EMOTIONAL
LABOR
Unseen and Unspoken: Disrupting the Narrative of Household Management
10 Learning Outcomes
- Understand the Concept of Emotional Labor: Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of what emotional labor entails, including its historical context and modern implications.
- Recognize Diverse Household Structures: Audience members will understand the work of emotional labor through a variety of household configurations, including single-parent families and non-traditional living arrangements.
- Regard the Impact of Historical Narratives on Modern Expectations: The audience will learn about the historical context of “women’s work” and how the intergenerational nature of these narratives continue to influence modern household dynamics.
- Manage the Mental Load of Emotional Labor: Participants will gain insights into the invisible cognitive work involved in household management and strategies to manage this mental load effectively.
- Consider Executive Function Skills in Household Management: Participants will recognize that the skills required for effective household management are similar to those needed in professional settings, such as planning, processing, and prioritizing.
- Change the Narrative of so-called women’s work: The audience will learn key components to changing how we comprehend the roles and responsibilities of everyone in the household.
- Identify and Addressing the Challenges toward Change: Audience members will learn to recognize tendencies toward control, and the concept weaponized incompetence, and how addressing will minimize the impact on household management.
- Develop the Practice of Radical Delegation: Participants will learn the concept of radical delegation – and its usefulness in creating a division of labor in household management.
- Plan for the Emotional Labor Lifecycle: Participants will develop skills to anticipate and prepare for future household and family needs, ensuring a proactive approach to managing emotional labor.
- Acquire Strategies for Gender Equality in the Workplace: When participants recognize the substance of gender equality at home; they can apply new skills to workplace environment.
TIME MANAGEMENT
Clear Space, Clear Mind: Unpacking the Burden of Clutter
10 Learning Outcomes
- Acknowledge the Emotional and Physical Impact of Clutter: Comprehend how clutter can emotionally and physically burden individuals, affecting their well-being.
- Differentiate Your Needs, Wants, and Values: Learn to identify the differences between needs, wants, and values, and how these distinctions can help in decluttering.
- Understand the Role of Your Brain’s Executive Functions: The audience will learn how and why we can cognitively control our environment, and how weakness in these skills can lead to a poor relationship with time, emotions, and our stuff.
- Strategies for Resolving Excessive Clutter: Analyze various strategies for helping clients address and resolve their issues with having too much stuff.
- Psychic Debris and Negative Thinking: Understand the concept of psychic debris and how negative thinking can impede personal growth and clutter management.
- Origins of Clutter and Psychic Debris: Explore the sources of physical clutter and psychic debris, including environmental, childhood influences, and self-perception.
- Identify When Possessions Become Clutter: Learn to recognize when possessions have become clutter due to being homeless, no longer useful, or broken.
- Implement SMART Goals for Decluttering: Apply the principles of SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Result-Oriented, Time-Related) goals to the process of decluttering.
- The Role of Positive Affirmations: Understand the importance and practice of positive affirmations in maintaining a clear mind and organized space.
- Long-term Maintenance of Clutter-free Environments: Develop techniques for maintaining clutter-free environments, including mind mapping, acting immediately, informing others, nurturing oneself, and investing in support systems.
CLUTTER
A Clear Path: My Journey into Junk
10 Learning Outcomes
- Understand the Link Between Clutter and Mental Health: Comprehend how physical clutter can reflect and affect mental well-being, and the importance of addressing both for overall health.
- Role of Professional Organizers: Gain insights into the responsibilities and impact of professional organizers in helping clients manage their spaces and mental states.
- Entrepreneurial Skills in Niche Markets: Learn the basics of starting and growing a business in a specialized field, including marketing, networking, and client relations.
- Emotional and Psychological Aspects of Clutter: Explore the emotional connections people have with their possessions and the challenges they face in letting go.
- Adaptability in Career Paths: Understand the importance of adaptability and resilience when transitioning from an academic or traditional career to an entrepreneurial venture.
- Practical Organizing Techniques: Learn practical tips and strategies for organizing spaces, especially for clients with severe clutter or hoarding tendencies.
- Professional Growth and Credential Utilization: Recognize the value of leveraging academic credentials and continuous learning in new professional contexts.
- Client Management and Communication: Develop skills in effectively communicating with and managing clients, particularly those with specific psychological or emotional needs related to clutter.
- Balancing Professional and Personal Identities: Reflect on how personal experiences and background can influence and enhance professional practices and relationships.
- Impact of Physical Environment on Productivity: Understand how a well-organized physical environment can enhance productivity and quality of life for individuals.
All Topics
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Sample Topics & Areas Of Expertise
Emotional Labor: Why a Woman’s Work Is Never Done and What To Do About It
Regina examines women’s relationship to emotional labor throughout history (including the COVID-19 era) and provides actionable steps to change the narrative.
Living Fearlessly: Conceive, Believe, Achieve
Regina offers a new way for you to look at your life and the things you do with curiosity and compassion.