Possible Futures: Creative Thinking For The Speed of Life by Jude Treder-Wolff, LCSW, RMT, CGP

by Jude Treder-Wolff
(Smithtown, NY 11787)

Possible Futures: Creative Thinking For The Speed of Life is about the effects of today's accelerated pace of change on every aspect of our inner and outer life, and explores the central importance of developing our creative capacities and relationship/networking skills for success in 21st century society. Research shows that people can acquire the "stress-resilient thinking skills" and creative capacities needed to navigate the complex, inter-connected and ever-changing social landscape of 21st century life. This book ia a guide for mastering holistic thinking about our individual life as well as the power that each of us possess to shape our collective future.
THIS BOOK EXPLAINS:

The ways that advertising, media pressures, and other aspects of high-tech society influence our worldview and habits of mind;

Social capital and its relationship to mental and physical health, stress-resilience and sustainability in the future;

Music in brain development, health and social connection

The ways that consumer culture continually redesigns what it means to have a good-enough life, with impacts on our sense of self, family life, and health.

How arts training, creative development, and creative experiences grow the brain, strengthen psychological resilience and
The dynamic interactions between our personal choices and the direction of our future

A sample of the book is posted on the blog at www.thespeedoflife.org and a chapter is posted at www.lifestage.org