Women have a natural capacity to manage a dozen different things at once. Yet, we frequently run short of time and energy to take care of ourselves and enjoy experiences that would create greater meaning in our life. We often need encouragement and permission to take time to improve our health, find greater happiness and live our best life.
The following one-hour presentations will motivate women to take better care of themselves – physically, mentally and emotionally – and will inspire them to connect with people and experiences that support their vision of health and happiness.
Longer programs can be customized to meet your group’s interests and needs. All programs include experiential exercises and group interaction to engage participants and enrich their learning experience.
They’ll learn…They’ll laugh… They’ll leave feeling renewed!
Stress Recess…A Time for You
Balancing stress is key to peak performance, productivity and health. Explore effective stress-relieving techniques that you can use anytime, any place to help you better manage daily challenges. Discover your most readily available tool for relieving stress and learn effective ways to quiet distracting thoughts. Connect with healthy practices that will counterbalance the negative effects of stress to restore your energy, improve your health and help you be at your best.
The Healing Power of Optimism
A positive outlook brings many benefits, including better health, greater success and a sense of fulfillment. Although genetics plays a role in determining our level of optimism, positive psychologists have found that we can learn to be more optimistic. Discover how pessimists and optimists differ in their interpretation of life events. Learn how to stop the cycle of negative thinking and reframe thoughts to help you better cope with challenges. Explore three empirically validated strategies that you can teach others and use in your life to increase your ability to “see the glass half-full.”
Change Happens: Resiliency Helps
Whether we welcome it or not, change happens. Sharing her experience in dealing with a life challenge that ended her hospital nursing career, Janet provides techniques that will help you navigate the changes in your life. Discover the three characteristics of a stress-hardy person – someone who is optimistic and resilient when faced with challenges. Learn how to apply these qualities in your life and explore strategies that will help you feel less worried about the impact of change and more optimistic about what the future holds.
Pillow Talk: Better Sleep, Better Health
Sleep is just as important as diet and exercise for maintaining good health. Poor sleep can increase your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. Discover how exercise, sleep schedule, daytime stress, alcohol, sunlight, napping, temperature and other factors affect your sleep. Learn simple, natural steps you can take to get a better night’s sleep. Practice stress-relieving exercises that will help you fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly.
Slowing Down the Speed of Life
It’s easy to get caught up in the stressors of our day-to-day activities and feel driven by our to-do list. Would you like to worry less and enjoy life more? You need a dose of breathing, mindfulness and gratitude. Janet can help you bring some much needed calmness into your life as you practice stress-relieving exercises and learn how to stop the world from speeding past you. She is a popular presenter and has helped many people apply the brakes, feel less stressed and see their life in a more positive way.
Looking for Happiness in All the Right Places
Have you ever wondered how some people can be happy even when things aren’t going their way? What are their secrets? Through recent research in the field of positive psychology, scientists are beginning to understand what makes people happy. Fortunately, you don’t need to win the lottery or move to a secluded island to enjoy a more peaceful, happy life. Explore the secrets of optimistic, happy individuals and learn how to apply these approaches in your life to achieve greater happiness and improved health. Discover how to be happier.
Coping with Midlife Change
Midlife brings certain challenges – menopause is just one of them. Explore tools and techniques that will enable to better navigate midlife challenges. Practice breathing exercises proven to reduce the intensity of hot flashes, improve sleep, balance mood swings and decrease anxiety. Discover how to take control of your stress and become more resilient during this time of change. Make this the best time of your life!