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Karen Eddington is a 20 year resilience researcher, keynote speaker, and author, who teaches you connection skills based on her research in The Under Pressure Project. Featured on ESPN for helping student athletes develop leadership skills, founder of a non-profit Outreach program in Utah, and neighborhood chalk artist, Karen teaches the importance of community at conferences across the country.
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Lessons Learned from the Under Pressure Project
Fuel up! Rally around community as we talk about what it means to be strong under pressure. Find out what patterns researcher, Karen Eddington noted while interviewing people across the country about stress. Explore how we can uphold excellence while making people feel seen, genuinely cared for, and resilient.
Explore Stress Surfing and be able to recall a series of “life waves.” For example an IMPACT WAVE, explain why morale can go up after something like a natural disaster and what to do when it dips.
Get the S.O.S. Method to stress helping you understand when you are being pushed too far and when you are not being enough.
Learn how to rest and repair when you are tired.
Discover how laughter, community, and creativity can be part of your tool kit to navigate stress.
An alternate title for this program is “Stress Surfing: Get Skills to Ride the Wave.
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Disconnection is keeping people away. Learn interaction building solutions based on Karen’s research in The Under Pressure Project. Have an opportunity to cheer each other on as we learn to live and do business in a time of isolation. The effort to connect is worth it. Get skill sets and an invitation to:
ASK. Improve our communication skills.
REPAIR. Restore relationships. Learn the Repair Framework.
TRUST. Build confidence in interaction. There’s a reason we keep people at arm’s length. Explore what you need in place to interact with more trust.
An alternate title for this program is Inconvenient Community.
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Have you ever felt like there is a lot on your plate, and you didn’t order any of it? With levity and understanding explore the invisible burdens of your role. Get resilience tools, capacity conversations, and self-care skills to improve your quality of life. Learn reasons we don’t ask for help and explore how laughter, community, and creativity help. Feel seen and supported so you can carry the weight of your work.
Can your shoes give you courage? Hear the story of the 7th grade teacher that inspired a student to start a courage shoe business called, “Brave and Creative” that had a ripple effect for good across the country. Get 3 take home skills that you can use from brightly colored shoes designed to make you brave. Learn from the lead researcher in The Under Pressure Project, who also happened to be the official post office chauffeur for this youth entrepreneur experience.
APPLY THE COURAGE SHOE EFFECT: Hope multiplies when one brave person steps into their idea.
OWNERSHIP MATTERS: People support what they help create. Hear how others contributed to the courage shoe business, and what YOU can do in your role.
D.I.P. THROUGH DIFFICULT: You’ll be able to recall how to Distress Isn’t Personal. They’re not giving you a hard time, they’re having a hard time.
An alternate title used for this program is “The Courage Shoe Effect: Lessons from a young entrepreneur.
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