Sharon's medical history of 19 years on dialysis and 15 years with a kidney transplant has been used as a backdrop in the work she does as a Certified Life Coach and Speaker. Her presentations are thought provoking, motivational and packed with tips to help improve the care you receive or deliver.

Keynote Speeches

Coaching Your Patients to Victory
Staying with a dialysis regimen is tough, but it can mean the difference between life and death. Medical professionals can play a huge role helping patients stay with this regimen and in helping them achieve success.

Sharon remembers so well the medical professionals who spent time with her and gave her hope. This presentation draws on her experience as a former kidney dialysis patient, social worker, and her current work as a life coach to teach medical professionals how to inspire their patients to follow their regimens. The presentation has personal stories and anecdotes and is delivered with a humorous, inspirational style.

This speech is ideal for a keynote presentation Target Audience: Health care professionals

Tips to Coach Yourself to Victory
Kidney patients, whether they are on dialysis or have a kidney transplant, can feel that life is too hard. They need to be inspired to remember that they can have a wonderful life in spite of adversity.  Sharon 's background as a life coach and 34 years with kidney disease makes her an ideal person to talk with patients and share ideas and insights that helped her. She wants patients to know that they are responsible for their health and, by taking charge, they empower themselves. She shares practical ideas from her coaching experience to help them set themselves up for success and even victory! The presentation has personal stories and anecdotes and is delivered with a humorous, inspirational style.

This speech is ideal for a keynote presentation
Target Audience: Patients and/or family members.


Promoting Patient Participation
Here you will learn strategies to improve patient communication and given ideas to help patients become more involved.  Patients need to have a vision for their future and their involvement can help them as well as others.

This speech is ideal for a keynote presentation or breakout session.
Target Audience: Health care professionals
Presentation Style: PowerPoint

Still Alive! And Loving Life
In this speech Sharon talks about some of her own experiences and gives awareness of the kidney patient's point of view.  She describes how you can support kidney patients being involved and taking action in their own lives. Sharon speaks to the value of the team that has helped keep her alive.

This speech is ideal for a keynote presentation or breakout session.
Target Audience: Medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies and representatives

Sharon makes the following speeches for the Renal Support Network's Patients Educating Patients & Professionals (PEPP) Program

Kidney Survivor: Lessons Learned from Experience
Living with CKD has all the elements of a really good game…it’s challenging, requires team effort, calls for strategy, and, at times, can be amusing. The truth is, however, we know surviving CKD is not a game. So what does it take to be a survivor? Patient Speakers will share their experience, strength and hope.  Target Audience: professionals, patients & family members.

Make Yourself a Perfect 10! Ten Tips for Living a Better Life on DialysisPatients will learn 10 tips for better living while on dialysis. Patients will share words of wisdom as well as solid advice to understand some of the critical issues that you need to understand to score a big number.  Target Audience: patients & family members.

  
Your Achy Breaky Heart: What you need to know about secondary hyperparathyroidism
This presentation is a mix of medical facts and advice for the patient on how to help prevent or control secondary HPT, sprinkled with the patient-speaker's personal experiences. The audience will come away feeling empowered and hopeful despite the complexities of this condition--which are explained in uncommonly clear-cut terms. They will be provided with suggestions on how best to work with their healthcare team to prevent/control the comorbidities of secondary HPT. Target Audience: patients & family members

Taking Charge and Adding Life to Your Years
Living long and well with CKD is dependent upon maintaining good outcomes. This presentation looks at what the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) has revealed regarding nutrition, mineral metabolism, anemia management, vascular access, depression, and use of multivitamins and statins. This information will give patients the knowledge they need to take charge of their health.
Target Audience: patients & family members

Promoting Patient Participation in the Dialysis Setting
This presentation provides insight on how healthcare professionals can encourage patients to become actively involved in their treatment plan. It emphasizes strategies and suggestions that healthcare professionals can use to assist patients in reaching their full potential, interspersed with personal success stories of the patient-speaker.
Target Audience: healthcare professionals

Empowering Patients to be Their Own Advocate
Dealing with a chronic disease requires patients to acquire skills in self-advocacy. In this presentation, healthcare professionals will learn ways to support and encourage patients who want to be more involved in their own care. As these patients are motivated by their own successes, they will be a catalyst to inspire fellow patients.
Target Audience: healthcare professionals