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Smooth Sailing Life: The Nautical Metaphor
Smooth Sailing Life: The Nautical Metaphor

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Upcoming Events

04/29/22 – 05/01/22

Event Title

Pudding tootsie roll chupa chups ice cream topping chocolate oat cake. Icing sesame snaps cotton candy chocolate sesame snaps. Cookie pie dragée oat cake candy donut sesame snaps.

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04/29/22 – 05/01/22

Event Title

Pudding tootsie roll chupa chups ice cream topping chocolate oat cake. Icing sesame snaps cotton candy chocolate sesame snaps. Cookie pie dragée oat cake candy donut sesame snaps.

Learn More
04/29/22 – 05/01/22

Event Title

Pudding tootsie roll chupa chups ice cream topping chocolate oat cake. Icing sesame snaps cotton candy chocolate sesame snaps. Cookie pie dragée oat cake candy donut sesame snaps.

Learn More

Visiting Professor at Academic Institutions


  • U.C.Davis, Sacramento CA
  • Harvard, Boston, MA
  • Vanderbilt. Nashville. IN
  • Brown, Providence, Rhode Island
  • Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, IN
  • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
  • Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
  • Oklahoma University, College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA

Diverse Audiences

  • Interprofessional Healthcare Providers
  • Human Resource Specialists
  • Clinical Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Youth Groups
  • College Students
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Medical Students and their Loved Ones
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Hospital Administrators
  • Pharmacists
  • Veterinary Medicine Students and Faculty
  • Community Members
  • Veterans

Smooth Sailing Life Topics

  • Living the Smooth Sailing Life: Unleashing Your Gifts in the World
  • Workforce Well-Being: Restoring the Joy in Our Shared, Mission
    Driven Work
  • Living the Life You’ve Always Dreamed of: A Metaphor for Getting
    There
  • Smooth Sailing Life: Tips for Staying On Course in Demanding
    Conditions
  • Thriving in the Midst of Stressful Seas
  • Creating a World Class Fleet of Academicians: Navigating the Challenges at Sea
  • Charting Your Life Course for College Students
  • Wellness for Professionals: Living the Life You’ve Always Dreamed of ~ A Metaphor for Getting There

Rejuvenation Topics

  • The Burnout Epidemic: Strategies and Tools to Replenish Our Patients and Ourselves
  • Shifting the Culture of Medicine to Foster Resilience Across the Lifespan: Practical Solutions
  • Burned Out and Overextended: Thriving Despite it All
  • Fueling Your Fire vs. Burning Out! Survival Tips in the Trenches
  • Steady as a Rock in Turbulent Times: Recognizing, Addressing and Overcoming Horizontal Hostility
  • Authentic Power: A Critical Ingredient for Success
  • Thriving Despite it All. Physician Stress Management
  • Practical Survival Tools for Dealing with Difficult Colleagues

Managing Life Stress

  • Achieving that Elusive Balance: Searching for Solutions
  • Finding a Balance in Life: Achieving Your Optimal Career and Life
    Satisfaction
  • Physicians, Life Balance and Marital Fulfillment: An Oxymoron?
  • Balancing Our Personal & Professional Lives: The Secrets to Finding
    Inner Peace & Contentment versus Mission Impossible!
  • So You Want to Be a Doctor, and Live a Life of No Regrets?!
  • Achieving the Ultimate Success: A Spectacular Career and Life
  • Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Health
  • Interprofessional Equine Facilitated Team-Building Workshop
  • Emotional Intelligence Boot Camp
  • Distressed Physicians Course

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