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This fearless, eye-opening speech will challenge, move and inspire anyone who deals with mental illness in the workplace. Rona shows how work awakened her fun-loving side and taught her the meaning of teamwork. You’ll also learn the three things she’d do differently if she could revisit her experience with mental illness on her staff. You’ll leave with a fresh perspective on one of the most urgent issues in human resources today.
This inspiring, entertaining, laugh-filled speech will use vivid real-life examples to connect everyone in your group with their own inner wellspring. Drawing on rich experience with frantic schedules and conflicting demands from home and work, Rona will show you how to stay calm and focused when everyone wants a piece of you.
Drawing on her own journey from underachieving sad sack to dynamic motivator and role model for millions of Chatelaine readers, Rona shows how to listen to the wise voice within, which cuts through de-motivating workaday static, so that others will listen to you. Rona’s stories will connect you with the passion, commitment and distinctive gifts that make up your personal leadership toolbox.
From Wanting to Die to Loving My Life: How I Beat Depression
Rona Maynard didn’t take her own life because she knew that her family would miss her. But she still had to make a life worth living. The first step was admitting that she needed help. Learn why she’s not ashamed to have a history of mental illness and how we can work together to ensure that diseases of the mind get the same respect as diseases of the body.
Rona Maynard didn’t take her own life because she knew that her family would miss her. But she still had to make a life worth living. The first step was admitting that she needed help. Learn why she’s not ashamed to have a history of mental illness and how we can work together to ensure that diseases of the mind get the same respect as diseases of the body.
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