you shine the brightest when you lighten up

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1 c dia ome n or auth spea ker you shine the brightest when you lighten up susan@susanstewart.ca

2 Comedian/author/speaker, Susan Stewart, has spent the past ten years delivering programs that help people meet adversity with a positive outlook, and of course, a sense of humour. A mixture of stand-up comedy and inspiration, Susan s programs entertain and empower people to live and work with more ease. Susan is also the author of three books: Reaching The Laugh Resort: Why The Journey To Remembering Who You (Really) Are Is Worth The Jet Lag, Your New Lenses Are Ready For Pick Up: A Guide To Seeing The Lighter Side Of Life, and You Gotta Laugh: Wit And Wisdom About Not Taking Life (Or Yourself) Too Seriously. Professionally speaking, Susan has taken a winding road. After earning a Theatre Arts degree from the University of Waterloo, Susan moved to Toronto to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. Five years into her comedy career, Susan decided to leave the biz and get a real job which led her to working in a Human Resources department in the Ontario Government. A year into her career as an Organizational Learning and Development Consultant, Susan was asked to create and deliver a comical presentation about wellness for an upcoming staff professional development conference. Susan s presentation was a smash-hit and as they say, the rest is history. Susan eventually left her HR career to return to the stage full-time and use her comedic powers for good, rather than evil. Susan adds lots of laughter to events as she shares how and why to see the lighter side of the challenges that we face both at work and in life. To inquire about booking Susan: info@susanstewart.ca Susan writes with such honesty, vulnerability and humility I think everyone can relate to her journey in some way. Her common sense, pointing out the truth and her passion for laughter makes this a must read for any one who is on their journey to becoming the personthey were born to be. Anita Vandeneykel

3 Susan s Programs YOU GOTTA LAUGH: Healing Stress With Humour Of course, you don t gotta laugh, it s just that you can it s always an option that s the freedom of choice you were born with you are always free to choose how you want to interpret and respond to your circumstances! In this entertaining hour, Susan will encourage and empower your group to not take things too seriously and share some ways to see the lighter side of life. a first class presenter who made us all laugh our heads off while allowing us to learn how not to take ourselves too seriously. Susan is the perfect package! Mena Kelly, Ottawa Catholic School YOU CAN T BE SERIOUS! Why Science Wants Us To Lighten Up This interactive presentation is based on the scientific research that has proven that 75% of our professional success is determined by our interest in feeling good and our ability to be resilient in the face of adversity. In her comedic style, Susan reveals how having a relaxed, positive mindset fuels performance and productivity. Your group will learn the truth about the relationship between happiness and success, the biological advantages of a positive brain, what truly makes us happy, and three simple ways to put the powers of a positive mindset to work. Susan was fabulous, funny, entertaining and sincere in her delivery. I would highly, highly recommend her. She rocked the house!!!! Sandra Tisiot, Women In Business Conference REACHING THE LAUGH RESORT: A Comedian s Journey To Finally Lightening Up (And Taming The Heckler In Her Head) Susan shares how fear and self-doubt lead her to once quit stand-up comedy and how she discovered the healing powers of being present, trusting the process, and not taking life (or herself) too seriously. In the humourous style she is best known for, Susan reveals ways we can change our mind to reclaim our joyful true nature and live (and work) with more ease. Susan kept our attention with important key messages, humour, and energized the entire room! Donalda McCabe, City of Toronto

4 Susan s Programs YOUR NEW LENSES ARE READY FOR PICK UP: Seeing Changes And Challenges In A New Light This program is a lighthearted reminder that there is always more than one way of seeing things and shares ways to view (and interpret) circumstances that create resiliency in the face of adversity. It s not often that a speaker engages her audience as Susan did and left them wanting more. There were many laughs and ah-ha moments. Our audience left our event relaxed and better prepared to manage challenges, as a result. Diana Zanin, DBM Canada YOUR NEW LENSES ARE READY FOR PICK UP: Seeing Change In A New Light In this lighthearted presentation, Susan shares a dramatic change that occurred in her career that reveals our common sources of struggle and powerful truths about change. Based on lessons she learned the hard way, Susan will offer your group three ways to see change that can help them be resilient in the face of uncertainty. Our employees absolutely LOVED Susan. Everyone in the audience was able to relate on some level to Susan s message. Her presentation was both uplifting and funny. Carrie Froehler, Portage College THE LAST LAUGH This program is 100% pure PG-rated corporate-friendly stand-up comedy! Susan will send your group off energized, uplifted, and seeing the lighter side of life! Susan s upbeat, laughter-filled presentation ended the conference on a high note Lina Di Carlo, Occupational Health Nurses Susan s programs offer the art and practice of seeing the lighter side of life. The art is a mixture of optimism, clarity, and cozying up to uncertainty. The practice is carefully selecting the lenses through which you view your circumstances. All in the name of self-care. All in the name of working and living with more ease. All in the name of making a positive impact on the lives of others. You shine the brightest when you lighten up.

5 Susan s Clients Susan has entertained and inspired audiences all around North America in cities such as Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Regina, Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, Saint John, Buffalo, Orlando, and San Francisco. Susan is based in Toronto, but is quite willing to travel to anywhere that has a microphone. Private Enterprise Agilec Air Liquide Canada Aird & Berlis Barristers & Solicitors Apple (Yorkdale Store, Toronto) BMO Financial Group Canadian National Exhibition Canadian Tire Chartwell Retirement Residences Dana Corporation Dupont Dyson Canada Enbridge Gas Gs1 Canada Home Depot Home Hardware Intact Insurance Lakeside Process Controls Ltd. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation Linde Canada Ltd. MD Financial Management Mercer Canada Mosaic Sales Solutions Myron Smarter Business Gifts Nav Canada Novartis Consumer Health Inc. Rogers Communications Inc. (Enterprise Business Unit) SEIU Healthcare Syncrude Trillium Mutual Insurance Company Unifund Assurance Union Gas Walsh & Associates Colleges/Universities Algonquin College Brock University Canadian Institute Of Chartered Accountants Centennial College College Of Early Childhood Educators Community Hebrew Academy Of Toronto Fanshawe College McMaster University Mohawk College Mount Saint Vincent University Niagara College Portage College Richard Ivey School Of Business Saskatchewan Polytechnic School Of Nursing Seneca College University Of Toronto s/groups Activity Professionals Of Ontario of Accrediting Agencies of Canada Of Canadian Community Colleges Of Canadian Financial Officers Of Municipal Emergency Medical Services Of Ontario Of Municipal Emergency Medical Services Of Ontario Of Records Managers & Administrators Of Women s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses Best Friends Of Big Brothers & Big Sisters Canadian Of Nephrology Nurses & Technologists Canadian Employee Relocation Council Canadian Healthcare Business Development Network Canadian Gerontological Nursing Canadian Independent Adjusters Canadian Mental Health Canadian Pay & Benefits Institute Canadian Society Of Executives Court Reporters Of Ontario Education Safety Of Ontario Fraser Valley Real Estate Human Resources Professionals Of Ontario s/groups (cont) Industrial Accident Prevention International Of Administrative Professional Law Society Of Upper Canada Lymphoma Canada Mompreneurs Municipal Benchmarking Network Canada Ontario Of Food Banks Ontario Of Youth Employment Centres Ontario Of School Officials Ontario CAPC/CPNP Coalition Ontario Community Support Ontario Co-operative Education Ontario Hospital Ontario Lung Ontario Municipal Health & Safety Reps Ontario Municipal Social Services Ontario Mutual Insurance Ontario Occupational Health Nurses Ontario Teachers Federation Probation Officers Of Ontario Professional Convention Management Registered Nurses Of Ontario Retired Teachers Of Ontario District 14 Rural Municipal Administrators Schedule 2 Employers Group Toronto School Administrators

6 Susan s Clients Western Canada Roadbuilders YWCA Leadership Summit For Women Zonta International Health Services Alzheimer Society Of Peel Region Bellwood Health Services Bruyere Continuing Care Community Nursing Registry Of Ottawa Durham Region Public Health Elgin St. Thomas Public Health Friends Of Hospice Ottawa Halton Healthcare Services Hamilton Health Sciences Hamilton Family Health Team Hamilton Public Health Manitoba Nurses Union Middlesex-London Health Unit Mt. Sinai Hospital Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Ottawa Public Health Peel Public Health Unit Public Health Agency Of Canada Region Of Waterloo Public Health Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit Sudbury & District Health Unit The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre Governments & Government Agencies Brantford-Brant Chamber Of Commerce Canada Revenue Agency Canadian Forces Base Borden City Of Barrie spea or h t u n a edia m o c ker City Of Hamilton City Of Kawartha Lakes City Of Toronto County Of Dufferin District Municipality Of Muskoka Greater City Of Sudbury Halton Region Health Canada Ontario Public Service (Various Ministries) Peterborough & The Kawarthas Tourism Region Of Durham Region Of Waterloo Regional Municipality of Halton Regional Municipality Of York Revenue Canada Township Of Scugog Social Services Bridges Community Health Centre Community Living London Community Living Windsor Community Network Of Childcare Programs Erinoakkids Family & Children s Services Niagara Family & Children s Services St. Thomas & Elgin Family Transition Place Family Youth & Child Services Of Muskoka Kawartha Child Services Literacy Council Of York-simcoe Oxford County Victim Assistance Centre Peel Children s Services United Way Of Oxford County The Best Start Network (Durham Region) Toronto Pre-school Speech & Language Services Waterloo-Wellington Community Care Access Centres Windsor Regional Children s Centre Women s Crisis Services Of Waterloo Region School s Eastern Ontario Staff Development Network Grand Erie District School Durham District School Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Greater Essex County District School Hastings & Prince Edward County School Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Limestone District School Niagara Catholic District School Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Ottawa-Carleton District School Peel District School Porcupine Health Unit Rainbow District School Simcoe District School Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Sudbury Catholic District School Thames Valley District School Waterloo Catholic District School Windsor Essex Catholic District School susan@susanstewart.ca