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Some of Brendan’s Presentations…
Praying
for Prodigals
Is someone in your life headed for trouble and you’re not sure how to help? Brendan gives practical
strategies for handling your fears and frustrations as well as for interceding. Brendan will equip you for the prodigal journey,
including reconciliation. Prayer is the most powerful weapon. She shows your group how to trust a sovereign God when your
important relationships need repair.
CIA: Communicating Intentionally with Adolescents
How often
does your teen yank your chain? More often than you’d like? Then learn new ways to respond without getting hooked into a power
struggle and teach your teen better communication skills in the process. Brendan has worked with teens in her psychology practice
for more than twenty years and raised four of her own. From that wealth of experience she has discover valuable techniques
to redirect conflict and keep parents and teens on the same team. She will teach parents and teens to communicate more intentionally
using intentional dialogue, frustration restructuring, and personality assessment.
Self-Esteem: Did Jesus Really
Say to Love Myself?
Too often Christians believe that self-sacrifice means self-deprecation. Jesus respected
himself at all times. Brendan explains the difference between true self-esteem and false or inflated attitudes toward self.
In a humorous look at how we can deal with our flaws, Brendan takes listeners to new depths of facing their deficits and letting
god work them out. She frees us from the old self and shows how to live like a new creation.
Outrageous Optimism:
the Key to Joyful Living at Any Age
Optimists live longer and achieve more success than pessimists. Brendan combines
medical/psychological research with personal stories of victory over depression and worry as she demonstrates ways to live
optimistically. Everyone attending will leave uplifted and encouraged to approach the challenges in their lives with outrageous
optimism.
Marriage ICU: 7 Tips to Save Your Marriage
Years of counseling couples who waited too long
to get help led Brendan to develop a 7-point intensive repair kit designed to resuscitate marriages on the brink of divorce.
These tips offer good advice for all couples. Brendan will present the 7 tips, then demonstrate them with a volunteer couple.
Depending on time allowed, she will have couples practice at least two of the tips in the session and send them home with
handouts for implementing the rest.
Oxygen for the Spirit: Breathing Hope into a Tired Life
Depressed?
Worn out? This seminar is for you. Brendan compares depression to emphysema of the spirit. Her plan for clearing the airways
emotionally and connecting to life-giving resources can bring anyone into a more energized life. She takes listeners through
physical, emotional, and spiritual exercises to improve their sense of well being. Recognizing defeating patterns and inviting
the Lord to reverse the damage can free people who feel hopeless or burned-out. The pure oxygen of God’s Word is the basis
for transforming the spirit. Attendees will leave rejuvenated from the inside out.
Grief: The Journey You Didn’t
Want to Take
Going beyond conventional knowledge about the grief process, Brendan ask the audience poignant questions
to identify where each one is on their grief journey. Privately and individually, she invites participants to look inside
themselves and figure out what they have lost, what they have left, and what is next in their lives. With stories of people
who have navigated difficult grief, Brendan shows participants how to move forward. She offers Biblical principles for each
phase of the journey.
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