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A New Perspective on Wellness: Improve Your Fitness and Mindset

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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

Real Help: An Honest Guide to Self Improvement

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Do you feel deep down that if you could just get some momentum that you could create the life you want?

Does it annoy you that you can see the path to success right in front of you, but can’t bring yourself to do it?

If you are the type of person who simply needs clarity, direction, and accountability to push you forward, this webinar is for you.

In this webinar, you will learn:

How to identify the key sticking points and blind spots that keep you stuck in loops of procrastination.
How to develop the mental toughness you need to thrive in an unfair world.
How to stop being a ‘self-help junkie’ who never gets anything done and start executing your ideas.

Get ready to learn concrete steps, tools, strategies, and mindsets that will help you make real change!

About the Speaker: Ayodeji Awosika

Ayodeji Awosika is the author of two books: The Destiny Formula – Find Your Purpose. Overcome Your Fear Over Failure. Use Your Natural Talents and Strengths to Build a Successful Life and You 2.0 – Stop Feeling Stuck, Reinvent Yourself, and Become A Brand New You.

His work has been read by hundreds of thousands of people and been featured on top publications like Business Insider, The Huffington Post, and Thrive Global, and he has spoken in front of thousands of people.

In the span of a few years, he discovered a passion for writing, built a side business around his passion, tripled his income, and created a brand new life for himself instead of feeling stuck and lost.

And now he wants to show you both sides of his life to show you can make positive changes too!

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accountability strategies, Growth, mental toughness, overcoming procrastination, resilience, self care, self improvement

Failing Fearlessly: How to Leverage Failure to Innovate, Grow & Lead

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Where in your life and work do you need to fail to make it better?

That is the opening question of this thought provoking presentation by Josh Dye. Failure surrounds us and is a part of our lives every day. It is also filled with valuable lessons, if we have the courage to learn them.

You will learn

How to make good decisions and move forward in the midst of strong, difficult emotions.
How to determine when quitting is the right thing to do.
Three ways to identify where you can grow through failure.
How regular experimenting helps you innovate, grow, and lead.

You will also get inspired by learning to overcome fear through the 5 Steps of Courage and how to handle failure with humility and resilience. Featuring high profile examples from celebrities we all know, and some personal examples too, Josh identifies how failure can propel us as people and organizations forward.

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By Josh Dye, courage development, embracing failure, Growth, learning from mistakes, resilience, self care

Transitions: How to Grow During Work and Life Changes

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Life is full of transitions, both large and small. We change jobs, move on from relationships, lose loved ones, and reflect on our beliefs and values. These moments of change present great opportunity, but also risk. Depending on how we handle them, transitions can lead to growth OR setback emotionally, physically, and financially.

In this insightful, reflective and interactive presentation you will learn:

How to assess if your life and work reflects your values.
How to prepare for transitions we see coming in the future.
A 4-step process for making good decisions during times of transition.
The Relationship Inventory – How to manage relationships during transition.
How to handle transitions at work.

This presentation features multiple video and music clips that put our moments of transition in perspective. Get ready to learn strategies that will help you learn, grow and progress during times of transition!

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By Josh Dye, career change, decision making, Growth, managing transitions, relationship management, resilience, self care

13 Things Mentally Strong Couples Don’t Do

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Popular based on survey feedback!

Relationships play a key role in mental strength, and partners have the ability to help one another build the mental muscle they need to reach their greatest potential—with hard work and the right tools.

In this Q&A style webinar Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist Amy Morin will use her signature framework to share the 13 key mistakes couples should avoid to heal their relationships and develop their mental muscles.

Amy will provide practical tips on the following “don’t dos” (Learning Objectives):

They don’t ignore their problems.
They don’t keep secrets.
They don’t hesitate to set boundaries.
They don’t become martyrs.
They don’t use their emotions as weapons.
They don’t try to fix each other.
They don’t communicate with disrespect.
They don’t blame each other for their problems.
They don’t forget why they fell in love.
They don’t expect the relationship to meet all their needs.
They don’t neglect their partnership.
They don’t take each other for granted.
They don’t stop growing and changing.

This webinar will benefit people who are in a relationship, or those who serve clients in relationships.

About the Speaker: Amy Morin, LCSW

Amy Morin is the Editor-in-Chief of Verywell Mind, the biggest mental health site in the world. She’s a licensed therapist, a psychology lecturer at Northeastern University, and an international bestselling author.

Her books, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do, 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do, and 13 Things Strong Kids Do, have been translated into more than 40 languages.

The Guardian dubbed her “the self-help guru of the moment” and Forbes calls her a “thought leadership star.”

Her TEDx talk, The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong, is one of the most popular talks of all time with more than 17 million views. Her articles on mental strength reach more than 2 million readers every month.

Her advice has been featured by major media outlets, including Fox News, CNN, Oprah.com, Today, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, Business Insider, Time, and the Hallmark Channel. She also hosts The Verywell Mind Podcast.

When she is not on the road for speaking engagements, you can find her in the Florida Keys where she lives on a sailboat.

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Boundaries, communication skills, Growth, Health, healthy relationships, mentally strong couples, Popular, Well-being

The Road to Redemption: Overcoming Life’s Detours, Obstacles, and Challenges

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Popular based on survey feedback!

We’ve all been there at that make it or break it moment in our lives. That moment where it seems as if time stops and the world is spinning, but you are not moving.

You have a decision to make. You have an obstacle in front of you that you did not expect or did not suspect it to be.

Maybe you haven’t attained the success you feel your hard work should have brought you by now or maybe you feel you have the talent to be all that you can be, be the expert in your field, but you just can’t seem to put that talent or those skills into position to maximize the moment.

Maybe you feel your potential or this gift you have just isn’t being tapped and you have no clue what’s missing or what’s holding you back.

If this resonates, this is the webinar for you.

In this webinar you will learn how to bring out your best, no matter what has happened in the past, or what you are doing now.

You will learn to overcome obstacles in 5 major areas:

Focus
Determination
Action
Perspective
Mindset

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Growth, motivation, overcoming obstacles, Popular, redemption, resilience, self care

Stress Management: Reduce Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout

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In recent years, the importance of self-care practices on career success has increased.

This webinar will explore two questions:

1)What does a healthy identity look like with the incorporation of mind-body-spirit self-care practices that manage stress?

2) What are the ways to implement effective mind-body-spirit practices to achieve and maintain wellness and wholeness?

Objectives:

Attendees will be able to identify their stressors and their impact on their lives
Attendees will be able to define the difference between vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout.
Attendees will learn practical stress relieving tools.
Attendees will be able to identify ways to set professional and personal boundaries in order to alleviate stress.

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Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Growth, Popular, resilience, self care, stress, Trauma

Transform Your Boundaries: Good Boundaries, Free You

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Transform Your Boundaries: Good Boundaries, Free You is centered on the simple notion that your boundaries are there to take care of you, but can’t unless you tune in to, know and strengthen them.

Learn from author, national speaker, and therapist Sarri Gilman, LMFT how to tackle boundaries of all shapes and sizes, from the simplest to the most extreme, by developing the necessary techniques.

Learning Objectives

A four-step process to build self awareness, boundary awareness, emotional awareness, and how to deal with the most challenging boundary issues.
How to examine cause-effect relationships and relate those to boundary development.
How to recognize which boundary skills you need to develop, and how to practice those skills.
Practical ways to set boundaries in extremely challenging situations.

Get ready to transform your boundaries and life with Sarri Gilman!

About the Presenter: Sarri Gilman, LMFT

Sarri Gilman, LMFT is a psychotherapist, author, and workshop presenter. She is the author of Transform your Boundaries® (2014) and Naming and Taming Overwhelm for Healthcare and Human Service Providers (2017). Her humanitarian work includes founding two non-profits, and running non profits for 20 years.

In 2014 she retired from running non-profits to focus on teaching about boundaries. Her work with people led her to conclude that we have lots do to clarify our boundaries, improve our self-care, and face the things that are overwhelming.

Sarri continues to work in private practice on Whidbey Island and teach workshops. She lives with her husband and a tiny dog name Romeo. She spends her free time nordic skiing, knitting, swimming, hanging with her grown kids, and jogging on the island roads of her home.

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Boundaries, Change, Growth, Popular, resilience, self care, stress

Resilience: 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

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Letting go of what holds you back is the key to reaching your greatest personal and professional potential. Sharing tips from her bestselling book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, Amy Morin, LCSW will share how to give up the unhealthy shortcuts that rob us of mental strength.

In this webinar, Amy will share a clear plan of how to build resilience and mental muscle that will help you during the greatest challenges you face in work and life!

You will learn:

How to stop wasting time feeling sorry for yourself
How to stop giving away your power
How to embrace change
How to stop wasting energy on things you can’t control
How to stop worrying about pleasing others
How to overcome the fear of taking calculated risks
How to stop dwelling on the past
How to stop making the same mistakes over and over
How to enjoy the success of others
How to enjoy alone time
How to overcome feelings of entitlement
How to foster patience when results don’t come immediately

This is a life-changing presentation. Don’t miss it!

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Change, Growth, resilience, self care, stress

When it Hits the Fan: Navigating Mistakes, Uncertainty, and High Stress Moments

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Mistakes. Accidents. Failure. Divorce. Break ups. Bankruptcy. Foreclosure. Eviction. Recovery. Sometimes our life and work just hits the fan. How we navigate mistakes and stressful moments determines our health and well-being professionally, personally and for loved ones around us.

In this session you will learn:

Effective strategies for handling the harder times of life.
How to make good decisions when stuck between two unpleasant options.
How to identify why mistakes happened so that we can learn and grow from them.
How to manage stress and develop a healing and recovery plan.

Get ready to turn past mistakes into current strengths in this presentation that will help you prepare for, heal and transform during difficult experiences!

About the Presenter: Josh Dye, MPNA

Josh is the President & Founder of the Convene Training + Resilience Community. Since 2010, attendees in over 500 of his presentations have learned how to harness the courage to lead, create, have tough conversations, maximize precious time, and leverage moments of failure for meaningful growth.

What separates Josh apart from other speakers and trainers is how he combines practical, actionable tips with inspiration and motivation. He doesn’t just tell you what to do, he charts the course for how to do it. Josh authentically speaks from his own experiences, benefiting audiences with lessons from both his successes and gut-wrenching failures.

In 2010 Josh earned a Master’s Degree in Public & Nonprofit Administration from Metropolitan State University.

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Change, Growth, resilience, self care, stress