Neil Hockey, writes from his experience in over 50 years of community work in Australia, India, and Malaysia. Our families, neighbourhoods and workplaces can be life-giving, nourishing, and joyful. They ought to be. But they can also be somewhere on the spectrum towards dysfunctional, toxic, and soul-destroying. This book challenges us to persevere towards the joyful end of that spectrum.
Discover:
* How to confidently identify root causes of hurt or trauma, and how to overcome their consequences.
* Practical strategies to help defuse / disarm triggers that could sabotage and re-traumatise you.
* How to be empowered through patiently, persistently rebuilding trust when struggling with doubts, uncertainties, and worry.
* How to think clearly and critically, discern truth and be free, turning away from personal and collective deceit for a fuller, richer life.
* 6 essential qualities you must develop on a journey confronting fears through love, refreshing your whole way of life.
* Key elements of putting truth into practice, giving you a strong foundation for facing life’s daily realities and responsibilities.
* How to overcome overwhelming obstacles, living by truth with renewed hope now and always.
50% of author income from this book’s sales will help transform some tribal and refugee children’s lives in Asia, through the work of Transform the Nations.
Neil is an author, speaker, facilitator, mentor and teacher. He is passionate about community development, engagement and education. He has done extensive community work in India, Malaysia and Australia, as well high school teaching in Australia and India over the course of his working life. The dux of his high school, Neil went on to obtain degree sin Science, Arts and Education, as well as a PhD in a Transformative Philosophy of Truth. He co-founded the Sahara House Centre for Residential Care and Rehabilitation in New Delhi in 1978, remaining there for six years. This experience strengthened his passion for community work, and over the next 40 years he worked with multiple government and non-government organisations to help trauma-impacted people and their families.
In addition, he was a visiting Research Fellow at the University of Malaysia’s Centre for Poverty and Development Studies for two years, as well as the Copy Editor for the University’s Journal of Institutions and Economies. Neil also played a key role in establishing multiple Indigenous community-controlled programs in his home city of the Logan-Beaudesert region of South-East Queensland, and he was a State-wide evaluator of the Trial Senior Syllabus in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in the mid 1990s.
As he did internationally, Neil has regularly worked with numerous private and public sector agencies in his home country to improve health, education, youth and community justice, and employment and training outcomes for Indigenous Australians. He has presented on community development, engagement, and education at 14 international conferences in 10 different countries over the past two decades. Neil is a member of the IACR(International Association of Critical Realism) and the TPAQ (Teachers’ Professional Association of Queensland). Marrying into a Chinese Malaysian family more than 40 years ago, Neil has two children and three grandchildren. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout India Malaysia.
Discover:
* How to confidently identify root causes of hurt or trauma, and how to overcome their consequences.
* Practical strategies to help defuse / disarm triggers that could sabotage and re-traumatise you.
* How to be empowered through patiently, persistently rebuilding trust when struggling with doubts, uncertainties, and worry.
* How to think clearly and critically, discern truth and be free, turning away from personal and collective deceit for a fuller, richer life.
* 6 essential qualities you must develop on a journey confronting fears through love, refreshing your whole way of life.
* Key elements of putting truth into practice, giving you a strong foundation for facing life’s daily realities and responsibilities.
* How to overcome overwhelming obstacles, living by truth with renewed hope now and always
Publicity:
* Many large NFP organisations, especially TTN, have been promoting this book heavily world wide to their networks and people, before the book was even printed.
