Pamela Coburn-Litvak

When life knocks us down, there are two brain tools that help us to pick ourselves back up: grit and resilience.

In psychological terms, resilience describes our emotional health. It's our ability to bounce back from challenges and the emotional strength we use to overcome crisis and failure. Grit, on the other hand, describes the mindset we use to persevere through challenges, crises, and failure.

These two brain tools work hand in hand. When life knocks us down, resilience gives us the emotional strength we need to get back on our feet. Grit is what makes us decide to get back up, brush ourselves off, and keep going.

In this session, you will:

- review four key elements for building grit and resilience;
- learn a fail-proof method for succeeding at your goals;
- discern the secret of staying resilient during times of crisis;
- discover the ten most powerful emotions to promote emotional wellbeing; and
-determine how to find your true passion and purpose.

Many who work in caregiving professions do so because they – and this will sound completely obvious – care. Compassion is their jam. It brings them immense joy.

But like any other fuel, compassion can and does get depleted under certain circumstances. The technical term for this is compassion fatigue.

Caring for others can drain our own physical and emotional strength. We feel spent and cynical. We have a hard time empathizing or caring about our clients/patients, co-workers, and even our loved ones.

Compassion fatigue affects healthcare workers, counselors and therapists, teachers and educators, correctional officers, ministers and clergy, and many others.

What can we do about it? How do we build trust? Where do we start?

This presentation will give an overview of the symptoms of compassion fatigue, how to recognize it in workers and how to measure its severity, and research-based techniques to address it.

Note: this topic is also available as a workshop.

We are now more than a year into a global pandemic, and the stress data is in. Four out of every five citizens from around the world have been impacted by Covid-19. Over half of Americans are now experiencing at least one negative mental health symptom.

In this 45-minute presentation, you will learn five simple "do's" and five "don'ts" to protect your mental health during times of crisis. This presentation can be customized and used for businesses, hospitals and health systems, high schools and universities, non-profits, and faith-based organizations.

We see it in the news every day. It has hit our homes, our schools, and our workplaces.

It has not spared many communities, or indeed, many countries. The whole world seems in the throes of crisis.

We are still dealing with a global pandemic, social tensions and unrest, economic and engagement issues for organizations, balancing work responsibilities with the changes we may be experiencing in our overall lives, and so much more. 

In this 50-minute presentation, you will learn a 3-part crisis management plan that will help prevent stress-related trauma and promote recovery and resilience at your organization.

This presentation is also available as a workshop.

“How do I make sure this high-stakes conversation doesn’t go sideways?” “My team has lost their fire. How do I rekindle it?” “I have a great idea, but it needs more support. How do I create the right buzz?” “I have a conflict with someone at work and I have no idea what to do about it.”

Do any of these sound familiar?

In this 50-minute presentation, you will learn the 10 best practices for having challenging conversations.

This presentation is also available as a workshop.