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Workshops

Coaching Your Staff to Excellence	Tuesday, May 25, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Coaching Your Staff to Excellence is designed to shift leadership practices from the old “command & control” model to a more inclusive and participative style. This interactive training program delivers powerful tools for leaders at all levels. It helps leaders learn how to build coaching relationships to develop the skills of others and uncover strengths and talents they never knew existed within their team. During this session, participants will experience a blend of instruction, role play, demonstration and feedback to practice the phases of a coaching session, master the language of coaching, and develop their coaching style.
Fee: $45 for Maryland Works members / $70 for non-members
Location: Maryland Works (10270 Old Columbia Road, Suite 100 Columbia, MD 21046)
Registration: Register at Maryland Works.

Leadership: Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results	Tuesday, June 22, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Being an effective leader requires not only excellent technical skills, but also interpersonal and management skills. This training will prepare you to engage employee’s in the company vision and make that vision a reality through planning, inspiration, communication, coaching, and being a role model. These qualities stimulate trust in leadership and motivate employees to increased productivity and improved performance. During this highly interactive training program, participants will experience a blend of instruction, role play, discussion and feedback to practice and apply the six qualities of leadership that will inspire and influence superior results in their organization.
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Location: Maryland Works (10270 Old Columbia Road, Suite 100 Columbia, MD 21046)
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Motivational Interviewing: Strengthening the Commitment to Change	Tuesday, August 10, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Helping professionals are continually struggling with effective motivation strategies to help clients bring about positive behavioral change. Motivational Interviewing techniques have been proven to be an effective intervention that reframes denial as ambivalence, redefines confrontation and emphasizes the use of motivational strategies designed to resolve ambivalence impasses. Through a combination of lecture, group participation, and role play, participants will gain useful techniques for overcoming ambivalence to change within their clients. Understand why motivational interviewing is effective with particularly hard to engage or resistant clients Understand the four principles of motivational interviewing Identify the five stages of change and how to apply effective motivational interviewing techniques at each stage Understand the barriers to motivational interviewing and how to overcome these barriers effectively
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Location: Maryland Works (10270 Old Columbia Road, Suite 100 Columbia, MD 21046)
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Meadow Hill Wellness

I continue to be passionate about helping others create a healthy lifestyle. In that effort, I am pleased to announce that I will partner with Lisa Consiglio Ryan, M.A.T., Certified Health Coach to present:

Cravings: Get a Grip!	Monday, May 10, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
“Ugh, that chocolate cake keeps calling my name!” “I can’t walk past the freezer without dipping into the ice cream.” Manage your food cravings by identifying the causes of cravings, learning what to eat to manage cravings, re-wiring your brain and re-engineering your environment. This class provides practical information delivered in fun, interactive exercises guaranteed to create "ah-ha moments" of insight and provide you with at least one new tool to make your cravings manageable.
Fee: $15/person
Location: Meadow Hill Wellness (53 Old Solomons Island Rd, Suite C, Annapolis, MD, 21401)
Registration: Space is limited! Please call (410) 263-0411 to register.

Cravings: Get a Grip!	Wednesday, May 12, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
“Ugh, that chocolate cake keeps calling my name!” “I can’t walk past the freezer without dipping into the ice cream.” Manage your food cravings by identifying the causes of cravings, learning what to eat to manage cravings, re-wiring your brain and re-engineering your environment. This class provides practical information delivered in fun, interactive exercises guaranteed to create "ah-ha moments" of insight and provide you with at least one new tool to make your cravings manageable.
Fee: $15/person
Location: Whole Foods Annapolis (200 Harker Place, Ste 100)
Registration: Space is limited! Please call (410) 263-0411 to register.

Books

As many of you know, one of my long-time dreams is to be a published author. Please take a look at the following selections.

	*The Best Ways To Erase Stress in 15 Minutes or Less*
My first release. A wonderful collaboration with my friend Joanna Brandt and other great women! Live a more relaxed life using practical techniques each one taking 15 minutes or less. Learn about: The best ways to reduce stress Walking to heal the spirit Acupressure point tennis balls Speaking in public with ease and joy Inner gardening with journaling Creating a sacred space Taking the high dive Stopping the world when you need a breather! Birthing, breathing and the basics Allowing silence in conversation A different kind of relaxed Your inner cheerleader (Written by Suzette Langley!!) Connecting with the wisdom of the animals Joanna Brandt conceived and edited The Best Ways to Erase Stress. She is a wholeness coach, yoga teacher, and founder of Moving Toward Menopause. Throughout her thirty-year career as a holistic health educator, she has provided hundreds of people with inspiration and skills to move toward self-actualization. Price: $12.95 plus postage at www.lulu.com

The Best Ways To Erase Stress in 15 Minutes or Less

My first release. A wonderful collaboration with my friend Joanna Brandt and other great women!

Live a more relaxed life using practical techniques each one taking 15 minutes or less.

Learn about:

The best ways to reduce stress
Walking to heal the spirit
Acupressure point tennis balls
Speaking in public with ease and joy
Inner gardening with journaling
Creating a sacred space
Taking the high dive
Stopping the world when you need a breather!
Birthing, breathing and the basics
Allowing silence in conversation
A different kind of relaxed
Your inner cheerleader (Written by Suzette Langley!!)
Connecting with the wisdom of the animals

Joanna Brandt conceived and edited The Best Ways to Erase Stress. She is a wholeness coach, yoga teacher, and founder of Moving Toward Menopause. Throughout her thirty-year career as a holistic health educator, she has provided hundreds of people with inspiration and skills to move toward self-actualization.

Price: $12.95 plus postage at www.lulu.com

	*Loss, Grief and Healing*
Edited by Joanna Brandt Eighteen authors impart personal stories that span the journey from the pain of loss through the dark days of grief to the grace of healing. *Loss, Grief and Healing* is a collaboration of experiences and wisdom offered to comfort you in your grief and loss. Grief arises from any loss - the loss of a marriage, job, pet, loved one, or dream. We offer our stories and perspectives to help you navigate your grief and loss and come to a place of healing. *Loss is inevitable. Grief is natural. Healing is gradual.* My chapter, *"Drifting on the Waves of Grief,"* focuses on the waves of emotion that flow over and around you when you lose your parents. Gaining your footing and staying above the waves is an ongoing challege. This chapter evokes yet another wave of emotion that continues to be part of my healing process. Price: $14.95 plus postage at www.lulu.com

Loss, Grief and Healing

Edited by Joanna Brandt

Eighteen authors impart personal stories that span the journey from the pain of loss through the dark days of grief to the grace of healing.

Loss, Grief and Healing is a collaboration of experiences and wisdom offered to comfort you in your grief and loss. Grief arises from any loss - the loss of a marriage, job, pet, loved one, or dream. We offer our stories and perspectives to help you navigate your grief and loss and come to a place of healing. Loss is inevitable. Grief is natural. Healing is gradual.

My chapter, "Drifting on the Waves of Grief," focuses on the waves of emotion that flow over and around you when you lose your parents. Gaining your footing and staying above the waves is an ongoing challege. This chapter evokes yet another wave of emotion that continues to be part of my healing process.

Price: $14.95 plus postage at www.lulu.com