Training Topics:

• Gender intelligent communication (how men & women use communication for different reasons—and how men & women can use this to their advantage at work & at home)
• Stress Management (based on latest physiology & neuroscience research)
• Active Listening
• Assertive Communication
• Conflict Resolution
• Team Building
• Anger & Emotion Management
• Parenting
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research
• Romance
• Keeping Love Strong
• Wise Choices in Dating & Marriage
• Money Management
• Bowenian Family Systems
•  Myer’s Briggs Type Indicator Testing
• DISC Profiling

*Note--fees associated with workshops are sliding scale fees due to cost of venue, participant manuals, time frame, & group team-building exercises.

Lyndsay's a skilled facilitator who welcomes the opportunity to come to you to present the free stress seminar material so you can become acquainted before you make a monetary commitment. If you don't have the time or can't afford a 4hr, 8hr, or 16hr workshop we tailor the content to suit your needs to fit within your parameters. It is all about our customers--and how we can best serve you so you get the most value out of the experience.

Whom do we serve?

We offer seminars, workshops, & retreats for individuals, couples, youth and families.

• Military & Military Families
• Local companies & organizations seeking professional development & training
• Small Women-Owned or Veteran-Owned Businesses
  
•  State and federal government agencies
• Schools/Youth
•  Fatherhood
• Head Start
• Dating/Premaritals
• Married/Divorcing
• Christian
• Re-Entry/Incarceration
  

Our company works creatively with you, our customer, to format the Mars Venus Coaching and/or Active Relationships material to fit your unique needs. We will work with you 1-on-1, from the boardroom, to wine and cheese parties, at marriage retreats, or in groups of friends.

Product Overview for Active Relationship Material:

Lyndsay is certified to use Active Relationships Center's curricula for relationship wellness, enhancing life skills and promoting wise choices.

We teach relationship skills to singles, couples, youth and families. Lyndsay has worked in all of the communities listed above, so she is able to quickly establish credibility and rapport--and get onto presenting the content in a fun, informative style.

We empower others to take action and responsibility to improve their quality of life.

ACTIVE MILITARY LIFE & RESILIENCY SKILLS (AML&RS)/ACTIVE ADULTS LIFE & RESILIENCY SKILLS:

(available in Christian format as well)

(5-18 hours)

AML&RS is a flexible, modular resilience and readiness course with topics that can be mixed and matched during presentations. It contains activities for groups of single members or unaccompanied military members and for spouse groups. AML&RS is also utilized widely for military couples and is an approved program by the Army's Office of Chief of Chaplains for its Strong Bonds mission to build strong military families.

The course contains 24 topics including communication and conflict resolution skills, information about the value of staying behind family members' roles, money management, anger and emotion management, post-traumatic stress and TBI research, romance and keeping love strong and wise choices in dating and marriage.

Programs can utilize any (a few) of the topics included or all of them. Presenters tailor the course by omitting topics and utilizing the subjects that matter most to their audience and to their phase of deployment. There is no need to worry about which book to order for participants because the participant book contains them all. When participants complete their class, they often choose to read other topics in the book on their own time.

ACTIVE RELATIONSHIPS FOR YOUNG ADULTS (ARYA):

(available in Christian format as well)

ARYA contains twelve topics relevant to middle school and high school age youth to build skills for personal and career success. Active Adults contains twelve topics relevant to single adults (and for adults who are unaccompanied by their spouse). Topics build skills for healthy relationships with their children, friends and equip them for success at work. A great program for fathers!

ACTIVE ADULTS:

(available in Christian format as well)
Companion to ARYA. Includes conflict resolution, communication, emotion management making budgets, wise choices for friends, dating and marriage, recognizing personal strengths, and future planning. Experiential components.

ACTIVE CHOICES:

(available in Christian format as well)

Contains nine topics relevant to Pre-Marital individuals or couples to assist them in identifying qualities of healthy relationships and to prepare them with skills to succeed in life and in long-term happy relationships. 

ACTIVE MARRIAGE & BEST PRACTICES:

(available in Christian format as well)

Active Marriage and Best Practices is a curriculum that is packed with how to's about what works in marriage. It includes communication and conflict resolution skills and skills for managing emotions, financial teamwork, negotiating challenges or extended and blended families and insight to keep love alive long-term. Sessions include lecture, discussion and experiential activities.

ACTIVE MILITARY FAMILIES/ACTIVE FAMILIES:

(available in Christian format as well)

The unique aspect of this workshop is that it is taught to the ENTIRE family together--mothers, fathers, & kids.

Kids get their own participant manuals, and the content is taught so that families work on their family dynamics/communication as they learn the material to strengthen family unit as a whole.

Active Military Families is written specifically for the challenges of military families. It is an experience for the whole family! Other than for babies, no childcare needed! The program can include Fathers and children, Mothers and children, Caregivers and children or all! Active Military Families addresses worries about separation, maintaining bonds, expression of emotions and also can be utilized to build teamwork when together. Active Military Families is learning plus fun-filled action that can increase connections and skills for life long success. Other topics included are communication how to's, positive thinking, expression of emotions in a healthy way, diplomacy and respect, planning together as a team. Active Military Families celebrates strengths of each family and helps members recognize and build on great things about themselves! The program involves short presentations, family learning and experiential games. There are typically 5 or more families experiencing Active Military Families together - like a family fair!

Product Overview for Mars Venus Material:

HOW TO PRACTICE SAFE STRESS: HOW MEN & WOMEN COPE DIFFERENTLY WITH STRESS:

(30 mins-2 hours)

Based on Dr. John Gray's book, Why Mars and Venus Collide...

A fun, entertaining, informative look at stress, including:

•  How to avoid stress taking a toll on your personal and professional relationships
• Why men and women respond to stress differently
• The long term effects of stress on men and women
• Practical ideas to help men and women reduce stress for each other and themselves

HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT AT WORK WORKSHOP (formerly known as Mars & Venus in the Workplace):

(2-4 hours)

Based on Dr. John Gray’s book, How to Get What You Want at Work

This fascinating workshop will discuss a number of practical and important practical considerations in dealing with life in the workplace.  Most people, for example, are uneasy with promoting themselves, their status or their image at work.  We’ll talk about ways to accomplish just that…without fear of being overbearing.  We’ll also explore building rapport and the value of rapport in leading to workplace success.

How to avoid monopolizing the conversation as well as being direct and concise are skills not genetic characteristics. We’ll examine the art and science of respecting abilities and how to respond to comments from co-workers.  If you’re not sure to acknowledge the work of others and charge them up this is the workshop for you.  Praise is discussed and how (and when) praise can be used to fuel the response you want.  If you want more out of the biggest part of your life don’t miss this workshop.

 You’ll learn:

• Martian / Venusian characteristics
• Caves
• Stress
• Taking Credit
• Simple Tips
• Different approaches
• Asking for assistance

People attending this retreat workshop will receive a comprehensive reference manual & refreshments.

SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS WORKSHOP:

(4-8 hours)

Based on Dr. John Gray's relationship principles, this workshop will give you the strategies, tips and tools you need to create truly amazing relationships.

This seminar is an intense, but fun experience that is broken up into theory, skills and workshop exercises that are interactive, challenging and exciting. You’ll learn practical ideas and proven relationship strategies that you can apply immediately to your own situation. Information applies whether you are single, dating, or happily married!

You’ll learn to:

• Communicate more effectively with the opposite sex (professionally and personally).
• Increase your confidence with the opposite sex.
•  ‘Score points’ with the opposite sex.
• Release emotional issues from the past that have been blocking your path to successful relationships.
•  Let go of anger, sadness, fear and guilt that keep you from attracting and creating empowering relationships.
•  Make sense of confusing emotions that inhibit true intimacy.

People attending this retreat workshop will receive a comprehensive reference manual & refreshments.

CHILDREN ARE FROM HEAVEN WORKSHOP:

(4-8 hours)

This workshop is based on John Gray's, PhD Children are from Heaven book.

There are 4 main areas we cover:

• Boys are from Mars, Girls are from Venus and all Children are from Heaven (this is where we look at the differences between boys and girls)

• The 5 skills of positive parenting (where we learn some new techniques)

• The 4 temperaments (learning how to understand what motivates your child)

• The 5 positive messages (encouraging your child to develop their full potential)

MARS AND VENUS STARTING OVER WORKSHOP:

(4-8 hours)

With the loss of love our lives are immediately transformed. Starting over, we are suddenly faced with the rest of our lives, and we have no idea what to do. We are stripped of what is most familiar to us with little knowledge of what comes next. Facing this new challenge, we have practically no experience to guide us. Our minds are filled with questions, and our hearts with pain.
Starting again after a painful breakup, a divorce, or the loss of a loved one can be the most challenging experience of a lifetime. Based on Dr. John Gray’s book, “Mars and Venus, Starting Over”, this workshop provides guidance and comfort to those who find themselves single again. Drawing on insights derived from 28 years of counseling thousands of men and women, “Starting Over” opens the door to finding a rich and fulfilling lifetime of love once again.

You’ll learn:
•Starting over
•Finding forgiveness
•Why does it hurt so much?
• Processing our hot spots
•Grieving the loss of love
• 101 ways to heal our hearts
•Getting unstuck
• Challenges for men in starting over
•The feeling better exercise
• Challenges for women in starting over
•Good endings make good beginnings

MARS AND VENUS ON A DATE WORKSHOP:

(4-8 hours)

The purpose of this workshop is to provide a guide to the 5 stages of dating…so you can create a loving and lasting relationship.
Designed to make it easier for you to interpret each other’s behavior more accurately and to then act accordingly.

We cover four sections:

• Soul Mates
• Secrets of Attraction & Power of Commitment
• Growing Together & Creating Intimacy
• Apologies, Forgiveness and “Happily Ever After”

BETTER COMMUNICATIONS  WORKSHOP:

(2-6 hours)

ADVANCED SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS:

(12-16 hours)

This workshop expands on the 1 day Secrets of Successful Relationships. We go more in-depth, and spend more time working through forgiveness as well as how to create more intimacy, passion, and eroticism in your relationships with your partner.