My name is Dr. Scott Sheperd.  I am a speaker, an author, and a coach. See a speaking excerpt here and a list of presentations here.   Check out my stress products (and others).

Why hire me as a speaker??

First of all,my message is appropriate to any group. We are all dealing with issues around stress. I don’t pretend to be an expert accountant, engineer, truck driver, nurse or teacher. My expertise is in helping people not go crazy with stress when everything else seems to be crazy. I can obviously tweak my presentation to be more appropriate to a specific group, but the message is still basically the same, and the people love it. It resonates with them.

Second, I come to the table with powerful stress related experiences as well as academic credentials. I have worked with people in incredibly high pressure jobs - military, police, fire, medical, education, corporate. I have worked with people who were seriously ill and some were dying. I have worked with people who have experienced powerful losses through death, divorce, illness, injury, and career related.

Third, my approach to dealing with stress and tough situations in general is different than the typical approaches that focus on silly paper and pencil stress tests.I in fact reject the overused concept of managing stress. Instead, I believe, promote and support the idea that stress doesn’t exist outside of ourselves. Only situations exist out there. It’s what we do with those situations and in fact how we look at life in general that creates our internal stress. I give people alternate ways of looking at things. I developed this approach through all those years of experience I mentioned above. 

Fourth, I am an entertaining speaker. I am funny (though I don’t do jokes) but I also bring meat to the table. I can touch people’s hearts with some of my stories. There is substance that the audience can use.

Finally, I not only have a PhD in Counseling, I am a jazz and classical pianist. I bring my heart as well as my head to my profession. My best compliment from my audiences is that I am not slick but rather down to earth and real. I don’t try to save or convert anyone. I’m here to throw out a few ideas that people might find useful. They can take them or leave them. It’s their lives.