Amy speaks and trains in a variety of formats and time-frames to promote personal and professional development and workplace wellness. She knows from experience that genuine change can’t happen without practice and reinforcement, so she often combines presentations and workshops with follow-up individual and/or group coaching to ensure that learning lasts. Keep in mind as you review this list of Amy’s most popular speaking and training topics that she is always open to new ideas, and trainings can be customized to meet specific client requests:

Life Your Way:  Amy’s signature workshop covers the basics of her groundbreaking new book Life Your Way: Refresh Your Approach to Success and Breathe Easier in a Fast-paced World. Participants learn ten proven and practical strategies for taking contemporary pressures in stride and making the most of modern life.

The Amazing Power of Gratitude: Scientific studies show that we are most likely to attract what we want for ourselves when we are feeling grateful for what we already have. This workshop shows how feeling appreciative can enhance all aspects of professional and personal life.

Boost Your Creativity: This workshop is for anyone who wants to live from a place of greater imagination and personal expression. Participants learn how to move past creative blocks, get more in touch with the artist within, and approach work – and life in general – more innovatively.

Comfort with Conflict: Most people hate conflict and avoid it at all costs. This workshop takes the bad name away from conflict and presents it as a valuable tool for creativity and a doorway to deeper, more collaborative relationships.

Dealing with Difficult People: We all come across people – co-workers, clients, relatives — who push our buttons. This workshop teaches strategies for handling difficult people with less stress and greater success in situations where avoidance isn’t an option.

Effective Goal-setting: Many of us have many perfectly reasonable goals that don’t get accomplished simply because we haven’t figured out how to break them down into manageable steps. This workshop teaches participants how to establish workable, stimulating goals that inspire confidence and accelerate personal and professional success.

Embracing the End of Life: Dying is a natural part of life that all of us experience, and yet it’s one of the hardest concepts to get our heads around.  This workshop shows participants how to look at death as a rich and potentially rewarding experience so that this inevitable life stage can be approached with wisdom and strength instead of fear and dread.

Emotional Intelligence: A high IQ doesn’t necessarily translate into academic, career or social success.  The most accurate predictor of success is emotional intelligence, or EQ – the capacity to understand one’s self and others and apply that understanding effectively in real world situations.  This workshop covers the components of emotional intelligence, why it’s essential, ways to increase it, and how to leverage it to enhance success in all areas of life.

Executive Coaching Overview: Executive coaching is becoming more and more common in the workplace as a way to enhance morale, motivation and productivity.  But what is executive coaching exactly, when is it called for, and how does it impact the bottom line?  This workshop answers common questions about coaching so that managers can make an informed decision about integratingit into the budget.

Filling the Generational Gap: As the American work culture becomes more diverse, with people of varying ages and accompanying attitudes increasingly working together, it pays to have a solid understanding of how different generations generally function. This workshop covers generational strengths, styles and quirks – from the perspective that understanding and appreciating the circumstances and challenges unique to each age group can lead to greater cooperation, collaboration and creativity in the workplace.

Full Focus in a Fast-paced World: In our perpetually distracted culture, even the most single-minded, disciplined people struggle with the challenge of staying on course toward the completion of goals. This workshop teaches the skills necessary to maintain a sense of control and concentration amidst the increasingly frantic pace of modern life.

Getting Back on Track When Life Knocks You Down: It’s easy to stay positive about important goals when life is just clipping along. But what happens when a major life event, such as a break-up, illness, injury, or job loss knocks you off your path? Or what if it’s just lack of will or inspiration that’s getting in the way?  This workshop shows how to get through tough times, refuel, and feel motivated again – no matter what is happening internally or externally.

Handling the Problem Employee: This workshop guides managers through the process of identifying, understanding and confronting problem employee behavior. The focus is on handling problem employee situations firmly yet gently, without judgment, in a way that is encouraging and respectful and most likely to inspire positive change.

How to Get Happy: There are countless books out there on how to feel better and get what you want out of life. But, really, when all is said and done, what’s the true secret to happiness?  This workshop traces the answers to that eternal question from ancient philosophers to present self-help gurus, dispelling the fly by night myths and highlighting the timeless wisdom that actually works.

How to Make an Impact: As our world becomes more and more overwhelmed with information and options, it gets more challenging to stand out amidst the clutter. This workshop teaches ten surprisingly simple practices for rising to the top and getting noticed by the right people at the right time.

Improving Your Intuition: All of us have intuition, an inner guidance system that can help us make better choices and be more successful in all areas of life – if we’re willing to listen to what it has to say. This presentation helps participants to understand and rely on their intuition as a vital solution-finding resource. Specific strategies are offered for tapping into inner wisdom and increasing intuitive power.

Leading Edge Leadership: Theories on leadership are wide-ranging and ever-changing. So what works and what doesn’t? This workshop covers what it takes to be an effective leader, with opportunity for managers to assess their own leadership qualities and plan for improvement.

Letting Go of Self-limiting Beliefs: Inner doubts – and we all have them –can sabotage even the best laid plans. This workshop helps participants to take negative thinking less seriously, and create the mindset needed to get around self-imposed obstacles and move forward with confidence.

Managing Energy to Enhance Productivity: No matter how you slice it, you have only so many hours in a day to get your work done.  How much you accomplish depends on how well you channel your most valuable resource:  your stamina. This workshop teaches a professional athlete approach to work, where maximum performance is achieved by building endurance and allowing time for recovery.

Managing from a Strengths-based Perspective: Research shows that people are most successful when they delegate what they’re not so good at and channel their energy into getting even better at what they’re already good at.  (Think Tiger Woods and Donald Trump) This workshop helps managers to motivate employees (and themselves) by appreciating and capitalizing on existing strengths so that everyone experiences a greater sense of mastery and productivity – and much less wasted energy.

The Power of Assertive Communication: Getting what you want requires standing up for yourself in a way that encourages cooperation and respect from others.  This workshop teaches the art of confidently and clearly making a case in situations that require change and collaboration – without bringing on feelings of guilt or intimidation.

Preventing Sexual Harassment & Promoting Diversity: This workshop helps managers and employees understand what constitutes sexual and other types of harassment and foster a workplace that honors individual differences and embraces varying opinions, backgrounds and personalities. Emphasis is placed on recognizing the creativity and productivity that comes from accepting and appreciating myriad perspectives.

Protecting Your Best Asset: You: When all is said and done, the one sure secret to success is putting yourself first – because if you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of business or anything else. This workshop shows participants how to make personal balance a top priority – no matter how much there is to do — so that work (and life) can be accomplished more effectively.

Saying What’s Hard to Say: You can always use the old “it’s not you, it’s me” excuse when you want out of a romance, but how do you break up with a friend or your hairstylist or tell a co-worker that you didn’t exactly even like, let alone love, the favorite novel they lent you? This workshop provides the right words for telling the truth in awkward situations — with as little sting as possible.

The Secret to Professional Success: There’s always room to become more empowered and happier at work. This workshop teaches a proven formula for making professional life more rewarding – with resources that every employee, at every level, already has.

Sound Decision-making: Whether you’re choosing salad dressing at the grocery store or considering how to handle a career or family crisis, choosing a course of action can be difficult in a time-pressed world where options and opinions abound. This workshop helps to simplify decision-making through a process of screening out the superfluous, reviewing viable alternatives, considering consequences, and integrating vital factors ranging from personal values and intuitive hunches to “expert” advice and desired outcomes.

Living on the Bright Side: Optimists tend to be happier and healthier than pessimists. This workshop teaches participants how to improve their professional and personal circumstances by thinking more positively, even in tough situations.

Thriving in the Face of Change: The one constant in life is change, so why are we so unsettled by it? This workshop explores ways to weather the inevitable transitions of life — everything from break-ups to corporate downsizing — from a more grounded perspective. The emphasis is on viewing change as a welcome opportunity for personal growth, not just a jarring interruption.

What’s the Use of Worrying?: Worrying can be a healthy warning signal that alerts us to real dangers and helps us prepare for the future. But worrying for no reason only leads to frantic days and sleepless nights. This workshop differentiates between what’s worth worrying about and what’s not worth another thought. Participants learn how to curb needless worrying so that attention can be given to what really matters.