through external competencies and skills but by drawing on their internal world and personal experience. You'll explore how to harness the power of your values, thoughts, emotions, and relationships to better meet the complex demands of leadership. As you apply Townsend's principles, you will see great results in your leadership. But more importantly, you'll experience the kind of personal transformation that will enable you to lead as a whole person. This book is the revised edition of Leadership Beyond Reason.

Dr. John Townsend (Author), Henry O. Arnold (Narrator)

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Nein sagen ohne Schuldgefühle. Gesunde Grenzen setzen

New York Times Bestseller! Mehr als 2 Millionen verkaufte Exemplare! Werden Sie von anderen ausgenutzt? Versuchen Sie es immer, allen recht zu machen? Fällt es Ihnen schwer, Nein zu sagen? Dr. Henry Cloud, bekannter Psychologe, Autor und Redner, und Dr. John Townsend, bekannter Ehe- und Familientherapeut, haben schon Millionen von Menschen geholfen, ihr Leben zu verbessern, gesunde Grenzen zu setzen und Schuldgefühle loszuwerden. Die beiden Autoren erklären, dass Nein sagen nicht gegen das Gesetzt der Nächstenliebe verstoßt - im Gegenteil, gesunde Grenzen müssen gesetzt werden, damit ein Mensch leben und lieben kann. Klare Grenzen sind wichtig, um ein ausgewogenes Leben zu führen. Die Unfähigkeit, angemessene Grenzen zu ziehen, ist eines der ernsthaftesten Probleme in der heutigen Welt. In diesem Hörbuch erfahren Sie: - was Grenzen sind und warum es so wichtig für uns ist, sie zu setzen; - welche Arten von Grenzenproblemen man unterscheidet und wie man sie bekämpfen kann; - wie man gesunde Grenzen mit Freunden, Partner, Kindern, Kollegen und mit sich selbst entwickeln kann. - wie verschieden zwei Tage aussehen können: der Tag ohne Grenzen und der Tag mit Grenzen; Die Autoren bieten uns klare Antworten auf diese und andere schwierige Fragen mit umfangreichen, beispielhaften Erklärungen.

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

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Our Mothers, Ourselves: How Understanding Your Mother's Influence Can Set You on a Path to a Better

In Our Mothers, Ourselves, Henry Cloud and John Townsend show how understanding how our mothers have profoundly influenced our lives can set us on a path toward wholeness and growth. No one has influenced the person you are today like your mother. The way she handled your needs as a child has shaped your worldview, your relationships, your marriage, your career, your self-image - your life. Our Mothers, Ourselves can help you identify areas that need reshaping, to make positive choices for personal change, and to establish a mature relationship with Mom today. - The Phantom Mom - The China Doll Mom - The Controlling Mom - The Trophy Mom - The Still-the-Boss Mom - The American Express Mom You'll learn how your mom affected you as a child and may still be affecting you today. Our Mothers, Ourselves is a biblical, realistic, and empowering route to wholeness and growth, to deeper and more satisfying bonds with your family, friends, and spouse - and to a new, healthier way of relating to your mother. This book was previously titled The Mom Factor.

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

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Raising Great Kids: A Comprehensive Guide to Parenting with Grace and Truth

What does it take to raise great kids? If you've read any books on parenting, conflicting opinions have probably left you feeling confused. Get tough! Show acceptance. Lay down the rules. Lighten up, already! There's got to be a balance--and there is. Joining their expertise with the wisdom of MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers), Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend help you provide both the care and acceptance that make grace real to your child, and the firmness and discipline that give direction. Avoiding the twin extremes of permissiveness and over-control, Drs. Cloud and Townsend show how you can help your child cultivate six necessary character traits: attachment, responsibility, reality, competence, morality, and worship/spiritual life. At last, here is an effective middle ground for raising up children who will handle life with maturity and wisdom. Raising Great Kids will help you equip your son or daughter to accept life's responsibilities, grow from its challenges, and freely and fully explore all that it has to offer. Accompanying tables are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud (Author), Cris Dukehart, Tom Parks (Narrator)

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How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication

Full of practical tips and how-tos, this audiobook will help you make your relationships better, deepen your intimacy with people you care for, and cultivate more love, understanding, and respect between you and others. 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 we see confrontation as scary or adversarial. Authors Henry Cloud and John Townsend take the principles from their award-winning and 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! This audiobook is a practical handbook on positive confrontation that will help you finally have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding. A discussion guide is included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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

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How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals About Personal Growth

Our desire to grow runs deep. Yet the issues in our lives and relationships that we wish would change often stay the same, even with our best efforts at spiritual growth. What does it take to experience increasing strength and depth in our spiritual walk, our marriages and family lives and friendships, our personal development--in everything life is about? And how can we help others move into growth that is profound and lasting? Unpacking the practical and passionate theology that forms the backbone of their counseling, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend shatter popular misconceptions about how God operates and how growth happens. You'll discover: - What the essential processes are that make people grow. - How those processes fit into a biblical understanding of spiritual growth and theology. - How spiritual growth and real-life issues are one and the same. - What the responsibilities are of pastors, counselors, and others who assist people in growing-and what your own responsibilities are in your personal growth. Shining focused light on the great doctrines and themes of Christianity, How People Grow shows why all personal growth is spiritual growth--and best of all, it helps you understand the Bible in a way that will help you head with confidence down the high road of growth in Christ.

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

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Boundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Children

Yes, you CAN say no to your child and still be a loving parent. Discover how boundaries make parenting better today! What the award-winning, bestselling Boundaries has done for adult relationships, Boundaries with Kids will do for you and your children. Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend provide the help and guidance you need for raising your kids to take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions. With wisdom and empathy, they take you through the ins and outs 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 parentbring control to an out-of-control family lifeapply the ten laws of boundaries to parentingdefine appropriate boundaries and consequences for your kids. . . and much more!Charts and tables are available in the audiobook companion PDF download. Plus, check out Boundaries family collection of books and audiobooks dedicated to key areas of life - dating, marriage, raising teenagers, and leadership. Workbooks and Spanish editions are also available. ***Please contact Customer Service for additional content.***

Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud (Author), Henry Arnold, Henry O. Arnold (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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Límites: Cuando decir 'sí', cuando decir 'no', tome el control de su vida

Escrito por Cloud y Townsend, autores de Límites para nuestros hijos, este libro cuenta con consejos bíblicos y prácticos para todo cristiano. ¿Está tu vida sin control? ¿siente que la gente te utiliza? ¿Le es difícil decir que no? ¿Está desilusionado con Dios por falta de respuesta a tus oraciones? Establecer límites claros es esencial para obtener un estilo de vida sano y balanceado. Un límite es un línea de propiedad personal que marca las cosas de las que somos responsables. En otras palabras, límites es lo que define quiénes somos, o quiénes no somos. Los límites afectan diferentes aspectos de nuestras vidas: Los límites físicos nos ayudan a determinar quién nos puede tocar y bajo qué circunstancia. Los límites mentales nos dan la libertad de tener ideas y opiniones propias. Los límites emocionales nos ayudan a tratar con nuestras propias emociones y a librarnos de las emociones dañinas y manipuladoras de otros. Los límites espirituales nos ayudan a distinguir entre la voluntad de Dios y la nuestra, y nos dan temor de Dios. Los doctores Henry Cloud y John Townsend ofrecen respuestas bíblicas a preguntas difíciles, a la vez que nos muestran cómo poner límites sanos con nuestros padres, nuestros cónyuges, nuestros hijos, nuestros amigos, nuestros compañeros de trabajo, y hasta con nosotros mismos.

Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cloud, John Townsend (Author), Alejandro De Mesa (Narrator)

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Loving People: How to Love and Be Loved

Your personal guide to learning how to love. When you say or hear the words "I love you" it can change your life forever. Love is one of God's most important gifts to anyone, yet there are many misunderstandings about how to make love work in our families, friendships, marriages, and dating relationships. In Loving People, bestselling author Dr. John Townsend shows you that love can actually be learned, and gives you the steps and tools to become skilled in love. Using his trademark stories to flesh out the important principles, Dr. Townsend covers receiving love, connecting love, healing love, confronting love, romantic love, and surrendering love. Through his teaching, listeners will discover-and start enjoying-the words, actions, and experiences of authentic love.

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

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