Stephanie Marston is a dynamic motivational speaker, best-selling author and Work/Life Balance Expert. She is dedicated to providing people with the tools that reduce stress, balance work and family and make time for what truly matters.

She is the author of Chicken Soup for the Soul's Life Lessons for Women: 7 Essential Ingredients for a Balanced Life and If Not Now, When? Reclaiming Ourselves at Midlife.

Stephanie works with people to improve the quality of their lives, work and relationships. She is one of the most sought-after experts in the country. Stephanie has conducted national and international seminars for more than 50,000 employees, corporate executives and women. Fortune 500 companies, global corporations, women's and health-care organizations and professional associations have sought her expertise to help them reduce stress, increase productivity and create a culture of satisfaction for their employees.

Stephanie is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 25 years' experience in the fields of work/life balance and women's issues.

Stephanie delivers programs to corporations, professional conferences, healthcare and women's organizations, associations and the general public.

• 30 Days to Sanity: Strategies to Reduce Stress, Increase Productivity and Live a Meaning-Driven Life - The insidious drain that stress causes on well-being and effectiveness suggests that teaching employees how to reduce stress and balance their work and personal lives has a direct affect on productivity. This program will not only increase the energy, enthusiasm, stamina and creativity of your employees, it will also promote a culture of satisfaction--an essential program for companies looking to retain their best and brightest.
  
  
• Chicken Soup for the Soul's Life Lessons for Women - Whether you're a stay-at-home mom managing a household, a career woman balancing work and family, a single mom who is trying to fill in all the gaps, or a woman who is simply tired of feeling like she's living an overloaded existence, this program will provide you with the practical tools to make time for what truly matters--and find balance and fulfillment in your complicated, stressful life.
  
  
• The Power of Recognition: Create a Culture of Retention, Increased Morale and Productivity - You get the best efforts from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by lighting a fire within them. Research proves that the most successful managers are the ones that provide their employees with frequent and effective recognition. Your company will experience greater business results when managers offer constructive praise and meaningful rewards in ways that powerfully motivate employees to excel.
  
  
• The Multigenerational Workforce: How to Overcome Differences, Build Rapport, And Communicate Effectively - The 4-Generation Workplace is Here to Stay...This new multi-generation workplace is a complex and dynamic organism that requires flexibility and skill from everyone, especially from managers. Many organizations are sensitive to issues of diversity in race, culture and gender and have developed policies and programs to protect and promote diversity. To some extent, generational diversity has yet to be addressed. And yet in order to recruit and retain the best and the brightest this issue must be attended to.
  
  
• If Not Now, When? : Reclaiming Ourselves at Midlife - Midlife is a wake-up call that requires that we pay attention to where we stand in our lives. It is a time of intense reevaluation. Yet it is also a time of immense opportunity. It is a time from which every woman can emerge a new person.
  
  
• Life Lessons for Busy People - Today, in our face-paced culture, there's a greater need to reconnect with what's most meaningful to us and achieve greater productivity and success while balancing the competing demands in our complicated, stressful lives.