Speaking Engagements

Metaphors provide a new perspective on life and offer shortcuts to change. In this presentation I offer examples of metaphors that will help you navigate day-to-day life or specific life challenges.

We often tell out of date narratives that don’t reflect our current selves. This presentation offers suggestions on how to update your sense of self to mirror who you are today.

This presentation helps you understand that the key to shaping your child’s behavior is often influenced by changing your own thoughts and style of communication. The goal is to help you incorporate techniques and strategies that would effectively work for you and move away from strategies that if they wouldn’t work on you, why would you expect they would work on your children.

Do you and your child live in the same time zone? Each time a parent thinks what if, they are living in the future. Your child is living in the present day time zone and mostly considers what now. Do you expect your child to live their lives off of your checklist or their own? Answers to these questions and others will be offered in this presentation.

Often when we are feeling stuck in decision-making, it’s because we are approaching it with a should I or shouldn’t I mentality. There is a tendency to consider limited number of options, often binary, when realistically there are nuanced choices, gray areas, and creative solutions that have not been considered.

Many times, when I get in my car, I type my destination into WAZE, and I quickly browse the route because it comforts me to have a sense of where I’m going. I’m happily going along my journey, and at times I hear “bleep.” Recalculating. That is a most unsettling sound. I feel lost for the moment. I don’t know where this new route is taking me. Will I sit in standstill? How much longer will this new route add to my trip? This route is unfamiliar. Is this new route safe? Life is full of recalculations. Learn how to make the adjustments and consider recalculate as part of life, not an exception to life.

How many times do you find yourself saying “I told her 100 times?” Or “I asked him 20 times…” Where is your learning curve? Learn how to change your expectations, create more realistic goals, and implement strategies that will help you meet this goal.

Upon reflection, your most cherished moments were never caught on camera. Retrain yourself to appreciate the routine and ordinary moments in your life.

Imagine that there is a newspaper that prints unclaimed skills, relationships, jobs, opportunities, or hidden strengths… and your name is right there. Don’t let it just sit there. Choose to claim it.

In this presentation I offer some quick and easy tips on how to support individuals and families who may be struggling with difficult, painful, or scary circumstances, including medical, marital, emotional, or financial struggles. This is fully achieved and expressed when we are able to experience genuine empathy for another.

Laughter relies on the natural physiological process to healing physically and emotionally. We will explore the positive impact that having a sense of humor can have on you and on those you love.

A person living with a medical or psychological diagnosis doesn’t want to be defined by the diagnosis. Learn ways that you can be there for someone by following their lead and helping them maintain their sense of dignity.

There will come a time when all of us will be close to someone who is in the last chapter of their life. For those of you who are currently living through this, I hope this presentation inspires you to be more active in this last part of the person’s journey. For those of you who experienced this in the past, I hope this brings you insight and peace.