Dr. Jan Hooker-Fortman

Help you to maintain balanced views and a more realistic perspective of your mother as well as yourself Help you to develop compassionate views of each other’s actions rather than excessively harsh or critical views Strengthen your ability to communicate effectively with each other and to manage conflicts in a productive manner How this relationship effects your personal as well as your professional life

What you say to others, and what you say to yourself matters. Dr. Jan and her audiences reveal and explore how verbal and non-verbal communication influences what people think about you, and what you think about yourself. Using positive words is self affirming and self empowering. Effective communication skills are taught that can positively change lives both personally and professionally.

Often, our students have difficulty with negative self talk. What is the conversation that goes on inside of your mind? Self communication is powerful and controls the way you behave, and how you feel about yourself. Self talk can be negative and work against you, or positive and work for you. Through this interactive presentation, students learn the steps to controlling self talk, improving productivity, increasing motivation, and improving self image.