Huffington Post Story on Appreciation and Gratitude
Recently, the Huffington Post blog reported a story on how key Life Model Works skills, Gratitude, were central to the success of a growing startup. You can read the whole story in their story Driving a Culture of Candor in Business (And How My Therapist Helped) here. If we lost that, I thought, we were sunk. […]
Sharing the Life Model Skills (and how it brought me even more joy)
This is a story from Chris, a missionary in South America. He shares how he used the skills and training he learned through the Life Model to empower others to find joy and make a difference. I have been involved with pastors and leaders in Latin America for over 30 years. I met Jim Wilder about […]
Tuesday: Sexual Addiction Roundtable with Darrell Brazell
It seems that every day we wake up to hear of new scandal surrounding sexual addiction. Why is this epidemic taking over our world? How can we use joy and maturity to help us combat these temptations? Join Pastor Darrell Brazell on September 29nd at 12 pm CST for a Roundtable discussion about this crucial topic. Register Here! […]
Vote Now: What Should We Name Our Next Book
Dr. Jim Wilder and Marcus Warner have written an new book which will be published by Moody Publishers and launched at our Annual Gathering in April 2016! This book is written for Senior Pastors, as well as other leaders, especially in the business world. In order to find the perfect name, we need your help! Think […]
Fostering or Adopting? Learn How To Raise Joyful Kids!
Several years ago, I heard Dr. Jim Wilder explain that even an infant who is adopted at birth will have life-long attachment pain for its birth mother. During the nine months in utero, children attach to their mother. They hear the mother’s heartbeat, sensing her rhythms, and feel her emotions. They share more with mom […]
Maturity: The Key to Joyful Missionaries
This story describes how two missionaries in Estonia have used The Life Model Works resources. When we moved to serve as missionaries in Estonia in 2012, we had little idea what we wanted to do beyond helping those who are emotionally wounded and bankrupt. With no clue how to do that, we began serving in a local […]
Tuesday: The Joy of Education Roundtable Discussion
Tuesday, we’ll continue our discussion of how to go back to school with joy! “School” at least, how we do it today, isn’t for everyone. But education should be. Join us Tuesday, August 18 at Noon PST for Education: The Art of Bringing Up Children of Any Age, a Roundtable discussion with Dr. Bill St. Cyr, Executive Director of […]
TODAY: Help Write Our Next Book
We have all seen how leadership can make or break a great organization. What makes a leader great? What makes a leader particularly Jesus-like? How can a leader avoid burnout, or worse? We believe the key lies in leaders’s relational skills. Life Model Works’ Dr. Jim Wilderand Marcus Warner of Deeper Walk Ministries are writing a book on […]
How You Can Help Spread Joy in Korea
The Life Model is being applied to help people—literally, around the world—live a joyful, thriving life! One of our joys is to travel the world helping teach relational brain skills in a variety of settings. This September, Jim and Kitty Wilder will be traveling around Korea for a number of exciting opportunities. Their first stop […]
How To Go Back to School with Joy!
Days of laying out by the pool, lazy vacations and fresh watermelon will soon come to an end. The Fall is a bittersweet moment for parents and teachers. Kids are thrilled to reconnect with friends. Families are excited to get back into the rhythms of the school year. For many kids, school is not a […]
Today: How to Be a Joy-filled Parent
As a parent, you want to give your children everything. You work hard to make everyday great. No matter how hard you try, you can’t ensure that everything will be perfect. But you can fill each day with joy! Learn how at today’s Roundtable Joystream featuring Barbara Moon, the author of “Handbook to Joy-Filled Parenting.” Barbara […]
Oxytocin and Human Connection
The brain science behind human connection is getting a lot of attention lately, from the Huffington Post, to the stage at the TED conference to this recent piece in Christianity Today magazine. In “The Shalom of Neurochemistry” counselor Krispin Mayfield describes his experience leading a men’s recovery group. He describes how some brains are less capable […]
What is Everything You Thought You Knew About Addiction was Wrong?
Recently TED.com featured a fascinating talk by journalist Johann Hari. In many ways, it reflects the research and practices we’ve been developing for years at Life Model Works. According to Hari: In the year 2000, Portugal had one of the worst drug problems in Europe. One percent of the population was addicted to heroin, which […]
Don't Miss Today's FREE JoyStream Webinar with Dr. Jim Wilder!
Dr. Wilder will discuss the one thing that everyone deals with, most people don’t feel like they have enough of, and most people hate talking about: Money! As much as we try to avoid it, money is all over the Bible. Join Dr. Jim Wilder tomorrow, July 7, at 12 EST for “God, Money and Giving” […]
What is one thing that everyone deals with? (but doesn't want to)
What do most people don’t feel like they have enough of? What gets in the way of relationships with between couples, friends and even God? This is a subject you probably don’t want to talk about it, either. Which is funny…because the Bible talks about it—a lot. You’ve probably guessed the topic: Money. Money is […]
What Should You Do When Grief Won't Go Away?
Learning to navigate difficult emotions is one of the key benefits of the training you receive through resources like Joy Starts Here, Connexus and Thrive. The necessity of these skills was highlighted in a recent article by the New York Times “When Grief Won’t Relent“. Sometimes, even when the loss is neither sudden nor unexpected, […]
Watch Now: Father's Day Webinar with Dr. Jim Wilder, Dr. Ken Canfield and Rev. Carey Casey
Our Father’s Day Webinar, “The Joy of Relational Fathering” is live! Watch Now Dr. Jim Wilder, author of The Complete Guide to Living with Men, Dr. Ken Canfield, founder of the National Center for Fathering, Rev. Carey Casey, CEO of the National Center for Fathering share thoughts and engaging stories from their continuing journeys as fathers and grandfathers on the power […]
Register Today: Discover the Joy of Relational Fathering
Fathering is a huge responsibility, and a great opportunity. Fathers have the opportunity to shape a child’s life, and, in so doing, to grow and mature themselves. But if you don’t know how to connect relationally, you will limit your capacity to be an effective father. Discover how to relationally connect to your children on our […]
How to Move Beyond Silence and Begin to Deal With Abuse
Rebecca Davis is the collaborating author, with Dale Ingraham, of TEAR DOWN THIS WALL OF SILENCE: DEALING WITH SEXUAL ABUSE IN OUR CHURCHES (AN INTRODUCTION FOR THOSE WHO WILL HEAR), published by Ambassador International in 2015. She is interviewing Michele Hardy, who for twelve years has served as a prayer ministry educator and facilitator, pastoral […]
Joy Starts Here Previewed by Christianity Daily
Christianity Daily, a website “dedicated to pursuing the honest truth” recently wrote a preview of this weekend’s Joy Starts Here conference in Los Angeles. Numerous resources and books are available for Christians on the topic of joy, but one of the unique aspects of the conference and Wilder’s books is that it combines spiritual as […]