Stress-to-success guru Jordan Friedman unleashes an arsenal of strategies for surviving and thriving on today’s battlefield of changing work realities, financial insecurity, challenging relationships and competing work-life responsibilities.

Using audience situations and stressors as examples, Jordan rolls out and test fires Quick Calm, The Mod Squad and more stress busting tactics to fortify problem solving, change management, team building and the creative process. This program will also teach attendees how to best prepare for and prevent stress to advance professional goals, academic achievement and optimal health.

Jordan’s unique and inspiring story, immediately applicable take-away techniques and those wildly popular stress monitors, make this program a winner for stressed and success-focused audiences.

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"Jordan Friedman’s Stress Coach techniques are easy to follow and have immediately observable, positive results. His presentations to fellow health professionals are informative and inspiring; they encouraged and enabled us to incorporate simple, effective health promotion principles into our busy clinical practice."

Weapons of Stress Reduction

Speaking Without Freaking

“How do I remember what I’m supposed to say?” “Everyone’s just sitting there staring at me!” “What if I don’t know the answer to a question?”

Public speaking is still feared more than death by most, yet composed and compelling presentations are key to personal, professional and product success ... and they provide an unparalleled competitive advantage. That’s why Speaking Without Freaking provides attendees sure-fire ways to give their audiences what they want, boost speaking confidence and reduce performance anxiety--the three vital ingredients for presentation power.

Based on speakers’ biggest stressors, here are just some of the strategies you and your colleagues will learn:

1. •Drug-free formulas for remaining calm, authoritative and persuasive
   

2. •How to fake eye contact
   

3. •Best bets for maximizing audience interest
   

4. •Tricks for succeeding without speaking and reading
   

5. •Effective answers for every question the audience might pose
   

And because everything is public speaking--from walking into a room or leading a meeting, to interviewing for a job or constantly Tweeting--Jordan speaks volumes about strategies for communications far beyond traditional talks.

Small Talk, Big Deal (a.k.a. The Schmooze Cruise)

Small talk is a big deal because deals, introductions, decisions and dates are made at parties, in lobbies, on line, and even in restrooms. But the prospect of introducing oneself to a total stranger, or attempting to land an interview at the buffet table is enough to make even the most extroverted run for the exit. That’s why The Schmooze Cruise trains participants to use their 15 seconds of face time to stand out and impress with minimal anxiety.  This unique program serves up skills for setting stealth-conversation goals, calmly navigating the room to reach those objectives, and enjoying the hors d’oeuvres without nervously spitting them on other guests.

If one-to-one business and social communication is important to your colleagues or students, then take them on Jordan Friedman’s Schmooze Cruise, one of the most engaging and entertaining professional development programs on land or sea.

Teach Your Patients/Clients/Students Well

If you and your colleagues are medical care providers, counselors, teachers, coaches or other helping professionals, and you want to teach your patients, clients or students simple stress reduction and relaxation techniques to complement other treatment and education that you provide them, this training is just what the doctor, nurse and therapist ordered. Patients and clients can benefit from knowing and using breathing, muscular relaxation, imagery and other techniques between treatments to prevent anxiety and panic episodes, reduce angry and aggressive behavior, restore concentration, improve sleep quality, and reduce headaches, muscle tension, digestive irregularities and other stress-driven symptoms. Jordan Friedman’s extensive stress-reduction training work with healthcare providers and their patients is a powerful healing remedy for both groups.

Jordan Friedman’s keynotes and training sessions provide stress-reducing and success-boosting strategies to support distinct goals, responsibilities and groups. All of Jordan’s presentations are active and entertaining, with free access to web tools that reinforce content presented during live sessions.

Everyone at Jordan’s programs gets one of his dot calm stick-on stress monitors (left) to track their stress level during and long after the presentation. 

This cool crowd-pleaser is like a day at the beach or spa. It calms and transports participants with breathing, guided imagery, meditation and self-muscular relaxation techniques that produce the same deep states of tranquility as an ocean breeze or soothing massage. These classic relaxation exercises reduce blood pressure, body tension and unhealthy cravings while boosting energy, concentration and the ability to fall asleep faster. The benefits of these techniques are immediate, and investing just a few hours to learn them can yield a lifetime of payoffs for personal health and professional endeavors.

Let’s Slip Into Something More Comfortable

“Jordan led a group of strangers in a collaborative process that taught us not just how to make small talk easier, but how to make it productive.  Skills that I walked away with ranged from escaping a conversation graciously to gracefully getting business cards from movers and shakers.  I recommend this experience for anyone who realizes that who you know does matter.”

"Ever since Hurricane Katrina, our staff has been asking us to bring Jordan back.  We're now using the stress management and team building strategies he presented a few months before the storm to help us deal with our losses and daily frustrations of living and working in a disaster area."

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jordan friedman, mph  

stress management speaker, author & expert

Stressbusters: The Workshop

Taken from Jordan Friedman’s national Stressbusters training program now at Harvard, St. John’s, the University of Missouri and other schools, this uniquely fun and interactive session teaches participants the most popular Stressbusters seated backrub techniques. Attendees learn and practice Bladerunner, Evergreen Tree and The Texting Treatment along with communication essentials for healthy touch. Touch is increasingly linked to decreases in stress hormones and increased feelings of trust, making Stressbusters: The Workshop a super relaxing skill-builder that also strengthens teams and communities.