Live Monthly Webinar Topics for 2025
How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully
Speaker: Elaine Lin Hering
April
Date: April 17, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Central Time
Description:
Having a seat at the table doesn’t mean that your voice is actually welcome.
Knowing something is wrong doesn’t mean it’s easy to speak up.
In fact, there are incentives for many of us to stay silent.
Why speak up if you know that it won’t be received well, and in fact, often makes things worse?
Only by unlearning silence can we more fully unleash talent, speak our minds, and be more complete versions of ourselves.
In this webinar presented by author Elaine Lin Hering you will learn (Learning Objectives):
- How we have learned to be silent.
- How we have benefited from silence.
- How we have silenced other people.
- How to recognize and unlearn unconscious patterns so we can make more intentional choices about how we want to show up at home and at work.
How to Make People Feel Heard, Valued, and Understood
Speaker: Heather Younger
May
Date: May 15, 2024
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Central Time
Description:
When employees, colleagues, and clients are not being heard, organizational culture, employee happiness, and overall client well-being suffer.
How well do you listen?
Active listening is the doorway to increased belonging, loyalty, productivity, creativity, and so much more.
It is the difference between thinking we understand what people want and knowing what they want.
In this webinar author Heather Younger will teach a 5-step framework that shows you how to listen successfully and act upon what you are hearing.
You will learn these 5 steps (Learning Objectives):
- Recognize the unsaid
- Seek to understand
- Decode
- Act
- Close the loop
Backed by the speaker’s personal review of over 30,000 employee and customer surveys and facilitation of 100’s of focus groups, Heather Younger discovered one universal truth: We all want to be heard. We want our voices to matter. We want the work we do to matter.
Learn how in this webinar!
How to Help a Loved One With an Addiction
Speaker: Laurie MacDougall
June
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Central Time
Description:
Almost everyone knows someone who is battling a drug or alcohol problem.
But most people have no idea what to do about it.
Should you step in or step back?
Some advise detaching from a loved one with a substance use disorder. But detachment often doesn’t help. Connection does.
That’s what Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) is about.
It’s a set of skills family members learn and practice. Within 12 weeks, about 75% of loved ones with a drug or alcohol problem get into recovery.
In this webinar CRAFT trainer Laurie MacDougall will share ways to help loved ones with an addiction.
You will learn (Learning Objectives):
- Misconceptions about substance use.
- Skills that can improve communication.
- How to increase the chances a loved one will accept help.
How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes
Speaker: Ian Leslie
July
Date: Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Central Time
Description:
For most people, conflict triggers a fight or flight response.
Disagreeing productively is a hard skill for which neither evolution or society has equipped us.
It’s a skill we urgently need to acquire. Otherwise, our increasingly vociferous disagreements are destined to tear us apart.
Productive disagreement makes us smarter and more creative, and it can even bring us closer together.
It’s critical to the success of any shared enterprise, from a marriage, to a business, to a democracy.
In this webinar we will learn how to do it well.
You will learn (Learning Objectives):
How to Show Up for Someone in a Crisis
Speaker: Pablo Romano
August
Date: Thursday, August 21st, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Central Time
Description:
Life can throw a lot of challenges our way.
It is helpful to know strategies to support others when they experience the death of loved ones, job loss, health challenges, breakups, divorces, and even just daily disappointments.
In this webinar you will learn practical things you can do to support others during the harder times of life.
You will learn (Learning Objectives):
- Practical ways to show up for others during moments of crisis.
- How to effectively offer and deliver acts of kindness.
- Actions and words to avoid.
- Good gifts to give when people are struggling.
Healing Trauma Through Creative Outlets
Speaker: Duygu Balan
September
Date: September 18th, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central Time
Description:
In this webinar presented by Licensed Professional Clinincal Counselor Duygu Balan you will learn about identifying and treating trauma-related stressors through creative expression.
You don’t necessarily need to talk about your traumatic experiences to heal.
Instead, a creative outlet like writing might be the therapeutic exercise you need to work through the pain and heal your wounds.
In this webinar you will learn (Learning Objectives):
- How trauma affects us.
- Why creative writing heals us.
- Other creative outlets that can help someone who has experienced trauma.
- How to know when to seek professional help.
The Surprising Ways Pets Boost Your Mental Health
Speaker: Dr. Doug Mader
October
Date: Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Central Time
Description:
Most pet owners know that spending time with their pets helps them feel good.
But did you know that watching animal videos could make you more productive?
Or that owning a dog might help you combat an addiction?
No one understands the animal-human bond and all the mental health benefits of owning an animal better than Dr. Doug Mader.
Dr. Mader has a long history of caring for everything from household pets to zoo animals.
In this webinar you will learn (Learning Objectives):
- The science behind how animals help with our mental health and well-being.
- How to find the best pet for your lifestyle.
- How to deal with the grief surrounding the loss of a pet.
The Counterintuitive Secret to Thriving in a Fast World
Speaker: Dacher Keltner
November
Date: Thursday, November 20th, 2025
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Central Time
Description:
Awe is mysterious.
How do we begin to quantify the goose bumps we feel when we see the Grand Canyon, or our utter amazement when we watch a child walk for the first time?
Fortunately awe awe is not limited to rare or extraordinary experiences.
It is something we can find in everyday life.
In this webinar author and professor Dacher Keltner will provide guidance on how to cultivate a greater awareness of awe-inspiring moments and incorporate them into daily routines.
You will also learn how to use awe to achieve the following (Learning Objectives):
- Reduce stress and improve well-being.
- Foster a sense of purpose and meaning.
- Enhance kindness and prosocial behavior.
- Improve cognitive function and creativity.
Can Anyone Tell Me? Essential Questions About Grief and Loss
Speaker: Meghan Riordan Jarvis
December
Date: Thursday, December 11th
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Central Time
Description:
Grievers and those trying to support them ask the same questions over and over because fundamental grief education has yet to permeate mainstream culture.
In this webinar from Licensed Clinical Social Worker Meghan Riordan Jarvis you will learn: (Learning Objectives):
- Common questions people have about grief.
- Ways to support people experiencing grief based on neuroscience and biophysical science.
- Practical tools and exercises for dealing with grief.