Will Swift | Psychologist, Biographer, Historian and Coach

Will Swift

Psychologist, Biographer, Historian and Coach

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THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD PRESIDENTIAL MARRIAGE

Will Swift tells the story of the challenges he faced as a liberal Massachusetts Democrat being accepted in conservative Nixonland while writing PAT AND DICK: THE NIXONS, AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE. A couples therapist, Swift details the many personal and political phases in the influential, but misunderstood Nixon marriage. He uses newly opened letters and archives and interviews with family and associates to debunk myths about Richard Nixon (that he was an unsentimental man), Pat ( that she was a passive and weak wife), and their relationship (that theirs was a one-sided "dance of unhappiness"). He sheds a humanizing light on the most polarizing president of the 20th Century and reveals that Mrs. Nixon was an activist for women's rights. This book was a New York Times Editor's Choice.

CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
WHAT MAKES A GREAT LEADER?

Using anecdotes from the failures and successes in the presidencies of Lincoln, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, both Bushes, Clinton, and Obama Dr. Swift discusses the key attributes of a great leader. He highlights the importance of Openness (to different points of view, to learning from errors, and to changing positions), Strategic Vision with manageable goals, the Capacity to Inspire and Motivate, and the Willingness to Maintain Courage of Convictions. Swift also explores the essential quality of Emotional Intelligence and the value of Self-Control, and the Ability to Relax and Have Fun. He shows how internal emotional conflicts derailed some presidents' visions while emotional stability helped others maximize their efforts. He applies these lessons to our current political environment and to leadership in your organization.

THE LEGACIES OF OUR FIRST LADIES AND OUR PRESIDENTS
FROM THE TRUMANS TO THE OBAMAS

What can we learn from these powerful individuals about increasing personal happiness and fostering a thriving marriage? As a presidential historian, Will Swift examines the lives of our presidents and first ladies after they left the White House. In what ways are their character traits inspirational and how are they cautionary? None of our presidential couples have divorced. Long term married couples face many challenges in the second half of their lives: balancing intimacy and autonomy, making and deepening friendships, contributing to their communities, finding new sources of stimulation, leaving a legacy, enjoying a sense of well being despite coping with health crises. Dr. Swift asks what we can learn from the successes and failures of the Carters, Clintons, the Trumans, both Bushes and the Reagans about renewing our marriages,ourselves and our world in the last phases of our lives. He considers what the youthful Obamas might glean from their predecessors' choices.

REDUCING STRESS AND INCREASING WELL-BEING

During his forty-four years practicing as a cognitive therapist, Dr. Swift has heard hundreds of stories people tell themselves about why their lives are not good enough. He shows us how stress is the difference between where we think we are and where we think we should be; Swift explains how both points of view are often inaccurate. Using vivid anecdotes from his own life and from the lives of the people he has helped, Will Swift gives us practical guidelines for identifying our main myths and distancing ourselves from them. Drawing on the skills of mindfulness meditation, cognitive therapy and positive psychology, he shows us how to increase our feelings of well-being, foster resilience, combat feelings of boredom and uncertainty, and how to keep our negative stories from running our lives. This lecture is equally applicable to the workplace and to personal lives.

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