Media: The Mansfield News Journal and the Pennsylvania Sierra Club discuss Naked Idealism. The Pittsburgh City Paper provides earlier coverage of Dave’s life coaching practice.
Before you can save the world, you must become yourself.
“This book offers readers a stimulating and novel blend of self-help manual and sustainable living guide…exceptional advice on the peculiar crossover aspects of the personal and the socially responsible life.”
-The Sylvanian (Pennsylvania Sierra Club Magazine), Fall 2008
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“A thoroughly user friendly guide to being oneself and taking life how it should be taken – with a grain of salt and a dash of humor.”
-Midwest Book Review
“Naked Idealism supplies all the essential tools to help us discern, define, and develop our strengths, identify key values, and devise an effective strategy for finally living what Wheitner calls an ‘authentic life.’”
- Jo Stepaniak, author or co-author of 16 books on compassionate and sustainable living
Whether you currently feel overwhelmed and lack direction, energy or time, or have specific ideas you aspire to bring to life, Naked Idealism has something to offer.
“Dave Wheitner has created a comprehensive and inspiring guide for socially conscious people…With refreshing honesty, he also revealed his own career struggles. The well researched book includes 168 footnotes in which the author integrates concepts from a wide range of experts…[His] unique background and training in public policy, counseling and coaching enable him to address this topic in such a comprehensive manner.”
- Karen Litzinger, MA, LPC, Owner, Litzinger Career Consulting
“…Dave has written an inspiring book full of personal stories that we can all relate to at some level, and offers practical tips to be more naked, metaphorically speaking of course. Being naked means being real and authentic which may make us feel uncomfortable and vulnerable in many settings. But Dave offers humor, stories, tips and techniques to assist you in your quest to be more authentic, true to yourself and capable of impacting change in the world at the same time.”
- Patrick Williams, EdD, MCC, Founder of Institute for Coach Training, author, speaker, lifecoach
This holiday season, resolve to become more emotionally, financially, socially and environmentally sustainable.
Do you dream of a sustainable and just world, but also desire more happiness, direction, balance, or fulfillment? Perhaps you work or volunteer in an idealist field and feel like an overwhelmed martyr, or perhaps you earn a decent paycheck but want a more meaningful career. Maybe you’re a current or aspiring progressive leader, a concerned citizen, or a student seeking more focus and impact. Maybe you long to bring forgotten ideals, dreams, or creative talents back into your work and play, or know someone who does.
Naked Idealism will entertain and refresh you with an approach to authentic living that supports both personal fulfillment and a sustainable, just world. You will learn how to expose your authentic core, clarify what’s really important to you, integrate your personal and community-level visions, and relate to the world more genuinely and effectively. You will examine your intentions for doing good, perhaps even chuckling at yourself during some of the exercises. Wheitner shares valuable tools from positive psychology, career theory, persuasion, organizational dynamics, and more.
While candidly addressing challenging and often avoided topics, Naked Idealism will also remind you not to take life too seriously. . . You are encouraged to remain fully clothed, but open to the life and world you envision!
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Excerpts from the book:
Naked Idealism table of contents (pdf, 66 kb)
Naked Idealism chapters 1 and 2 (pdf, 156 kb)
Naked Idealism prologue (pdf, 25 kb)
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“…Doing the right thing isn’t always easy, and Naked Idealism candidly addresses this. It contains a wealth of tools, information and honest personal experience covering many largely neglected topics. Tackling two challenging tasks at once, it empowers those with a high level of social consciousness to become more effective and engaged, while also encouraging deeper awareness in areas they may not have considered…”
- Robbie Ali, MD, MPH, MPPM
