Nature and Nurture: Boost Mental Health, Productivity and Self Care

Fluorescent lights. Cubicles. Internal offices with no windows. Low energy. Sound familiar? We are spending less time outdoors than ever before. However, the impact of getting outside (and bringing nature inside) has great benefits for self care, mental health and productivity (for both us and our clients).

Learning Objectives

  • Learn the benefits of the outdoors for self care
  • Learn how getting outside improves mental health
  • Learn how getting outside improves productivity and focus
  • Learning about the mood-boosting benefits of the great outdoors for your clients, community and YOU!

About the Presenter: Hannah Maertz

Hannah has spent most of her career working in the non-profit sector, preparing at-risk youth for employment and education opportunities, programming public radio, and providing care to folks in need. Hannah is now is a Community Manager for a coworking space in downtown Minneapolis.

When not at work, you’ll find Hannah exploring Minneapolis on bike, checking out a local music show, or passionately discussing the importance of spending time in the outdoors. She has a B.A. in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and a B.A.S in Psychology from the University of Minnesota – Duluth.

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Health, Mental Health, nature therapy, outdoor wellness, productivity boost, self care, Well-being

A New Perspective on Wellness: Improve Your Fitness and Mindset

Speaker Carisa-Cooking

True wellness goes beyond fitness and nutrition. It starts with your mindset. What are the stories you tell yourself? We often carry stories about ourselves that are not helpful or uplifting. Sometimes these stories come from what other people have said about us. It is time to take a deeper look at what makes us tick.

In this presentation, Carisa Rasmussen, founder of Clean & Lean and regular Fox 9 morning show contributor, will help you see yourself in a new way. You will learn how to set and accomplish goals that nobody can prevent you from achieving. You will also learn some great fitness tips you can implement right away to improve your health.

Learning Objectives

  • How to train your mind.
  • How to address the unhealthy stories we tell ourselves about what we can and can’t do.
  • How to set achievable personal and professional goals.
  • How to overcome adversity.
  • Gain a new perspective on wellness that will help you feel more healthy and achieve your goals!

About the Presenter: Carisa Rasmussen

Carisa Rasmussen has been a speaker at both national and local events. Carisa has been a Fox 9 morning show contributor since 2013. She’s known for cultivating hope and inspiration through her presentations and online courses.

Carisa built two successful business’ and has been a consistent Fox 9 cooking and fitness contributor since 2013. The first company Carisa started and currently owns, Accessible Homes, builds and remodels homes for people with disabilities in both MN and western WI.

Rasmussen sees her greatest accomplishment as losing over 75 LB’s while running a million-dollar business, as a full time student, all when she was still a new Mom. She shares that it doesn’t matter what the goal is that you want to accomplish, you’ll need the same tools to accomplish any goal.

Carisa has held pageant titles, competed at a national fitness competition and completed a half marathon. Rasmussen is the official personal trainer for Miss MN. She is a certified personal trainer, certified nutrition consultant. She has helped thousands of people create a more confident and healthy lifestyle through her online programs and motivational presentations.

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fitness motivation, goal setting, Growth, Health, overcoming adversity, Well-being, wellness habits

Emotional Eating: Tips to Tame Your Food Mood

Speaker Dr. Ro

The grim statistics of America’s weight woes are closely tied to the emotional and mental coping mechanisms we practice to process our feelings.

Dr. Ro, America’s Nutrition Coach, has great news!

These habits can be changed and we have the power to break free from eating our feelings and overcome emotional eating for once and for all.

When food is over-consumed and used to escape negative, self-defeating thoughts and unwanted feelings it can become a crutch and ultimately a drug.

But used for its intended purpose- sustenance, food nourishes and supports the body for normal bodily functions and helps us to thrive.

In this webinar you will learn:

  • How to acknowledge and connect your feelings to your food choices.
  • Core belief systems that block your success and ways to reframe your inner dialog.
  • Foods that boost your mood.
  • Healthy behaviors to replace the unhealthy habit of using food as a crutch.
  • Practical tips for weight-loss and weight management.

About the Speaker: Dr. Ro

Dr. Ro is the author of three books:

  • Lose Your Final 15: ​​Dr. Ro’s Plan To Eat 15 Servings A Day, Lose 15 Pounds at a Time
  • Dr. Ro’s Ten Secrets To Livin’ Healthy
  • You Healthy, And Happy: Dr. Ro’s Tips To Living An Inspired Life

Her recent book, Lose Your Final 15, was the cover story in Woman’s World Magazine, only the third time in the magazine’s history featuring an African American Woman on its cover. Dr. Ro was featured for helping women to lose weight.

To date she has helped over 1.5 million Americans lose more than 6 million pounds.

She served on the Advisory Board at Family Circle Magazine, was columnist to Ebony Magazine’s “Get Fit” and “Health and Wellness” columns.

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emotional eating, Health, healthy eating, mood and food, nutrition coaching, weight management, Well-being

Nom Nom: Improve Your Nutrition and Meal Planning

Nutrition is about energy, health, and nutrients. Meal planning is about time, organization, process and strategy. Learn from Fox 9 morning show contributor Carisa Rasmussen helpful tips on what to eat and effective meal planning for you and your family!

Learning Objectives:

  • How nutrition impacts energy.
  • How nutrition impacts health.
  • How much water to drink and greens to eat.
  • Tips on how to develop a healthy nutrition lifestyle and mindset.

About the Presenter: Carisa Rasmussen

Carisa Rasmussen is a national speaker. Carisa has been a Fox 9 morning show contributor since 2013. She’s known for cultivating hope and inspiration through her presentations and online courses.

Carisa built two successful businesses. The first company Carisa started and currently owns, Accessible Homes, builds and remodels homes for people with disabilities in both MN and western WI.

Rasmussen sees her greatest accomplishment as losing over 75 LB’s while running a million-dollar business, as a full time student, all when she was still a new mom. She shares that it doesn’t matter what the goal is that you want to accomplish, you’ll need the same tools to accomplish any goal.

Carisa has held pageant titles, competed at a national fitness competition and completed a half marathon. Rasmussen is the official personal trainer for Miss MN. She is a certified personal trainer, certified nutrition consultant. She has helped thousands of people create a more confident and healthy lifestyle through her online programs and motivational presentations.

Tags: energy nutrition, Health, healthy eating, meal planning, nutrition basics, Well-being, wellness habits

Breathe to Succeed: Improve Productivity, Creativity and Clarity through Mindfulness

Speaker Sandy Abrams

You’re likely feeling the effects of less humanity and more technology. Our minds are distracted, our attention spans are shortened, we want everything on demand, email inboxes are never empty, our energy is frequently negative, we’re addicted to social media, and we’re sleep deprived. This cannot be the new normal. Breath is the antidote!

This ‘Breathe to Succeed’ webinar will share the transformative power of breath in in the workplace. Even just three deep breaths at key moments can make a huge difference. We’ll learn Sandy Abrams’s fast, simple, and effective breathing techniques, and become more mindful and engaged and experience better moods, a calmer perspective, and positive energy that will translate to next-level productivity, creativity, and clarity.

You will learn (Learning Objectives)

  • How to utilize a variety of simple breathing techniques to access your optimal energy and manage your emotions in the moment.
  • How to become self-aware of your negative thought patterns/behavior and rewire your brain with positive new habits.
  • How to activate the power of your mind to breathe through challenges, make better decisions, and reach goals effortlessly.

About the Presenter: Sandy Abrams

Sandy Abrams is a self taught entrepreneur who (much to her surprise) turned a product idea into a multi-million dollar business (launched in 1993), Moisture Jamzz. A self-taught entrepreneur without a business background, Sandy had the passion and persistence to roll up her sleeves and learn on the fly. After years of sweat equity building her business, she turned her naivite into success, experience and savvy. Her signature products, Moisture Jamzz Moisture Gloves and Socks quickly became a top-selling accessory in the beauty/spa industry. They were sold in stores such as Bed, Bath & Beyond, Linens’NThings, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom and QVC. Also, private labeled for some of the biggest names in beauty: Estee Lauder, Bath & Body Works, H2O PLUS, Crabtree & Evelyn and Bare Escentuals.

​After years of helping people turn their ideas into reality, Sandy published her first book titled, “Your Idea, Inc.” (Adams Media 2010) and put her inspirational, motivational advice and anecdotes into this entrepreneurial guide book. Now in “Breathe to Succeed,” (Publishing May 1, 2019) Abrams shares her simple yet powerful Breath & Mindfulness tools that fueled her entrepreneurial journey over the past 25 years; making her what she calls a “C.E.’Om…able to juggle the chaos of entrepreneurial life thanks to the power of mindful breath & positive, strategic thoughts.

Abrams currently leads “Breathe to Succeed” and “Beverages & Breath” Workshops, 1:1 customized Breath & Mindset training for entrepreneurs, leaders, employees and executives.

Abrams volunteers with the national non-profit organization NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) and lives in Los Angeles, CA.

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creativity enhancement, emotional regulation, Health, mindful breathing, productivity boost, stress, Well-being

Depression in The Workplace

According to the American Psychiatric Association, the cost of depression in the American workplace is in excess of $200 billion annually. These costs are associated with medical expenses, absenteeism, presenteeism, disability costs, costs related to suicide, and other workplace burdens. With a prevalence rate of nearly 8% among full-time workers, no workplace is immune from the impact of depression.

Learning Objectives

  • Currently accepted causes and treatments of depression.
  • Risk factors associated with the onset of depression.
  • Strategies for educating your workplace about depression.
  • Recommendations to help employees access treatment.
  • Learn tips about how to mitigate the impacts of depression in the workplace!

About the Presenter: Mark Meier, MSW, LCSW

Mark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over with over 25 years of clinical, professional, and academic training on depression, to go along with a deeply personal understanding of the impact depression has on families and workplaces when left unrecognized and untreated. In 2009 Mark co-founded the Face It Foundation to provide free support services to men who deal with depression and who have survived suicide attempts.

Today Face It serves over 100 men each month with support groups, retreats, education classes, and social activities. In addition to his full-time work at Face It, Mark is on staff in the University of Minnesota’s School of Medicine – Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and an advisor for multiple research studies on depression through the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Mark has delivered over 350 talks across the United States on depression and he openly speaks about his own battle with depression that resulted in his hospitalization in 2002.

Mark believes it’s his own experience with depression that has best positioned him to help others.

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depression risk factors, employee wellness, Health, Mental Health, Well-being, workplace depression, workplace support

The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix it

If you want to fix your sleep problems, Internet tips and tricks aren’t going to do it for you. You need to really understand what’s going on with your sleep—both what your problems are and how to solve them.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how sleep works and the ways in which food, light, and other activities act to help or hurt the process
  • Learn why sleeping pills are so often misunderstood and used incorrectly—and how you can achieve your best sleep without them
  • Incorporate sleep and napping into your life—whether you are a shift worker, student, or overcommitted parent
  • Think outside the box to better understand ways to treat a multitude of conditions—from insomnia to sleep apnea
  • Wade through the ever-changing sea of sleep technology and understand its value as it relates to your own sleep struggles.

About the Speaker: Dr. W. Chris Winter

Dubbed “The Sleep Whisperer” by Arianna Huffington, Dr. Winter has been involved in the field of sleep medicine for twenty five years. A fully board certified neurologist and double board certified sleep specialist, Dr. Winter has been helping individuals sleep better through his private clinic, group consultations, work with professional athletes, and dynamic media presence.

His first book, The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix it, has received high praise both in the United States and internationally as a fresh and effective approach to a growing problem.

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Health, insomnia solutions, natural sleep aids, sleep health, sleep hygiene, sleep technology, Well-being

Depression in the Family

It is estimated that nearly 7% of the adult population in the US will at some point in their life suffer from depression. It is a rare family that has not been touched by the pain of depression, which might include drug/alcohol abuse, job-loss, divorce, infidelity, suicide, emotional and physical harm, and a host of other difficult and hard to talk about subjects that harm the integrity of a family.

Despite an increasing number of conversations about depression in the public sphere, many families continue to fight this battle in silence and alienated from their loved ones.

Learning Objectives:

  • Currently accepted causes and treatments of depression.
  • Risk factors associated with the onset of depression.
  • Strategies for working with you loved one to seek help.
  • Recommendations to help your loved one or clients maximize the offerings of the professional mental health offerings.

About the Presenter: Mark Meier, MSW, LCSW

Mark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over with over 25 years of clinical, professional, and academic training on depression, to go along with a deeply personal understanding of the impact depression has on families and workplaces when left unrecognized and untreated. In 2009 Mark co-founded the Face It Foundation to provide free support services to men who deal with depression and who have survived suicide attempts.

Today Face It serves over 100 men each month with support groups, retreats, education classes, and social activities. In addition to his full-time work at Face It, Mark is on staff in the University of Minnesota’s School of Medicine – Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and an advisor for multiple research studies on depression through the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Mark has delivered over 350 talks across the United States on depression and he openly speaks about his own battle with depression that resulted in his hospitalization in 2002.

Mark believes it’s his own experience with depression that has best positioned him to help others.

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depression support, family mental health, Health, risk factors, seeking help, treatment options, Well-being

Dealing with Difficult People

Speaker Josh-Dye

It is hard to work, serve and live with difficult people. We don’t get to choose our co-workers, the people who walk through our doors needing service, or even many of our familiy members.

This means dealing with difficult people is inevitable.

In this training we will learn strategies for dealing with difficult people that were revealed in a new report from Harvard Law School’s Program of Negotiation.

You will learn how to: (Learning Objectives)

  • Overcome “my-way-or-the-highway” people to get things done.
  • Prepare ahead for challening conversations
  • Deal with stubborn, hostile, greedy, and even downright dishonest people
  • Ease tensions during negotiations to solve problems and build fruitful relationships.
  • Difficult people don’t have to slow us down or make us miserable. Learn strategies for managing these relationships in this training!

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build trust, By Josh Dye, challenging conversations, client service, conflict management, customer service, difficult people, negotiation strategies

Kids in Crisis: How to Help Kids in Times of Loss, Grief and Change

Change is about handling tough times and tough issues. Whether it is a small crisis or a major disaster, a minor malady or a life changing event, bullying in hallways or terror in the streets, this webinar looks at how parents and professionals working with kids can use wit and wisdom to nurture and enrich ourselves and children as we navigate through the minor and major chaos in our lives.

You will learn (learning objectives):

  • How to help kids develop constructive ways of responding to what life hands them.
  • How to help kids navigate divorce.
  • How to help kids navigate death & illness.
  • How to help kids during difficult life events.
  • How to support children through emotional ups and downs.

About the Speaker: Barbara Coloroso

Barbara Coloroso is an international bestselling author and for the past 44 years an internationally recognized speaker and consultant on parenting, teaching, school discipline, positive school climate, bullying, grieving, nonviolent conflict resolution and restorative justice.

She has appeared on Oprah, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and NPR and has been featured in the New York Times, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and other national and international publications.

Her uniquely effective parenting and teaching strategies were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education, and philosophy, as well as field-tested through her experiences as a classroom teacher, laboratory school instructor, university instructor, seminar leader, volunteer in Rwanda, and mother of three grown children.

She is the author of four international bestsellers: kids are worth it! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline; Parenting Through Crisis—Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief and Change; The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander—From Pre-School to High School, How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence; and Just Because It’s Not Wrong Doesn’t Make It Right—From Toddlers to Teens, Teaching Kids to Think and Act Ethically. Barbara’s latest book is Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide…and Why it Matters. She also has two critically acclaimed video programs Winning at Parenting… without beating your kids and Winning at Teaching… without beating your kids.

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child crisis support, client service, coping with change, customer service, emotional resilience, grief counseling, supporting children