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Stress Mastery Program

Change is inevitable...how YOU react makes the difference! Learn about the FOUR types of stressors that impact you daily so that you can STRENGTHEN your emotional core, throw OVERWHELM to the curb, and THRIVE during difficult times. When stress hits the hot button you'll learn how invisible coping skills from childhood still show up and what to do about them.

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Gutsy Women Lead

Join thousands of women who have found their way OUT of overwhelm, self-doubt, and the imposter syndrome to be confident, calm, and creative (at least most of the time). The GUTSY WOMEN LEAD on-line education and coaching program shows you the best way to break barriers to long-term success. Acquire knowledge that can keep you STRONG and CENTERED as you make your mark on the world!

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Total Leadership Connections

Our award-winning program teaches the best skills to be assertive, not aggressive, communicate to captivate and negotiate without stress. Most importantly, you win your most crucial battle by clarifying how ingrained, outdated behavior patterns impact you today and how to transform them. Then you can live your best life personally and professionally.

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Joanne LaMarca

Network TV Producer

"Before reading this book, I wondered why no matter how content or happy I was, I always felt an underlying layer of anxiety. The invisible stress had followed me around like a shadow since childhood. Identifying it, then getting to the root of it to try and understand why I carried it around like two dumbbells on my shoulders and one in my stomach, has led me to lead a calmer and more peaceful life."

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Erin Agar

Director of Accounting Operations
Cord Blood Registry

The Total Leadership Connections Course (TLC) made an incredible impact on my life and leadership style. I lead a large group with a wide range of skills and personalities. I decided to have my entire team work together to read and discuss Dr. Lafair’s book, Don’t Bring It To Work. The changes people have made are profound. We have weathered the change to remote learning and now to hybrid model effectively because we have common tools for communicating and dealing with conflict.

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Karen McLaughlin

Executive VP HR Neil Corporation

"Having had the opportunity throughout my H.R. career to participate in many personal & professional programs, Sylvia’s work has been the most developmental by far.   As a result of working with Sylvia over the years and having learned a shared frame of reference with the rest of our Leadership Team, we are able to work through challenging situations that encourages more effective communication when conflicts arise " . 

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Barry Ginnetti

BS Marketing Consultant

"In my career as a senior executive in large companies and then as CEO of my own marketing company, I know how powerful it can be when teams have the proper knowledge about how relationships work, especially when you are stressed. If you, as the leader, do not know/understand the individuals on your team, even with highly competent and skilled people, success is likely to be less effective and efficient. This book is essential about handling stress and transforming the invisible stress that is the worst culprit. Every company can use it to keep staff mentally and physically healthy with high productivity. "

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Brenda Thompson

Executive Director
Gadsden, Schneider & Woodward LLP.

"We in human resources know that an essential part of this role is to assist in the well-being of the entire organization. In the legal profession, this is critical due to statistics regarding burnout and health issues. When lawyers learn about invisible stress, identifying and changing what is not working for them, the pressure can decrease quickly. This book is powerful and easy to read with excellent results.

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Andy Heppelle

Chief Magic Maker
Accelerating Sustainability, Capgemini

"I've experienced the magic that Dr. Sylvia Lafair unleashes in the people lucky enough to share her unique combination of heart, intelligence, humor, talent, and technique. In her new book, Sylvia unleashes new possibilities for readers to become aware of patterns in their lives and such practical, simple things to change them that the results might feel like some magic is involved. I learned from Sylvia that: Once we are aware of our patterns, what we often do, without giving it much thought, we can make better and lasting changes."

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Jess Todtfeld

Founder, Media Ambassadors

"In my work with those in media, stress is often in the red zone. This gem of a book and the accompanying online course gives a unique and very needed perspective of where stress develops and, more importantly, what to do about it. New ways to de-stress are vital for family, work, and community."

Frank Walsh

Founder, Deilen Development

"Engineers and other 'left brain' professionals want logical processes that produce predictable results. We aren't exactly well known for embracing the emotional side of things, so I wasn't sure how my clients would accept this whole brain process. It works! Learning to IDENTIFY and CHANGE the patterns that cause stress is life-changing, easy to understand, and easy to do."