Dr. Chloe Carmichael, PhD

Most driven, intelligent people are at least reasonably good at achieving goals. However, sometimes they can get so busy that they lose touch with the emotions around their goals. This can lead to procrastination, burnout, or a lack of fulfillment. This workshop guides attendees to choose a goal and break it down into actionable steps and timelines. Next, attendees will be guided to go beyond traditional goal attainment approaches through exercises to increase emotional awareness and then plan targeted, customized self-care behaviors along their goal path. Layering in the key component of emotional awareness and then planning helpful self-care behaviors not only increases productivity and longevity, it also boosts fulfillment and facilitates deeper connections with others.

Takeaways:

• Attendees will have an action plan for a personal or professional goal with specific objectives to advance them towards their goal
• Attendees will have a healthy awareness of both the positive and negative emotions related to the individual objectives and the goal overall
• Attendees will have personalized, healthy self-care plans around their individual objectives and goals in order to A) reduce their odds of procrastinating or burnout; and B) increase their sense of personal fulfillment as they pursue their goal

Qualified to speak because: Dr. Chloe is an expert clinical psychologist on the topics of motivation, success, and goal attainment. Her background as a yoga teacher and her interest in wellness combine with her psychology expertise to help people reach goals while emphasizing a sense of individual fulfillment and personal meaning around goals.

This signature talk teaches attendees how to unlock the healthy psychological benefits of anxiety, such as stimulating preparation behaviors, or other constructive self-care behaviors. It offers practical tools based on Dr. Chloe's recent book, Nervous Energy: Harness the Power of Your Anxiety, to help attendees experience a powerful perspective-shift around the topic of anxiety. This upbeat and uplifting talk can be customized to include ample opportunities for deep discussion and personal examples volunteered by attendees, or it can be kept on a more information-based level with customized examples pre-created and personalized for your audience by Dr. Chloe, depending on the focus of the event. This helpful talk strikes a healthy balance between A) compassionately recognizing the challenges of anxiety, and B) inspiring and guiding attendees to be proactive around challenges while taking good care of themselves.

Takeaways:

• Attendees will learn how to differentiate between anxiety that calls for “letting go and relaxing” versus anxiety that is actually best alleviated by increasing our mental focus and becoming proactiv
• Attendees will learn up to nine practical tips to channel anxiety effectively in order to simultaneously increase both productivity, fulfillment, and self-care
• Attendees will learn how to recast anxiety as a potential source of constructive energy and as a driver of self-care, rather than as something to be feared
• Qualified to speak because: Dr. Chloe is an expert clinical psychologist who literally wrote the book on this topic; her book was endorsed by Deepak Chopra as well as Jim McCann, the founder of 1800-Flowers.

Leaders are typically willing and able to continuously take on new responsibilities, and they are often ready to embrace situations that take them out of their comfort zone. This can be a strength, but it can also become a vulnerability in terms of stress. This workshop helps to reframe stress as a potentially healthy opportunity for growth, while also offering practical ways to reduce or manage stress in the moment. This talk also provides strategies to put boundaries around stress and become intentional about which stressors we're willing to take on as challenges, and which ones we're better off delegating or eliminating altogether. This workshop encompasses both personal and professional stressors, and of course can be customized to be specific to the unique life situations of individual audiences.

• Attendees will learn techniques to relax the body and mind to combat the unhealthy effects of stress
• Attendees will learn strategies to proactively manage sources of stress and prioritize stressors that are growth opportunities while decreasing investment in stressors that don't actually offer a good ROI
• Attendees will explore their relationship with stress and learn to reframe it as part of a healthy growth pattern, thereby reducing "stress about stress"
• This talk can also be tweaked for audiences who don’t specifically identify as leaders, with the title, Stress Management to Live Your Best Life

Qualified to speak because: Dr. Chloe is an expert clinical psychologist and former yoga teacher, so she understands stress management from multiple perspectives. Also, as a 5-year member of Entrepreneurs Organization and employer of a full clinical and administrative staff, she is a credible and relatable source for business professionals.

We all know that this is a good time to increase our self care, but sometimes it's hard to know where to turn for fresh, high quality self care tools. Dr. Chloe will share a few of her favorite breathing techniques. Many people think of breathing techniques as promoting relaxation, but did you know they can also improve focus and increase energy? Dr Chloe will review a sampler of three different breathing techniques to use in different situations depending on your goals.

The techniques will include optional meditative components as well.

We will learn:

• The Three-Part Breath: A foundational mindfulness technique, as well as a proven way to increase oxygen levels and promote overall wellness.
• The Cocoon Breath: The perfect way to help yourself relax after a long day, or create a sense of boundaries when feeling overwhelmed.
• The Breath of Joy: An invigorating breath to increase energy and vigor.

Whether you're a total novice or a wellness aficionado, you will learn techniques and perspectives that can be used in everyday life or in a personal daily routine of quiet reflection. This workshop is designed to support your community in a time of increased stress, or to be a helpful addition to their toolbox even in times of ease. Dr. Chloe was a yoga and meditation teacher prior to becoming a clinical psychologist, and she is on the Advisory Board of Women's Health Magazine published by Hearst. Her recent book was endorsed by Deepak Chopra, MD. In other words, she absolutely loves wellness and her enthusiasm is contagious.