Biography of Connie Merritt, RN, BSN, PHN for Appearances, Speaking Engagements, Endorsements Talent Agent

Worldwide speaker, award-winning author and healthcare expert, Connie Merritt, RN, BSN, PHN, adds value to and enriches your meetings with informative, inspiring, interactive and often humorous programs. Her presentation style promotes using new skills immediately and retaining them longer. As a professional speaker since 1984, she synthesizes the latest research on medicine, psychology, sociology, and business as related to your specific needs. To date, she has helped more than 1 million people work and live better.

Merritt’s presentations bring the latest research on the state of our ailing healthcare systems to corporations and associations. Fields such as genomics, bioinformatics, and pharmacogenics get the full treatment; Merritt explores the options and opportunities for teaching wellness and coordinating patients with their environment, technology, and treatments.

Lifestyle life support. Merritt volunteers weekly teaching Equine Assisted Therapy to physically and cognitively disabled persons. She chairs community fund-raising events that net more than $1,000,000. She founded the Free Clinic in Laguna Beach, which is now fully funded by Orange County.

Other monumental moments include starring in the National Geographic underwater film, The Beauty of Long Point and successfully avoiding collision with a California condor during her first cross-country solo flight. Merritt augmented her American Medical Association scholarship by yearly appearing on Hollywood Squares and she performs a stand-up comedy routine on men, women and relationships.

Taming the jungles of daily life. Nicknamed “The Lion Tamer” for improving relationships in the workplace and in the home, Merritt’s programs draw from her experience as a nurse, author, coach, speaker, volunteer, sales star, fundraiser, standup comic, actor, wife and recovering superwoman. Connie is part college professor, part philosopher, and part comedienne as she spins humorous, instructive tales while being open and down-to-earth on stage. She’ll link her experiences (such as flying the Goodyear blimp and being a trauma nurse) to lessons and skills you can use.

She’s the author of Finding Love (Again!) The Dating Survival Manual and The Taming Guidebook Series (on difficult people, men and women, stress reduction and desk yoga), contributor to Chocolate for a Woman's Soul and God’s Vitamin C for the Spirit of Women. She volunteers as the nurse on equine facilitated therapy team teaching horseback riding to the physically and mentally disabled. Her next books to be published by McGraw Hill: Raiders of the Lost Spark tackles “busy” as the latest status symbol; offering a practical plan for bringing new vitality, balance, fun and a sense of purpose back into life.

SPEECH TOPICS

"Tame the Lions in Your Life" Dealing with Complainers, Bullies, Grumps, Curmudgeons and Other Difficult People
Are difficult people cutting into your productivity and general well being? Would your boss win awards for "Curmudgeon of the Year"or is your co-worker always having a "Whine ‘n Jeez" Party? Difficult people are the "lions" that can tear you apart, decrease your productivity and increase your stress. Identify the one powerful skill for resolving conflict, options for handling hostility and how to reduce frustration, intimidation and manipulation by those who demand, bully, complain or are passive-aggressive. This current, interactive, applicable, energetic program gives step-by-step tools and approaches to use when faced with the frustration, intimidation and manipulation from difficult people. You'll get confidence, professionalism and can-do competence.

"Where is Marcus Welby?" - The Future of Healthcare & Our Ailing Systems
Do you wonder what healthcare will be like in a decade? What will be the impact of technology and healthcare changes be on your future as a healthcare provider? You must be ready for an extensive shift in focus in the management of disease toward concentration on maximizing the length and quality of life. You'll literally be a space-age Marcus Welby – dealing with new fields such as genomics, bioinformatics and pharmacogenics. By examining the ten trends for the future of healthcare, you have tools to flourish while delivering quality attention and care. With the information in this program you explore your options and opportunities for teaching wellness and coordinating patients with their environment, technology and treatments.

"Tame the Stress in Your Life" - Stress Busting from the Trenches
Are you stressing over large assignments, increased responsibilities and deadlines? If you're worrying over red tape, a stalled career, job security or personal upheavals, strengthen yourself with the latest remedies for stress. Scientific literature says that one third of the people polled report an increase in stress since last year. Therefore, as many of one in three people in your organization are exhausted or traumatized and will likely experience stress-related symptoms. You can identify your hot buttons, recognize when you cross the line to damaging stress and learn how to reduce your own (and others) anxiety and stress. This program will actively identify your stress and equip you with ways to reduce your stressors and increase your immunity to the demands of stress.

"Raiders of the Lost Spark" - Invigorating & Inspiring the Overcommited & Overwhelmed
Do you feel like you're close to burnout and need to strike more balance in your life? Learn how to bounce back from personal disappointments, simplify and reevaluate your priorities. Based on research for the speaker's groundbreaking book, "Finding Love (Again!)," You'll get a supportive, practical plan for bringing new vitality into your life. Plus, you'll have fun and a renewed belief that you can get that "ol’ special feeling" back and your life can be extraordinary. This program provides men and women the secrets of discovering their spark, simplifying and bringing balance to their lives.

"Tame the New Workforce" - Who Are These People & What Do They Want?
Are you baffled by the new generation of workers in your industry? Can you ever hope to understand what they’re saying—let alone what they want—in order to make your organization work? Today’s workplace demands that staff combine knowledge of hard and soft technology along with a caring presence. You can attract and keep outstanding people who provide supervision, guidance, and encouragement, plus critical thinking and a genuine desire to deliver quality. Discover the needs and driving passions of the new workforce and learn to identify the critical issues for the next ten years. You get skills and approaches to understand, motivate and manage the modern organization with four distinct generations. In this program, you learn how to fulfill the needs of a youth-dominated workforce while influencing a cohesive group so that team members are effective and enjoying their jobs.

"Tame Men and Outrageous Women" - Productive Men and Women in the Workplace
Do you know the tangible and intangible toll that male-female miscommunication and conflict takes on your business? You will learn to eliminate the major gender communication differences, find out when the gender gap begins and widens, discover the toll that male versus female conflict takes on business and take the brain test, showing if you "male wired" or "female wired." This program increases the understanding and appreciation of the gender communication gap resulting in more harmony and productivity.

”Tame Your Health Risks - Be Heart Smart” - A Urgent Wakeup Call for Women
Did you know that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women? Unfortunately, most women don't know the truth. In fact, only 20 percent of women identify heart disease as the greatest health problem facing women today. It’s also true that heart disease is “ageless.” Whatever a woman’s age, she needs to take action now to protect her heart. This program will give cold facts and hot solutions about your heart health—plus give you plenty of laughs and choices about your wellbeing.

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