Mary LoVerde

Biography

Mary LoVerde believes life is a balancing act. Her passion is finding creative ways to live a joyful and successful life. She has delighted audiences from Bangkok to Biloxi with her step-by-step strategies for a more balanced life. Embraced by both men and women alike, her diverse client list spans from the Mayo Clinic to the American Trucking Association.

She is the author of three best selling books: Touching Tomorrow, I Used to Have a Handle on Life but It Broke and Stop Screaming at the Microwave. She has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, a 20/20 special on women and stress and four times on the Oprah Winfrey Show. She is a contributor to the best selling books Chocolate for a Woman's Soul, Chocolate for a Woman's Heart and Young for Your Life: The Best Anti-aging Secrets for Women. Mary has touched millions through her articles in prominent magazines from the Wall Street Journal to Family Circle.

Mary served on the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine for fifteen years as the director of the Hypertension Research Center.

She proudly serves as the national spokesperson for Camp to Belong, which reunites brothers and sisters placed in different foster homes for events of fun and empowerment.
Mary is the mother of three children. She happily resides with her family in their living laboratory in Aurora, Colorado.

Publications

Then don't! Most women think that the only way to manage the mounting chaos in their lives is to take control and organize, organize, organize. No wonder we have overwhelming to-do lists that leave us feeling exhausted and powerless! But in I Used to Have a Handle on Life but It Broke, Mary LoVerde has a better idea.

Showing us that the opposite of control is not chaos but contentment, LoVerde demonstrates how to counter the natural urge to assume responsibility for everything. In place of frustrating and futile controlling strategies, she gives readers straightforward techniques for maintaining their energy and keeping their balance no matter what life throws their way. Recognizing that we often confuse control with power, LoVerde delineates six solutions that will help women change from striving for control to thriving with true power:


1. Pose good questions
2. Pay attention
3. Predict your Achilles' heel
4. Partner with women
5. Pause before judging
6. Position yourself


With her trademark sense of humor and the compassionate voice that has earned her such a strong national following, Mary LoVerde shows us that the result of letting go is not a black hole of dirty laundry and unpaid bills, but a life that is light, free, and joyful.

Titles

I Used to Have a Handle on Life but It Broke
Working 24/7 and still can't get it all done? Most of us feel that the only way to manage the mounting chaos in our lives is to take control. If only we could get a handle on life! No wonder we have overwhelming to-do lists that leave us feeling exhausted and powerless. In this heartwarming and funny program you'll learn straightforward, innovative techniques for keeping your balance no matter what life throws your way.

Stop Screaming at the Microwave!: How to Connect Your Disconnected Life
You've organized, prioritized, delegated and simplified, and you still don't have enough time for your family, your spouse, your friends, your boss--- much less yourself. You're a veteran of the time-management wars, fighting for the life balance ideal-- and you are losing! In this humorous and fast-paced presentation you'll learn a new approach for keeping your life in balance with the Connection Solution. You will leave armed with practical, innovative "works in real life" ideas you will want to implement immediately.

Keeping Your Life in Balance When Cloning Yourself Won't Work
The old ways of balancing our lives focused on how to do more: work harder and faster. We've learned the hard way that what we have tried hasn't worked. We are busier than ever. In this fun and idea filled program you will come to realize that even though life is whizzing by, there are specific strategies that can bring more harmony into your home and work life-strategies that work equally well with both men and women. If you are black and blue from juggling, it is time for the New Approach to Life Balance.

The Power of Paying Attention
We are rewarded for overworking, overscheduling, and being overwhelmed. It's a common approach but one that slows productivity, increases absenteeism, raises health care costs and causes us to ache. The only thing that can reverse this is to tap into our power to pay attention. In this unique twist on what really works, you'll see a better way to reach your goals and feel good at the same time.