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How to communicate with just about anybody, come across with tact and diplomacy, wow ‘em with your magnetism and charisma, and put your best foot forward in any situation
When you think about it, we’re constantly in charge of “marketing” ourselves. Whether it’s to friends, colleagues, clients, customers, family members, or strangers in the grocery store, it’s up to us to present ourselves as the people we think we are—or perhaps, as the people we aspire to be.

So how do you do it? Through crystal-clear communication channels. With body language that matches your words. By employing techniques that seek to clarify understanding among individuals. And—the best part—all of these skills are 100% acquirable.

In this series of classes, we’ll examine ways in which you can put your point across with tact and accuracy, make a positive first impression, become a better listener (yes, it’s a learned skill!), give specific feedback (even when it’s a difficult message), and, when problems arise, handle and diffuse negative emotions in yourself and others.

Denise’s classes are always positive, informative, and fun!

It All Starts With YOU—and How You Come Across to Others
How do you look and sound? We’ll examine the seven essential communication components that create your unique “you-ness,” and you’ll learn some easy (and instant) tweaks to project yourself with accuracy and self-assurance.

Personal Response Styles: Passive, Aggressive and Assertive
Are you passive, aggressive or assertive—or perhaps all three? We’ll take a look at the response styles of ourselves and others, discuss how your style affects your life (and your relationships), and how you can make simple changes that create big results!

Speaking and Listening: The “Give and Take” of Successful Communication
Speaking and listening—they go together! What’s more, they’re both equally necessary for true communication to take place. We’ll discuss how to accurately share your thoughts and feelings, avoid distractions, stay focused, pay attention, and honor others through your mindful presence.

When Relationship Difficulties Arise: Assertive Problem Solving
Conflicts, quarrels, disputes, misunderstandings…try as we might, they sometimes happen. We’ll discuss how to untangle miscommunications, disarm anger, quell hurt feelings, and we’ll explore some tips for how to create peace and understanding in your personal and professional relationships.

Denise M. Dudley is a professional trainer and keynote speaker, author, business consultant, and founder of SkillPath Seminars, the largest public training company in the world, which provides 18,000 seminars per year, and has trained over 12.5 million people in the US, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Denise holds a Ph.D. in behavioral psychology, a hospital administrator’s license, a preceptor for administrators-in-training license, and is licensed to provide training to medical professionals in the United States and Canada. She’s also a certified AIDS educator, a licensed field therapist for individuals with agoraphobia, and a regularly featured speaker on the campuses of many universities across the US, and the author of Simon and Schuster’s best-selling audio series, Making Relationships Last.  Denise speaks all over the world on a variety of topics, including management and supervision skills, leadership, assertiveness, communication, personal relationships, interviewing skills, and career readiness.  Denise’s latest book, Work it! Get in, Get noticed, Get promoted, which she wrote for graduating high school and college students, is currently available on Amazon.com, and is receiving all 5-star customer reviews. http://denisemdudley.com/

Insomnia Treatment: Medication isn’t the only answer!
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is the first-line recommended treatment for insomnia, ahead of medication. This talk will introduce key concepts to behavioral treatment for insomnia, from creating the ideal bedroom environment to finding the right bedtime/waketime intervals for sleep consolidation, and when medication may be necessary.

Why is sleep important and how do I know if I have a sleep disorder?
We are a chronically sleep-deprived world. As more and more demands take up our time, sleep becomes less and less of a priority for far too many people. In this course, we will discuss why sleep is essential to our overall well-being. In addition, common sleep issues will be discussed to help you understand whether further evaluation for a sleep disorder is necessary. Differences between men and women’s sleep – throughout the lifespan – will also be addressed in detail.

Help Me Quiet My Busy Nighttime Brain! :
We are an overstimulated society, and with more demands comes a greater challenge to quiet the brain at bedtime to allow sleep to come. Mindfulness meditation has been increasingly incorporated into insomnia programs, helping to dim the brain at night and prepare for sleep. Cognitive and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy strategies for the busy brain will also be introduced. Simple mindfulness meditation exercises will be discussed and practiced, and ways to use mindfulness appropriately to help enhance sleep will reviewed.

Couple’s Sleep Issues / Ask the Sleep Doc Anything!
The field of sleep medicine is starting to really think about couples in terms of sleep. What are common sleep and relationship issues that come up with people share a bed? What are some treatment strategies so both partners can get a good night’s sleep? When is it time to sleep apart? We’ll combine this talk with an “Ask the Sleep Doc Anything” so you can better figure out what to do to improve your sleep when you return home.

Dr. Shelby Harris is a clinical psychologist and author of The Women’s Guide to Overcoming Insomnia (WW Norton Books, 2019). She specializes in behavioral sleep medicine, working to improve her clients’ sleep using evidence-based methods that do not rely upon medication. Her unique expertise is frequently sought out by colleagues, well-respected medical institutions and media outlets world-wide.

Day 1
Jump-Start Your Skin Rejuvenation at the Ranch and Look Younger Today!
Why You Need a Facial
Organic Skincare Products at the Ranch – Effective Products can be Clean & Safe!
Botox & Fillers – Look Lovely, Not Overdone!

Day 2
Teitsa’s Favorite Techniques for Smoother, Younger Skin
Exfoliate Like You Mean It!
Acids & Retinols – Potent Anti-Aging Products for Great Results
Organic Sun Protection Is a Must – Don’t Leave Home Without It!

Day 3
Teitsa’s Skin Cocktail Recipe for Radiant Skin – Everyday!
Try Teitsa’s Eye Cocktail Recipe to Rejuvenate Your Eye Skin
Tinted Sun Protection – Set your SPF to Last for Hours
Try Soft Bronzing Powders for Blush:  You Never Looked So Fresh!

Teitsa Mann’s passion for skincare products and treatments developed early, when she realized how easily her own skin scarred. Certain that she could never have surgery, she proceeded to become an Aesthetician, mainly to ensure that her own skin would age well. She was licensed in California over 40 years ago, and she performed Facial Treatments in her salon in San Francisco. Later, she worked for Chanel Beauty, La Prairie, Erno Laszlo, and Lancôme, to name a few. Teitsa loves sharing her product and treatment favorites with women all over the country, and her all-day, skincare masterclass, Get Ready to Look 5 Years Younger, has benefited charities and private groups. This year, Teitsa released the 6th edition of her book of the same name, and it features all her best skincare product, facial treatment, and makeup recommendations.

• Health Behavior Change – Science to Practice 
• Self-care and Emotional Wellbeing 
• Wellness to Wellbeing

Seth Serxner, Ph.D., M.P.H. brings the breadth of his experience in academia, industry and consulting to his role as chief health officer and senior vice president of population health for Optum. Seth’s deep knowledge of behavior change, population health and wellbeing, social determinants of health and measurement allow him to visualize and deliver on program innovation. He has more than 30 years of experience in health and productivity management and has published more than 50 articles and chapters.  Seth earned a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a doctorate from the University of California, Irvine. He is currently on the Board of Directors of HERO (ex-chairman) as well as the lead for the organization’s research strategy. He is a board member of the Business Group on Health Institute of Innovation and Workforce Wellbeing, executive committee member and vice president of the C. Everett Koop Health Project and research committee member with Integrated Benefits Institute.

Sexuality and Health –And Live Longer and Better
Sexuality not only feels good – it may actually make you healthier – physically as well as mentally. This lecture with Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., goes over the research on the association of sexual activity with reduction of pain, enhanced mental health and even a longer and healthier life. We will also talk about what impedes our sexual self – and what we might want to do about that.

Dating Over 40
Tips for Online and Offline Success. Join Pepper Schwartz for advice about dating and a frank discussion of the mental, physical and social circumstances you are likely to find yourself in. If you have not started because it seems hopeless, or dropped out because it was unsatisfying, Pepper can help you! She offers help on writing a profile, first dates, and any dates, and any questions you may bring with you!

Behind the Scenes of Reality TV: The Evolution of Arranged Marriage on “Married at First Sight”

Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., is a sociology professor at the University of Washington in Seattle and the sexuality expert for the AARP. She holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale. She has received numerous awards and has authored 15 books, including The Great Sex Weekend, The Lifetime Love and Sex Quiz Book, Everything You Know About Love and Sex is Wrong, Prime: Adventures and Advice about Love and Sex in the Sensual Years, and The Normal Bar: Surprising Secrets of Extremely Happy Marriages. Dr. Schwartz co-authored Glamour’s monthly “Sex and Health” column for years. She also has contributed to many other magazines, journals, newspapers and appears regularly on national TV programs and documentaries. She lectures nationally and internationally on relationship topics, women’s issues, parent and child issues, communication between men and women in intimate and work relationships, and maintaining personal and family well-being in today’s world. Dr. Pepper Schwartz is one of the relationship experts in the reality TV series Married at First Sight, now in its 14th season, featured since the first season.

Becoming Your Best Self
The Enneagram is an ancient system of clarifying humanity’s distinct personality types and the complementary relationships between them. The Enneagram is currently experiencing an unprecedented level of interest and practice, particularly with millennials.

Each of the nine different personality types is motivated by a “type perspective” that is invariably somewhat distorted. Each type has its innate ego traits and its innate spiritual traits. These are not in opposition to each other, rather they are the flip sides of “your personality coin.”

We all have four basic human needs: (1)  the need for connection; (2) the need to feel safe and healthy; (3) the need to know who we are; and, (4) the need to experience pleasure. The Enneagram can address all of our needs by helping us discover our gifts, by further clarifying our identity, and, by enhancing our sense of self as we relate to the people in our lives.

Class 1:
The Wizard of Enneagram
The individual quests of three characters in the Wizard of Oz—the Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tinman— are universal. The Enneagram refers to these three centers of being as the gut, the head, and the heart.

Class 2:
What’s My Type?
The Enneagram identifies all of humanity as nine different personality types, each with particular gifts, traits, and desires. Knowing your type provides insights into your behavior and world-view.

Class 3:
It IS All about You
We will use the “narrative tradition” to share our thoughts and questions about the Enneagram. We will gain greater empathy and insights into ourselves, each other, and the whole of humanity.

Betsy Ingalls has made an art and a career of exploring and analyzing diverse ways to empower individuals to become their best selves. Prior to founding the Bingalls School of Somatic Happiness in Santa Barbara, she worked as a financial advisor in Minneapolis. She has now taught both the Enneagram and Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement for almost 20 years. She has also shared her expertise on TV and as a presenter at various wellness festivals and institutions, of which her favorite is Rancho La Puerta.

Meditation is not what you think it is. It’s much more. Perhaps you’ve tried meditation, but you just couldn’t do it. Perhaps you couldn’t fit it into a hectic schedule, or you were overcome by a restless monkey-mind. You gave up more than once in frustration or boredom. In the news, media, and from friends you hear about the benefits of this practice, but you never experienced these for yourself. Dr. Elliott Dacher will share his unique perspective as a trained physician and lifelong meditator. He will demonstrate, with clear scientific evidence, personal experience, and precise instructions what wise women and men have long understood – effective meditation has the power to heal the body at gross and subtle levels, awaken your mind, and ignite your spirit. It offers that illusive “more to Life.” This experiential and five-session progressive program will provide you with the understandings and skills that will enable you to develop a successful meditation practice, experience its full benefits, and effectively integrate it into in your daily life.

• Meditation: The Meeting of Science and Spirit
• The Technique, Practice, and Three Stages of Meditation Practice
• Overcoming the Overactive Mind Cultivating and Abandoning: Creating a Healthy Human Life
• The Cause and Final Remedy for Mental Stress, Distress, and Suffering
• Human Flourishing: Enduring Happiness, Serenity, and Freedom. Resources to Take Home to Progress in One’s Practice

Elliott S. Dacher, M.D. practiced internal medicine for 20 years before pursuing an extensive education in Eastern psychology and practices amongst the wise healers of Asia. His last book –Aware, Awake, Alive is the course text. He is a past fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a past advisory board member of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. A frequent presenter and seminar leader, his previous books include: Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing (Basic Books, 2006), Whole Healing(Dutton/Plume, 1996), and Intentional Healing(Marlowe, 1996). Currently he teaches and counsels individuals seeking a larger health and life.

Day 1
Jump-Start Your Skin Rejuvenation at the Ranch and Look Younger Today!
Why You Need a Facial
Organic Skincare Products at the Ranch – Effective Products can be Clean & Safe!
Botox & Fillers – Look Lovely, Not Overdone!

Day 2
Teitsa’s Favorite Techniques for Smoother, Younger Skin
Exfoliate Like You Mean It!
Acids & Retinols – Potent Anti-Aging Products for Great Results
Organic Sun Protection Is a Must – Don’t Leave Home Without It!

Day 3
Teitsa’s Skin Cocktail Recipe for Radiant Skin – Everyday!
Try Teitsa’s Eye Cocktail Recipe to Rejuvenate Your Eye Skin
Tinted Sun Protection – Set your SPF to Last for Hours
Try Soft Bronzing Powders for Blush:  You Never Looked So Fresh!

Teitsa Mann’s passion for skincare products and treatments developed early, when she realized how easily her own skin scarred. Certain that she could never have surgery, she proceeded to become an Aesthetician, mainly to ensure that her own skin would age well. She was licensed in California over 40 years ago, and she performed Facial Treatments in her salon in San Francisco. Later, she worked for Chanel Beauty, La Prairie, Erno Laszlo, and Lancôme, to name a few. Teitsa loves sharing her product and treatment favorites with women all over the country, and her all-day, skincare masterclass, Get Ready to Look 5 Years Younger, has benefited charities and private groups. This year, Teitsa released the 6th edition of her book of the same name, and it features all her best skincare product, facial treatment, and makeup recommendations.

OVERVIEW- This series of presentations empowers you to understand your pelvic floor muscles and the associated bowel, bladder and sexual functions.

Power your Pelvis: Foundations
This presentation focuses on understanding the function and anatomy of the muscles of the pelvic floor and its relationship to pelvic health. Are you up to date on current Kegel – pelvic floor exercise techniques? Do you wonder where the next toilet is when you go out? You are not alone!! Learn how the pelvic muscles control urine leakage, urges and frequency as well as bowel control and sexual appreciation. Optional questionnaires will be available to help identify any areas of potential issues.

Power your Pelvis: Types of Pelvic Floor Exercises (Kegels) for Pelvic Health
How do I Kegel? Let me count the ways! This presentation teaches proper pelvic floor activation and release. It will cover the importance of breathing to pelvic health and pelvic floor exercises. You will learn to self-assess your breathing patterns and your pelvic floor muscles. You will leave this class understanding how to exercise and relax  your pelvic floor muscles with optimal breathing techniques.

Power your Pelvis: Behaviors for Best Pelvic Health
Have you, a family member or friend been offered medication or surgery for bladder/bowel leakage? The first line treatments are these simple self-care techniques to improve bladder/bladder health. Additionally, in this presentation you will learn how to use your pelvic floor with your core for movement and exercise.

Power your Pelvis: Sexuality and the Pelvic Floor
This stimulating presentation reviews the pelvic floor as it relates to sexual functions and dysfunctions through the lifespan. Learn specific exercises, breathing and release techniques to optimize your pelvic sexual health. We will review previous exercises and learn a few new ones!

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PYP Sandalcidi & Wallace

Dawn Sandalcidi, PT, RCMT, BCB-PMD specializes in pelvic muscle dysfunction and orthopedic manual therapy. She has trained medical professionals in manual therapy both nationally and internationally since 1992. Dawn is also Board-Certified Biofeedback in Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction (BCB-PMD).  Dawn has actively been treating patients since 1982 and owns the private practice clinic Physical Therapy Specialists in Centennial, Colorado.   In 2018, Dawn was awarded the Elizabeth Noble Award by the American Physical Therapy Association Section on Women’s Health for providing extraordinary and exemplary service to the field of physical therapy for men, women and children.

Kathe Wallace, PT is an internationally recognized pioneer clinician, educator and author in pelvic health and pelvic floor dysfunction. She is the author of Reviving Your Sex Life after Childbirth and multiple educational handouts to restore the pelvic floor. She has practiced physical therapy since 1976. Kathe was honored to receive the Washington State Physical Therapy Association (PTWA) Clinical Excellence Award in 2006. She also serves as a Clinical Instructor, Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, at the University of Washington. Her professional mission is to ignite and nurture knowledge regarding pelvic floor function and dysfunction.

In the ten years post high school our children often follow a scenic road to adulthood. At least before COVID, they did. This decade is filled with personal exploration, traveling, alternating between career training and school, changing relationships frequently or having none at all. Our Children vary between being very adult and very dependent. Soon enough, many of the children have jobs, then families, or maybe they don’t.

We are constantly told to let go, but we don’t want to. We’ve had too many sleepless nights and put in too much time and energy. When children are older, popular wisdom advises parents to let go, disconnect, and bite their tongues. Increasing life spans mean that parents and children can spend as many as five or six decades as adults together: letting go is not a desired option for many families.

Dr. Ruth Nemzoff–a leading expert in family dynamics–empowers parents to create close relationships with their adult children, while respecting their independence. The challenges of parent and adult offspring relationships are part and parcel of a healthy family dynamic.

This interactive talk will cover such topics as:

• How can I express my concerns about finances or career decisions without sounding controlling or judgmental?
• What can I do to maintain close relationships with my children at long distances?
• Should I express my true feelings about my child’s lifestyle choices?
• Is it possible to show constructive concern for adult children without stifling them?
  • Speak up when disapproving of an adult child’s partner or child rearing practices
  • Navigate an adult child’s inter-religious, interracial or homosexual union

Why would I ever want to make in-laws into family?
If you want to have a good relationship with your adult child, it’s much easier when you have good relationships with their significant other and their parents. Sometimes it’s really hard to find something you love about this person who may become the parent of your grandchildren or may be picking your nursing home. We’ll discuss strategies for finding that sweet spot.

As for their parents, it may be hard to love them, but you may find yourself living in a two-room apartment caring for a newborn while the mother recovers in the hospital. You might as well figure out a way to find something in common with them. Dr. Ruth Nemzoff explains the emotional factors that make in-law relationships difficult, and offers tips on how to overcome those hurdles and maintain positive, lasting bonds. This can be a guide for anyone looking to gracefully navigate the issues that arise between in-laws in today’s modern families.

Grandparenting in a Pandemic: A Conversation for Grandparents
Long-distance grandparenting has always been a challenge. Coronavirus has made it a whole lot harder – even for grandparents who live down the block. Add to this the complexity of being a grandparent in an intra- or interfaith family. But there are also some new opportunities to connect even more deeply – if we take advantage of them. For some of us, this might be a great opportunity to tell holiday stories to our entertainment-starved grandkids. For others, this is a time to really set aside differences and build trust with our family and in-laws.

No matter what generation you are in, I think you will find some new ideas to help your family’s relationships in these talks.
Ideas For Grandparenting During The Covid-19 Crisis

Dr. Ruth Nemzoff, author of Don’t Roll Your Eyes: Making In-Laws into Family (Palgrave/ Mcmillan) and  Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with Your Adult Children (Palgrave/Mcmillan), is an affiliated scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center. She holds a doctorate in social policy from Harvard University, an MA in counseling from Columbia University and BA from Barnard College. Her papers are archived at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University.

She has given over 400 talks around the world on family relationships and has written columns for The Huffington Post, The American Israelite, and The Forward. The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Deseret News have all quoted her expertise. She has four adult children, four in-law children, and eleven grandchildren ranging from ages three to twenty one.

Her website is ruthnemzoff.com

The Laws of Negotiation From Bedroom To Boardroom
It is important to know what you eat, but it is equally important to know what is eating you!                                                                                                      – Persian proverb

A healthy life style requires healthy relationships and healthy relationships require healthy interactions, communications and negotiations.

As social beings, we must interact in order to survive. Unfortunately most people have not mastered the art and science of interaction. As a society, we have resorted to conflict resolution instead of being proactive and using conflict prevention.

As in nature, humans and their interactions are subject to certain laws that we must honor in order to survive and thrive.  Learn the 8 Universal Laws of Enlightened Negotiation with emphases on Effective Communications, Building Trust, the Power of Intention, and the Magic of Mindfulness.

Elevating Your Interactions Using The Laws of Intention and Strength
In this session you will learn how to use The Law of Intention as a GPS or the guiding light of your behavior in any interaction or negotiation. We will also discuss The Law of Strength; you will discover the source of your strength in any negotiation and learn how to tap into that source.

Lead and be proactive in your interaction to avoid failure or conflict, using the Laws of Flexibility and Manifestation
We are born to be creative. Our world is what we envision and create collectively. To create is to take inspired action to manifest the result that we want. The Law of Manifestation reveals the key principals in creating your desired outcome. Plus you will learn how to be flexible without compromising your values by applying The Law of Flexibility, which is the key that opens up possibilities in any negotiation.

Dr. Mehrad Nazari is the author of the multiple award-winning book, Enlightened Negotiation: 8 Universal Laws to Connect, Create, and Prosper. Recently he was selected as one of 20 thought leaders around the globe by the International Leadership Association to contribute a chapter to: Evolving Leadership for Collective Wellbeing: Lessons for Implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. He is an executive advisor, corporate trainer, and speaker.

Dr. Nazari is a passionate practitioner of applied spirituality. He believes in preserving the authenticity of the ancient wisdom practices and applying them to our daily lives in the 21st century.

Mehrad holds a PhD in Leadership and Human Behavior and an MBA. For three decades Mehrad distinguished himself as a business leader in San Diego with several accolades to his credit, and also served for a decade as an adjunct professor of Business Negotiation. Mehrad has studied with spiritual masters including Walt Baptiste, Swami Veda Bharati of India, and Kyozan Joshu Roshi of Japan. He has been teaching mindfulness, meditation and yoga for over twenty-five years and served on the faculty of Esalen Institute and Kripalu. He coaches individuals as well as corporations which include Sony, Brookfield, eBay, YPO Gold and The Port of San Diego. Dr. Nazari has presented at the Int’l Conscious Capitalism Conference and served on the Board of Conscious Capitalism, San Diego. You can contact him at DrNazari@EnlightenedNegotiation.com