Merry Christmas: Twelve Songs, Twelve Stories
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Twelve Christmas stories. Twelve original Christmas songs. One journey towards Christmas night.
Merry Christmas: Twelve Songs, Twelve Stories brings together twelve stories with twelve original Christmas songs written and produced by Tasmanian author and songwriter Jason Bresnehan.
Each chapter explores the story behind one song. Depending on the subject, the story may move through history, faith, family, recovery, human behaviour, Australian Christmas traditions, personal experience or something about Christmas that captured Jason’s attention strongly enough to become music.
The collection reimagines familiar Christmas territory in unexpected ways. Jingle Bells becomes a story about Movement through God’s Creation. The Twelve Days of Christmas becomes a love story about Joe the carpenter and his wife Mary. Deck the Halls travels from its Welsh origins into the present day, while We Wish You a Merry Christmas becomes a story about empathy and the difference between hearing a crowd and actually meeting the people within it. Joy to the World retains its Christian foundations while being reimagined for a contemporary Christmas Eve crowd.
The completely original songs travel wherever their subjects take them. There is a supermarket rodeo, an Australian summer Christmas, an exhausted Santa, childhood memories of the love and sacrifice hidden inside Christmas presents, the pressures that can accumulate when somebody’s life is already beginning to list as Christmas approaches, and a Christmas lunch involving relatives, politics, excessive food and an opportunistic Labrador.
At the end of each chapter are the lyrics of the original song and a QR code linking directly to the recording. The story and song perform different jobs. The written story provides the history, context, observations and ideas, while the original music offers another way of experiencing part of that story through melody, rhythm, genre and emotional connection.
The twelve chapters also carry a quiet chronology, beginning in the months leading towards Christmas and moving through Christmas Eve, Christmas morning and Christmas lunch before arriving at the stillness of Christmas night.
Jason’s Catholic faith sits naturally within the collection because Christmas ultimately celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. That foundation sits comfortably alongside Christmas trees, presents, Santa Claus, family meals, summer cricket, prawns, pudding, ridiculous decorations and the chaos that human beings reliably bring to Christmas.
Twelve stories to read. Twelve original songs to hear. Twelve different journeys through the history, humour, faith, love, family, absurdity and the quiet grace of Christmas.
The Trinity Stars Doctrine: Workshop Companion & Soundtrack
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The Trinity Stars Doctrine: Workshop Companion & Soundtrack brings a practical and spiritual framework to audible and emotional life through original music.
Built around three interconnected guiding stars, God, Identity Truth and Movement, The Trinity Stars Doctrine provides a framework for Addiction Recovery, Trauma Recovery and Building a Better Life.
This edition contains the complete Trinity Stars Doctrine together with twelve original songs embedded throughout the book. Each song uses the same core lyrics, presented across different musical genres and arrangements. The words stay the same. The music changes.
Different music genres create different emotional responses and memories. Different melodic accents can make particular words and ideas land differently. Music, repetition and memorable language can also enhance learning and recall through what author Jason Bresnehan calls the “Sesame Street” principle.
The music is the secret sauce.
The songs bring another dimension to the exploration of God, Identity Truth and Movement, helping readers consider what the principles of the Doctrine mean in their own lives.
The book is designed for workshops, with space for notes, thoughts, questions and observations, but it can also be used independently at home or in another private setting for personal reflection.
The Trinity Stars Doctrine grew from Jason Bresnehan’s own recovery from 35 years of alcoholism and his belief that the universal primary root cause of addiction is Disconnection from God and His Creation. As the Doctrine developed, its application expanded beyond addiction into three distinct areas: Addiction Recovery, Trauma Recovery and Building a Better Life.
For anyone seeking a practical way to reconnect with God and His Creation, understand their Identity Truth and find Movement through life, this edition combines the Doctrine, personal reflection and original music in one distinctive book.
Saints & Sinners Volume I
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Saints & Sinners Volume I combines Catholic saint history with original music.
Inside these pages are twelve saints whose stories inspired Jason Bresnehan to write and produce original songs. Each chapter explores the particular event, challenge, conviction or characteristic that captured his attention strongly enough to become a song.
Peter the Apostle is explored through the fisherman who failed, accepted forgiveness and returned to his calling. Paul’s Damascus Road leads into the river of words that carried his influence across nations and centuries. Mary Magdalene emerges from behind an unsupported reputation to reveal the faithful woman who stayed. Monica of Hippo becomes the mother who kept praying while her son Augustine searched for his way. Catherine of Alexandria holds the line against powerful opposition. Patrick returns willingly to the country where he had once been held captive. Francis finds God throughout Creation. Clare walks away from an identity prepared for her by birth. Joan of Arc refuses to surrender her conviction. Ignatius of Loyola is remade through recovery. Thomas More faces the ultimate cost of following his conscience.
Each chapter is followed by the lyrics of its original song and a QR code linking directly to the recording.
The songs are not biographies set to music. Each focuses on one part of a much larger life. The written chapter provides the history, context and reflection. The song provides another way to engage with and remember the story.
Different centuries. Different countries. Different circumstances. Yet across these lives are familiar experiences of failure, perseverance, courage, faith, identity, recovery and conviction.
Part history. Part music. Part exploration of faith, conviction and Identity Truth.
The Trinity Stars Doctrine
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The Trinity Stars Doctrine presents a simple yet powerful framework for living a spiritually fulfilled and practical life. Built around three guiding stars - God, Identity Truth and Movement - it offers a way to reconnect with God, understand who you really are, and move through life with purpose using the gifts you have been given.
Author Jason Bresnehan began developing the Doctrine during the early weeks of his recovery from alcoholism. Drawing on insights from faith, Alcoholics Anonymous, medicine, psychology, business, engineering and lived experience, he spent years testing, refining and applying the framework in his own life.
Written in plain language and deliberately free from unnecessary complexity, The Trinity Stars Doctrine was born from a journey out of alcoholism but extends far beyond recovery. Its principles can be applied to adversity, loss, personal growth, purpose, relationships and spiritual development.
This concise and practical book explores how reconnecting with God and His Creation can help people overcome false idols, navigate life's challenges and live a more meaningful life powered by God's grace.
Whether you are recovering from addiction, searching for greater purpose, facing adversity, or simply seeking a practical framework for living, The Trinity Stars Doctrine provides a simple model that can be understood, applied and adapted to everyday life.
If it helps one person reconnect with God and His Creation, overcome a false idol, rediscover their Identity Truth or live a more meaningful life, it has done its job.
BOLD SWOT
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Most SWOT analyses are rubbish.
After more than thirty-five years working as a corporate financier, venture capitalist, founder, C-suite executive, business consultant, recovery consultant, author, and songwriter, Jason Bresnehan has facilitated, led, or participated in hundreds of SWOT workshops. Again and again, he has watched organizations produce four large lists, arrange them neatly into quadrants, and walk away believing they have completed a useful strategic exercise.
The problem is that most people do not understand how to use SWOT properly. The biggest mistake occurs when internal factors are confused with external forces, particularly when identifying Opportunities. Statements such as “we have an opportunity to grow sales” or “we have an opportunity to recruit more experts” are not SWOT Opportunities. They are wishes, goals, or suggested actions. A genuine Opportunity is an external force acting upon an organization, team, or individual and creating a leverage point.
BOLD SWOT restores the correct distinction. Strengths and Weaknesses are internal factors belonging to the entity and sitting within its control or influence. Opportunities and Threats are external forces acting upon the entity. Once those four elements have been identified correctly, the real work begins.
BOLD converts SWOT analysis into strategic and tactical action. Strengths are Built upon. Weaknesses are Overcome. Opportunities are Leveraged. Threats are Disrupted. Every item must be tested against the corresponding BOLD question: What are we going to do to Build upon this Strength? What are we going to do to Overcome this Weakness? What are we going to do to Leverage this Opportunity? What are we going to do to Disrupt this Threat?
The answers must become specific actions, with responsibility, completion, and effectiveness capable of being determined. Without BOLD, SWOT is four lists without a point. Once the SWOT has been BOLDed, it becomes an actionable plan capable of creating movement toward goals aligned with the entity’s mission.
BOLD SWOT is intentionally short, direct, and practical. There are no academic references, lengthy case studies, or padded explanations. It is written for companies, charities, government agencies, sporting teams, entrepreneurs, elite performers, recovery communities, and individuals rebuilding their lives after trauma, addiction, divorce, grief, or career disaster.
If you are tired of SWOT workshops that generate discussion, colored Post-it Notes, and very little traction, this book provides a straightforward way to convert reality into movement. It challenges accepted wisdom, exposes one of the most common strategic planning mistakes, and provides a practical framework for turning observation into execution.
Do a proper SWOT.
Then BOLD it.
The AI Orchestration Engineer
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What if the most valuable skill of the AI era is not building artificial intelligence, but orchestrating it?
The AI Orchestration Engineer introduces a new discipline for an age increasingly shaped by AI.
Drawing on experience across industrial manufacturing, defence manufacturing, construction and infrastructure materials supply, software development, property development, import and distribution, venture investment and operational leadership, Jason Bresnehan explores what happens after the technology has been built. While much has been written about artificial intelligence itself, far less attention has been given to the people responsible for turning AI capability into meaningful results.
At the heart of the book are the 33 AI Orchestration Modes—a practical framework describing the thirty-three operational modes that organisations, teams and individuals must learn to activate if they are to successfully integrate AI into work. The framework is built on a simple premise: powerful AI technologies already exist. What remains in short supply are people capable of combining human judgement, pattern recognition and execution with machine capability. AI success is rarely a technology problem. More often, it is an orchestration problem.
The book argues that the defining challenge of the AI age is not access to technology. Today, powerful AI platforms are available to almost everyone. The challenge is knowing how to apply them. Organisations do not create value from AI simply because they have access to large language models, automation platforms or advanced software. Value is created when those capabilities are orchestrated into workflows, decisions, systems and actions that produce measurable outcomes.
Through practical models, real-world examples and systems thinking, Bresnehan shows how AI can be integrated into the realities of business, operations and organisational life. Readers are introduced to a framework that moves beyond technical theory and focuses on the human capabilities required to guide, direct and harness AI effectively.
Written for business leaders, consultants, entrepreneurs, managers, operators and anyone responsible for improving the way work is performed, The AI Orchestration Engineer provides a practical roadmap for navigating one of the most significant changes in modern history.
This is not a book about coding.
It is not a book about building large language models.
It is a book about the people who will learn to orchestrate them.
A Catholic Gospel Journey Through the Lens of Alcohol Recovery
Alcoholism is a spiritual malady. And the fix is spiritual.
After 35 years of drinking, Jason Bresnehan discovered that recovery was not just about behavior—it was about the soul. In very early sobriety he turned back to his Catholic faith, not as a vague spiritual concept, but as the ignition point for healing.
From the Church of the Apostles in Launceston to a Lectio Divina scripture study group, Jason found that the Old and New Testaments don’t just offer moral lessons—they offer tactical recovery logic. For alcoholics. For him.
This book asks a simple but profound question: How does a 2,000‑year‑old text apply to recovery from alcoholism? And how does it fit within the Trinity Stars doctrine—a proprietary recovery architecture that threads God, strategic traction, and the pursuit of grace?
Written with the clarity of a business mind and the honesty of an alcoholic who surrendered to his Catholic creationist God, this is not a theological treatise. It is a lived journey. A book of scripture, sobriety, and strategy—showing how faith and tactical clarity can power recovery.