Post Traumatic Growth: Bouncing Back from Setbacks and Traumatic Life Experiences

Speaker Josh Dye

Post traumatic growth is more than just bouncing back. It is when someone positively transforms their world view after experiencing trauma.

Negative experiences can spur positive change.

According to pyschologists Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun, people that achieve post traumatic growth report positive responses in these areas:

  • Appreciation of life
  • Relationships with others
  • New possibilities in life
  • Personal strength
  • Spiritual change

Learning Objectives:

In this training you will learn 5 ways to facilitate post traumatic growth in your life and those you serve:

  1. Education
  2. Emotional Regulation
  3. Disclosure
  4. Narrative Development
  5. Service

We can become better after setbacks. In this training you will learn how!

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3 Mottos for Combatting Perfectionism & Reducing Overwhelm

Speaker: Megan Bearcce

Society tells us that “We can do anything!”, but many people instead hear, “We have to do everything…perfectly.”

We all know that perfection is an unrealistic goal, but the continued quest for it often leaves people of all ages feeling overwhelmed. This presentation will reveal 3 stress-reducing mottos to incorporate into your daily life.

You will learn (learning objectives):

  • How to quiet critical self-talk
  • How to reduce feelings of guilt
  • How to shift your thinking from “I should” to “I want to.”

Viewers will also get a list of relevant resources to support this shift and participate in an exercise to learn where to begin.

About the Speaker: Megan Bearce, LMFT

Megan Bearce, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice with over 16 years of experience providing support and assistance to clients and offer the following unique specialties: overwhelmed women, perfectionists, and super commuters/road warriors and their spouses.

She is the author of Super Commuter Couples: Staying Together When A Job Keeps You Apart and speaks regularly to groups and at conferences, presenting on a variety of topics related to the challenges 21st century families face. Her professional career spans two decades as a writer, speaker and psychotherapist.

Megan earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles.

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Mindful: Use Meditation, Visualization and Mindfulness Practices to Increase Focus, Productivity & Well-Being

Speaker Josh Dye

Mindfulness is the practice of maintaining a moment by moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations and surrounding environment, without judgment.

It is about living and working in the present moment, free from regrets about the past or fear about the future. Mindfulness helps calm our anxieties, increases focus and improves creativity and productivity.

In this training you will learn:

  • Practical mindfulness exercises you can use every day.
  • How to reduce the impa+ct of difficult emotions.
  • How to stop spiraling negative thoughts and bring your mind back to the present moment.
  • The benefit of having an intentional calming space.
  • Simple meditation exercises that bring peace and focus.
  • How to use intentions and affirmations when setting goals.
  • Mindfulness strategies in the workplace, and more!

Now is the time to live and work mindfully. Learn how in this presentation!

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How to Be Resilient

When things go wrong do you waste time in the fruitless act of blaming yourself and others?

Do you go on guilt trips and make excuses you know are silly and pointless?

We are all tempted to do the above things when times get tough. The solution is to become resilient. To cultivate your ability to recover from adversity. It is a vital skill.

In this extraordinary presentation Dr. Srikumar Rao will reveal the secret of extreme resilience. A quality that enables you to recover so fast from difficult experiences that an outsider would not realize you were laid low at all.

About the Speaker: Dr. Srikumar Rao

Dr. Srikumar Rao is founder of The Rao Institute. Dr. Rao has authored, Are You Ready to Succeed: Unconventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life, which is an international best seller, and Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated and Successful – No Matter What, a best seller on Inc’s “The Business Book Bestseller List.”

He is also the creator of the pioneering course, Creativity & Personal Mastery. Srikumar Rao helps leaders around the globe transform their lives so that they can experience abundant joy, no matter what comes their way. Dr. Rao is also a TED speaker and author.

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Do the Opposite: How to Burn Bright, Not Out!

Speaker Josh Dye

Conform. Do what everyone else is doing. Never quit. Society (and your industry) has laid out a path for you to follow, but is it right for you? Following the masses leads to stress, debt, burnout, and living life in conflict with your values. There is a better way!

Learning Objectives

  • How to overcome burnout at work
  • How to overcome burnout in your personal life
  • Tips for spending time in ways that bring you energy
  • How live with more efficiency.

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

Speaker Josh Dye

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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Transitions: How to Grow During Work and Life Changes

Speaker Josh Dye

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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Re-Write: Healing Trauma Through Creative Outlets

Speaker Duygu Balan

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In this webinar presented by Licensed Professional Clinical 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.

About the Speaker: Duygu Balan

Duygu Balan, LPCC is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in familial and intergenerational trauma, and attachment wounding. She is a PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy) Level II trained couples therapist, and a certified clinical trauma professional.

Duygu is the first author for Confidently Chill: An Anxiety Workbook for New Adults (Routledge 2024), and Re-Write: A Trauma Workbook of Creative Writing and Recovery in Our New Normal (Routledge 2023).

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Powered by Me: From Burned Out to Fully Charged at Work and in Life

Speaker Dr Neha Sanwan

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When we are burned out our productivity suffers, our health declines, and we are more reactive in our relationships. Burnout is not merely a case of working too hard or feeling physically exhausted for an extended period of time, and it isn’t a personal failure.

According to speaker Neha Sangwan, MD — an expert in empowering professionals to excel under pressure—burnout is due to prolonged stress and an ongoing net drain of energy on one or more of five levels:

  • Mental Energy
  • Emotional Energy
  • Social Energy
  • Spiritual Energy 
  • Physical Energy

In this webinar you will learn how to implement these powerful, practical steps to help you bounce back from burnout: (Learning Objectives)

  • Mastering boundaries.
  • Align your decision making with your values.
  • Communicate with integrity.
  • Expand your awareness, and more!

When you understand how to identify and heal burnout, you have the power to reconnect with yourself, your colleagues, your community, and the meaning of your work in a new and profound way.

About the Speaker: Dr. Neha Sangwan

Dr. Sangwan, CEO and founder of Intuitive Intelligence, is an internal medicine physician, international speaker and corporate communication expert. Her private practice and corporate consulting focuses on empowering individuals, organizational leaders, and their teams with the tools for clear, effective communication.

She addresses the root cause of stress, miscommunication, and interpersonal conflict, often healing chronic conditions such as headaches, insomnia, anxiety, and depression.

She regularly consults with organizations such as the American Heart Association, American Express, Kaiser Permanente, and Google, and has shared her keynote presentation on the stages of TEDx.

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Situational Awareness Safety

Speaker Josh Dye

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Do you serve clients in these places?

  • Homes
  • Hotels
  • Other potentially volatile locations (shelters, treatment facilities, encampments, etc).

If so, these thoughts may run through your mind:

  • Do they have a dog, and is it friendly or mean?
  • Do they have a gun, and what will I do if I see one?
  • What would I do if I were threatened, chased, or even attacked?
  • How can I gracefully exit quickly if things turn hostile?
  • What if I get hurt?

 Situational awareness helps you make careful, safe decisions when faced with a potentially unsafe scenario.

In this interactive, trauma-informed situational awareness safety webinar we will walk through real world ‘what would you do’ scenarios. 

You will also learn: (Learning Objectives)

  • How to calmly make decisions when faced with an unsafe situation.
  • How to act proactively to keep yourself safe. 
  • How to mentally prepare and practice situational awareness safety.
  • Practical ways to prepare for pre-scheduled visits.
  • Things to think through before unannounced visits to a person’s home.
  • Exit strategies when things seem unsafe.
  • De-Escalation techniques to create calm during intense moments. 

About the Speaker: 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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