Jean Houston: “The Wizard of Us—Transformational Lessons from Oz”

Time to uncover your inner hero and become the person you were always meant to be. Answer the call to transform yourself and your world: expand your thinking, open your heart, and build the courage to truly connect with your own Hero’s Journey. Click here to listen to a recording of my June 5, 2013 radio episode with my guest Jean Houston as we explore the insights offered in her newest book, The Wizard of Us. Jean harnesses the power of the beloved story, The Wizard of Oz, to reveal the Hero’s Journey that awaits each of us. Discover how Dorothy’s adventure in a magical land inspires our lives today, offering valuable tools to guide us through our own challenging times. Learn how to thrive rather than merely survive. By interpreting the deeper messages within The Wizard of Oz, Jean leads us along the Hero’s Journey that awaits each of us. On this profound adventure of self-discovery and awakened potential, Jean’s lessons propel us into greater self-understanding and a connection to the larger world story as we explore Oz like never before.

PRAISE FOR JEAN HOUSTON

“Jean Houston plays midwife to the next phase of our evolutionary journey…We are literally drawn from the smaller, personal self to the larger, universal possibility.”

—Marianne Williamson, spiritual activist and author

“With elegant simplicity, Jean Houston shows you how to unleash the genius that lies in the depths of your being.”
—Deepak Chopra, MD, bestselling author

“Jean Houston’s mind should be considered a national treasure.”
—Buckminster Fuller, renowned inventor and philosopher

“Jean Houston is the great producer of events and new possibilities as she orchestrates the voices of the new consciousness.”
—Margaret Mead, American icon and anthropologist

Jean Houston is a visionary thinker, teacher, and philosopher who pioneered the Human Potential Movement during the late seventies and developed the Social Artistry leadership model used by the United Nations Development Group. Over the course of her work, Jean has developed a worldwide network of social leaders, educators, and philosophers such as Aldous Huxley, Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, Helen Keller, and Margaret Mead, giving her unique insight into human potential. Jean reaches millions of people throughout the year via her teleseminars, lectures, and symposiums. According to Evolving Wisdom, the author is the single most successful teleseminar giver (with the exception of Oprah) in the industry. Jean has worked with UNICEF, the United Nations, NASA, and others. She has written over 26 books in her lifetime. Her latest book is THE WIZARD OF US (Beyond Words/Atria). Visit www.jeanhouston.com for more information on Jean’s books and life-changing programs.

ABOUT THE WIZARD OF US

In THE WIZARD OF US: Transformational Lessons from Oz (Atria Books/Beyond Words; November 20; $24.00), visionary thinker, teacher, and philosopher Jean Houston helps readers discover the powerful, unique skills and qualities embodied by the beloved characters of Dorothy, the Wizard, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion that live within each of us. With specific, easy-to-follow exercises and incredible “aha!” insights, you’ll begin to expand your thinking, open your heart, and build the courage to truly connect with your own Hero’s Journey.

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

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About djwlifecoach

I am retired from 40+ years of helping individuals and teams build lives and organizations they love. One of the great joys of my retirement from professional practice is having greater bandwidth to donate my professional and creative talents to support and promote animal and social welfare charities. During my 30 years as an organization transformation consultant, I served as a senior partner in four of the world’s largest, most prestigious global professional services firms. In 2005, I took a five-year sabbatical to find healing and peace because non-stop work had taken its toll. My recovery from burnout led to finding my purpose guiding others on their journeys. As a board-certified coach, author, consultant, radio host, Reiki Master and EFT/tapping practitioner, I share hope, possibilities and empowerment with the world. 111419 DJW Sid CH Pet Corner Photo ShootI help clients achieve rapid, extraordinary, sustainable results by connecting who they are with what they do, a connection often lost through stress and the sheer busy-ness of daily life. Courageous self-awareness and unconditional self-love lead to honest choices based on priorities that nurture you and those around you on a journey to wholeness. Decades in coaching, consulting, change management, organization development, human resources and mixed media artistic expression honed my business sense, professionalism, creativity, intuition, leadership and communication skills. The result? Practical tools that help you become more insightful, creative, committed, productive and fulfilled. Even the most dedicated and hard-working individuals can shift from frustration to a sense of futility when their values, passion, work, and lives become disconnected. One of the problems with not taking care of our health is that the effects of ignoring it are often slow to show up. We continue to juggle family responsibilities, work and finances until we lose ourselves, waking up one day 50 pounds heavier in body and soul—no good to ourselves or anyone else. I love working with people who are ready to take life-changing action to make their dreams a reality. At each moment, you have inside you all the wisdom you seek to choose your life and your way of showing up. Limiting thoughts, beliefs and feelings can block you from moving forward. An absence of love and concern for yourself can result in negative head talk that holds you back with discouraging messages about who you are and what you can do. By listening and caring deeply, I guide you in connecting with your own inner wisdom. We identify the way you’d like to live. We determine what’s blocking you and release you from the hold those blocks have over you—unleashing the positive energy that will fuel you forward. Together we develop a plan to move you closer to your heart’s desire. My books, blog, radio show and signature coaching programs help individuals and organizations harness the transformative energy of love to turn unexplored possibilities into fulfilling realities and step into their greatness. What’s love got to do with it? Everything! My book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life! (Hay House/ Balboa Press 2013) shares my story and the stories of 10 of my clients along with my signature Discovery Framework. For fun, I love reading, sewing, knitting, yin yoga, afternoon tea, opera and movies. I live in Williamsburg, Virginia with my spouse, Wilson Abney, and the cat who runs our life, Maisy Jane.

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