+ The Beauty of Being Enough

How many times have you thought to yourself, “If only I could” or “If I only I had?” The “if onlys” in our lives give voice to the deeply-held fear that we are not enough as we are. What if you no longer compared yourself to others? What if you no longer tried to do everything just right? What if you truly believed you were enough? Freedom is within our grasp if we fully understand the perils of attempted perfectionism, the reasons we avoid being vulnerable, and the steps we can take to go from feeling less than to grace-filled enough.

+ Understanding Anxiety

Anxiety. Stress. Worry. Racing Thoughts. These are the things that keep many of us up at night, stealing not only our sleep, but also our concentration, and even our joy. Feeling anxious is normal, but living in the grip of anxiety does not have to be your normal. Your life, your relationships, what you do, and what you say do NOT have to be controlled by anxiety. In this presentation, we’ll discuss some truths about anxiety, as well as tools for taking back the control of our hearts and minds.

+ Be Brave, Be You

What if you were brave? What if instead of running from discomfort, you embraced the notion that we are not growing unless we are uncomfortable, vulnerable, and uncertain? What would it look like to be brave in this season of your life? Being brave is the most uncomfortable thing you can do, but it is also the most freeing and life changing. Be brave…be you!

+ Detaching from Approval-Seeking and Criticism

Our desire for approval and our fear of criticism can lead to a lot of running. We can run after accolades. We can run away from opportunities that might invite criticism. When we are caught in the trap of seeking external approval and always wanting to avoid criticism, it inhibits our ability to lead and live authentic, courageous lives. In this presentation, we will discuss why approval and criticism have such power in our lives. We’ll learn about differentiation and why it is vital to our development personally and professionally, as well as some tips for detaching from our need for approval and criticism.

+ Facing Uncertainty with Confidence

Change is a certainty in our life, but change brings anything but certainty to our lives. Whether we choose the change or it is thrust upon us, change brings forth a host of thoughts and feelings. How can we learn to handle change so that we can move forward with confidence rather than stay gripped by anxiety? In this presentation, we’ll discuss how we can learn to handle change despite the unknowns and uncertainty and cultivate confidence and clarity for our future.

+ **But How Are You Really Feeling? Increasing Your Emotional Intelligence **

What purpose do feelings serve in our lives? Are some feelings unhealthy? What does it mean to be emotionally intelligent? Increasing our emotional awareness and intelligence is vitally important to every role and relationship in our lives. In this presentation, we’ll discuss the science and purpose of emotion, and how learning to identify our feelings improves our communication, connection, and stress management.

+ Too Old for This Nonsense

In the first part of our lives we wait to be old enough…old enough to get our ears pierced, to drive, to graduate high school, to live on our own. But there comes a point when we are too old. We are too old for the trappings of youth. We are too old to get caught in the same old thinking and doing. We’re grown now, and it’s time to leave that old baggage behind us. There is true freedom that comes with having survived youth and young adulthood and realizing that in this new chapter, we don’t have to simply survive, but we can flourish!

+ It’s About Time! Effective Strategies to Manage Your Life and Your Time

Do you ever feel you are rushing from one appointment to the next? Does your to-do list seem to grow throughout the day rather than shrink? Do you ever wish there were more than 24 hours in the day? When we feel that our lives and schedules are out of control, we feel stressed and overwhelmed. Everyone has 24 hours in a day. How are you going to spend your 24? Learning to manage your time so that it doesn’t manage you is the first step in using your “24” more effectively and living a life that reflects your priorities, goals, and values.

+ Knowing and Moving Past Your Inner Critic

Everyone has an Inner Critic. Some Inner Critics may be louder than others, but everyone has one. When left unchecked, our Inner Critic can have the power to keep us in jobs we don’t like, relationships that are not good for us, and hinder our pursuit of our goals, plans, and giftings. We do not have to live confined by our Inner Critic’s messaging. When we know what our Inner Critic sounds like, why it exists, and where it came from, we can learn to move past our Inner Critic’s shouts into the freedom of our full potential.

+ Can’t We All Just Get Along?: Integrating Boundaries and Kindness Into Our Relationships

As much as we are wired for connection, connection is not always easy. Whether in our personal or professional lives, we are all going to encounter people that bug us, frustrate us, or even hurt us. How do we healthily engage with others when the relationship is not what we want it to be? How do we take care of ourselves while decidinging to remain or step back from the relationship? We practice setting boundaries. In this presentation, we will discuss what boundaries are and what they are not and knowing when and how to set boundaries so that we can hold onto who we want to be while still practicing empathy and kindness towards others.

+ The Pursuit of Happiness in the Modern Era (and how to stop coming up short)

Happiness. We all want it. We all seek it out. In this modern age, we have conveniences, luxuries, and a standard of living that previous generations could not even dream of. We have all the things that, on paper, should make us happy.

Yet…

We struggle to find happiness.

Why do we struggle to find something that we intentionally and deliberately pursue? What is keeping us from being happy?

In this workshop, we will discuss how our dogged pursuit of happiness is making us anything but happy and how to create more peace and contentment in our lives in a surprising way.

+ How Do We Heal?

We hear a lot about healing, but what does that actually mean? How do we heal an anxious heart, broken trust, a depressed mind, or a ruptured relationship? What does that process look like? Is it quick? Is it easy? Why does it sometimes feel like things get worse before they get better? And why do we have to experience pain and hurt in the first place? In this presentation, we’ll discuss the process of healing, how we do it, the misunderstandings around it, and why healing is possible for every one of us.

+ Living This One Life Well

Over-scheduled. Over-committed. Overfunctioning. When we live our lives in overdrive, we lose our sense of self and direction. We think if we try harder to be better, then we will find peace, contentment, and joy. But better is not the answer. Busier is not the answer. Being everything to everyone is not the answer. There is another way. We can learn to free ourselves from the stress of our routines, our insecurities, and our anxieties,and start living this one life well.

+ Being The Best Mom I Can Be

Motherhood is an endless opportunity for comparing and worrying. Of course, you want to do your best, but “best” is often associated with perfect, and that can be a dangerous association. Where is the line between best, working hard within my ability, and perfection? How can we learn to give ourselves acceptance and believe that we are enough? We must shift our goal from being the “best” moms we can be to becoming the moms that only we can be.

+ Welcome to the Arena: Learning to Live Brave and Dare Greatly

Where would you like to live more boldly and courageously in your life? What is the area of your life in which you would like to be free of comparison, self-doubt, and second-guessing? How would your relationships and sense of calling thrive if you let go of old baggage and stepped into the arena for which you have been uniquely gifted and created? In this presentation, we will explore how to move out of your personal and professional comfort zone and into a life marked by purpose, authenticity, and courage.

+ BFF: Better, Fuller Friendships

How do you define friendship? Some people say you know you have met a friend when you think, “You too? I thought I was the only one!” We search for these moments of connection with others. But the friendship landscape changes in adulthood. We no longer have the benefit of meeting people in class or having inordinate amounts of time to hang out. In this presentation, we’ll discuss how to create and sustain better, fuller friendships in adulthood, so we can have those more of those lifegiving “You too?” moments.

+ Why is Love So Complicated?

We were wired for meaningful connection, but that doesn't mean it’s easy. In fact, relationships can be downright complicated! How do we set boundaries? How do we move forward in a relationship after there has been hurt and conflict? In this presentation, we’ll discuss the factors that complicate love and relationships, what boundaries look like and when to set them, and concrete steps you can take to set healthy boundaries in your relationships.

+ Got Guilt? Understanding the Price of People Pleasing and What To Do About It

Do you ever say “yes” when you really want to say “no?” Do you try your best to always do the “nice” thing, yet still somehow manage to feel guilty or like you haven’t done enough? Do you try to avoid conflict by sacrificing your own wants and needs? Our desire to serve and please comes from a genuine place of love for others, but sometimes our desire to keep others happy comes with a cost. In this presentation, we will explore the characteristics of people pleasing, uncover the dangers of always trying to make others happy, and discover that nice people can say “no” and not feel guilty!

+ Building Emotionally Healthy Relationships

Do you ever wonder why some relationships are life-long while others fade over time? Why do some relationships bring out the best in us, while others leave us drained and frustrated? Our deepest desire is to be in connection with others, and we can only do so by understanding ourselves as individuals within the context of those relationships. As we grow individually, we are able to grow relationally. In this presentation, we’ll learn how to engage in enriching and nourishing relationships with friends, family, and significant others, while avoiding the pitfalls and heartaches of unhealthy relationships.

+ You’re Entering the No-Drama Zone: Learning to Create Drama-Free Relationships

Drama is great for TV viewing, but it has no place in our relationships. Relationships that vacillate between hot and cold, talking everyday to the silent treatment, safe and secure to suspicious and untrustworthy leave us confused, hurt, and frustrated. These negative relationship patterns take their toll on our self-esteem and sense of belonging. In this presentation, we’ll learn to identify the dangers of drama-filled relationships, how to identify drama-prone individuals, and how to create drama-free relationships in our personal and professional lives.

+ Rebuilding Broken Trust: Five Signs Someone is Trustworthy

Trust is foundational to any healthy relationship in our life. Without trust, we are constantly on guard, we don’t know what to believe, and our relationships flounder. When someone breaks our trust, it can be devastating for us. We never expected that this person could lie to us, betray us, act in the complete opposite of what we assumed or expected. How do we learn to trust again? How do we know when someone is trustworthy? In this presentation, we’ll discuss five signs to look for to determine if someone is trustworthy and if a relationship is safe to re-enter.