John Hanley Articles

John Hanley Sr., Ph.D., the founder and president of Lifespring, designed the Lifespring trainings to support transformation in participants such that they could more effectively stand for their commitments and vision. The overwhelming feedback from scientific research and from hundreds of thousands of participants indicates that the work of Dr. John Hanley work was successful in an unprecedented way. Beginning with Lifespring's founding in 1974, Dr. John Hanley pioneered one of the most influential experiential education movements in modern history.

Dr. John Hanley believed that a person with a commitment was more than capable of meeting the challenges of life and that, most often, what is needed is not a shift in circumstances, but a shift in the lens through which we see the world. This power of transformation resides within the individual's choice. Such a choice requires a courageous commitment and risk on the part of the individual. It involves giving up the comfort of a familiarity which, though held tightly, is unsatisfying. It may require giving up assumptions about the world which have become dear to us or the self-protection we built up from a painful past. But, it is a choice that must be made if humans are to achieve all this is possible for them. In Dr. John Hanley's own words, "At every moment, each of us has a choice to transform what is possible in the next moment of our lives."

Here you will find articles written by Dr. John Hanley himself as he explores these issues of human potentiality.

Articles by John Hanley Sr., Ph.D