Joseph Wilner
Joe Wilner is a Certified Coach Practitioner (CCP) that provides guidance and coaching for achieving academic and professional goals. He works with adolescents to adults on reaching educational goals through improving study habits and utilizing individualized learning techniques. He also provides workplace skills training focusing on stress management, efficiency training, and interpersonal skills development. He has a Masters Degree in Psychology and a Masters in Liberal Arts, with a concentration in management and leadership. Joe has been a part of positive psychology research teams through the University of Kansas studying how the trait of hope relates to performance on the GRE.
He is the founder of Aspire to Grow for academic coaching and career planning, and currently teaches psychology at the University level. He has experience teaching courses in critical thinking, applied psychology, business communications, and ethics. He has worked in the mental health field providing counseling and psycho-educational groups with adolescents and adults teaching stress management techniques, vocational training, and interpersonal relationship skills.
He is an avid drummer and has been involved in recording and playing live music for around ten years. He is currently involved with the operations of Bossibility Music, LLC, a promotion and marketing company for independent musicians and artists. Joe also has a passion for music psychology and has begun to blend his passions of psychology and music through examining entertainment psychology, and teaching about managing performance anxiety in relation to music performance.
Joe runs the self-development blog Shake off the Grind.
Latest Articles
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Recognizing and Dealing with Stress
Stress management involves learning the bodies reaction to stress and utilizing healthy coping skills to provide relief and manage the stress symptoms when they appear.
Feb 19, 2010
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Tips to Setting Extraordinary Goals
To achieve life changing goals, a good start is following the acronym SMART. Also, recognizing barriers and making goals personal adds to motivation and persistence.
Dec 28, 2009
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Personal Financial Management
Reaching financial security requires eliminating debt and saving for the future; all things can be accomplished by developing and following an appropriate budget.
Dec 4, 2009
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Six Strategies for College Success
Students today have numerous roles to fill. For this reason it becomes more important to learn time-management techniques and how to coordinate work, family, and school.
Nov 21, 2009
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Problem Solving and Decision Making
Being open-minded and aware of the decision making process provides the means to be a creative and critical thinker, and find innovative solutions to unique problems.
Nov 14, 2009
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Cultivating the Seed of Self-Esteem
With confidence and positive self-esteem, utilizing true skills and potential is possible. This self-belief provides motivation to manage challenges and attain goals.
Nov 6, 2009
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Individual Accountability or Social Influence
People are capable of both kindness and cruelty in any given situation. Being aware of this choice can provide preparation for action in a novel and emotional situation.
Nov 3, 2009
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Support for Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporations have a major impact on social issues, and including responsibility for these issues in a business model provides the means for a positive social influence.
Oct 30, 2009
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Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur
Undertaking small venture start-up can be a trying task, but with developing certain attributes and personality traits entrepreneurship can be more feasible.
Oct 26, 2009
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Critical Thinking About Public Discourse
With unlimited access to unfiltered information and knowledge it is increasingly more important to critically think about public discourse and the information presented.
Oct 23, 2009
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