Speaking

Pat Samples will assist you with:

• Keynotes
• Workshops
• Retreats
• Teleseminars

…on timely, inspiring, practical topics

PEACE OF MIND FOR CAREGIVERS

“Comfort and Care for Caregivers”
“Helping Caregivers Set Limits and Ask for Help”
“Every Time Life Changes, Blow Bubbles”

BODY WISDOM AND CONSCIOUS AGING

“Discover the Secret Wisdom in Your Body in Midlife and Beyond”
“Dancing, Singing and Writing Your Life Story”
“Body Lessons for the Second Half of Life”
“Writing Your Own Permission Slip”
“Creativity Is Good for Your Health”

…and more, including custom-designed presentations for your specific needs

“Thank you so much for your wonderful and inspirational talk today. You made me think of so many ways that I can look for the good in the bad. I do try to do this but you made it look easier to look for it.” Mary Barlow

Hear interview with Pat Samples on Tavis Smiley Show

Praises from past sponsors

“Everyone found your presentation captivating and I’ve heard a great deal of positive feedback from the audience.”
– Ioana Andrei, Marketing and Admissions Director, Presbyterian Homes & Services

“Her presentation was deeply empathetic, regularly drawing instant signs of recognition from the audience as she repeatedly hit the nail on the head. She clearly has the ability to tap into the minds and hearts of caregivers, using her own personal experiences as a springboard. The response to her presentation was overwhelmingly positive.”
– Tim Readman, Acting Executive Director, Caregivers Association of British Columbia

“I felt your presentation was nicely balanced between helpful suggestions and helping people to tap their own inner strength…. You are a very gentle-spirited woman who has a heart for caregivers. This is evidenced by the feedback, but also by the degree of emotion that filled the room as people shared their stories.”
– Carol J. DeSchepper, Director of the Avera Parish Nurse Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

“We received excellent feedback from the participants who enjoyed your friendly facilitation style, your sense of humour, the real-life examples and the practical techniques that you provided them.”
– Barb Small, Family Caregivers Network Society, British Columbia

“Many attendees expressed their appreciation for your emphasis on self-care and its importance in staying healthy in high stress caregiving situations. The examples that you used and the guided imagery that you led were empowering, affirming, supportive, and well received.”
– Rev. John Hatgidakis, Chaplain, Fairview Multiple Sclerosis Achievement Center

“Seneca Area of Agency on Aging was very pleased with the two sessions that you presented at our annual Senior Forum….very educational and useful.”
– Connie Holland, Director, Seneca AAA, Ottumwa, Iowa

“We received such great feedback from the participants. They really felt you understood what they were going through and gave them very concrete things to do to help relieve their stress and ‘balance’ their daily lives.”
– Pam Pence, Arden Courts, Ft. Myers, FL

“Thank you so much for putting a great seminar together for us at CPMC (California Pacific Medical Center) in San Francisco last month. I received numerous raving reviews about your lecture (and your fantastic style). Your speech was lucid, delightful and enlightening and my group informed me that it would be great to invite you again for another seminar.”
–Martin Singer, CPMC Senior Services

Past Sponsors

Pat Samples has appeared as keynote speaker or workshop leader for the following organizations, among many others:

• Avera Parish Nurse Center - Sioux Falls, SD
• American Parkinson’s Disease Association, Des Moines, IA
• Statebridge Theatre — San Francisco
• Seneca Area Agency on Aging - Ottumwa, IA
• Family Caregiver Alliance - San Francisco
• Alzheimer’s Society of British Columbia
• Weld County Area Agency on Aging - Greeley, Colorado
• Minnesota Nursing Home Social Work Association
• Department of Human Services, Senior Affairs - Virgin Islands
• Region 9 Area Agency on Aging - Mankato, Minnesota
• Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
• Senior Resource Center - Pueblo, Colorado
• John Muir Medical Center - Concord, California
• Fairview Multiple Sclerosis Achievement Center - Minneapolis, Minnesota
• National Council on Aging/American Society on Aging Annual Conference
• Care Partners University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic - Minneapolis, Minnesota
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Minnesota
• University of Victoria (Canada)
• Auxiliary to the American Academy of Neurology
• ALS Association, Minnnesota Chapter
• Courage Center, Golden Valley, Minnesota
• The University of Minnesota Vascular Disease Center
• Vital Aging Summit (Vital Aging Network & other sponsors), Minneapolis
• Region 6 Area Agency on Aging, Staples, Minnesota
• The Heritage Agency, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• Struthers Parkinson’s Center (regional conference)
• Minnesota Department of Human Services
• Minnesota Board on Aging
• Minneapolis Area Senior Workers
• Catholic Charities, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Douglas County Public Health, Minnesota
• Douglas County Social Services, Minnesota
• The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Arrowhead Regional Development Commission, Minnesota
• Itasca County Human Services, Minnesota
• Third International Conference on Family Care - Washington, DC
• Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center, Duluth, Minnesota
• Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
• AARP - San Francisco
• Sojourn Adult Day Center, Minnesota
• Northwest Technical College, Crookston, Minnesota
• University of Minnesota, Crookston, Minnesota
• Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar, Minnesota
• Atwater Living at Home/Block Nurse Program, Atwater, Minnesota
• Mid-Minnesota Area Agency on Aging
• Kandiyohi County Community Health Services, Minnesota
• Presbyterian Homes, Minnesota