“There is the story you tell yourself and the story you own. I teach people the skills to move beyond adversity so that they can live and lead with greater optimism, success, and well-being. We get but one chance in life to leave our mark. Are you ready to leave yours?” - Nancy Sharp
Why choose Nancy Sharp as your guide?
Nancy Sharp is an award-winning author, Guided Autobiography instructor, and top motivational speaker and trainer on resilience and making bold change.
Nancy has an unforgettable story of life and death all at once. She could have become stuck in her story, but she chose to rise strong, seizing life with gusto and becoming a guide and muse for others looking to transcend challenges in their own lives. She does so with warmth, passion, and rare empathy.
”Nancy gave me the most valuable gift of all—the self-confidence and power to realize my dreams.” - Jane Hochman
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Nancy’s resilience training programs and leadership development training are highly engaging, insightful, and customizable. Sharp is a top female inspirational speaker, speaker on emotional intelligence, speaker on change management, speaker on growth mindsets, and speaker on resilience and overcoming adversity. Nancy leaves audiences feeling more engaged, confident, and successful.
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In a world marked by uncertainty, resilience IS the new currency for success. Nancy's promise:
- A new resilience model for today’s COVID-19 world and beyond
- The three questions that drive innovation and growth
- Strategies to raise and sustain emotional intelligence
- The ability to see disruptive events as opportunities for change, and to reframe limiting beliefs
- How to own and share the story you were meant to live
- New goals and a bold action plan to meet them
CHANGE • RESILIENCE • OVERCOMING ADVERSITY
Authentic. Bold. Psychologically Empowering. Leadership Building.
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Nancy Sharp is an award-winning:
• Author
• Guided Autobiography instructor
• Top motivational speaker
Her resilience training programs and leadership development training are authentic, highly customized, and can be immediately put into practice. Nancy’s transformative story of loss, gain, and the power of choice, combined with critical research on emotional intelligence, positive psychology, leadership, grit, change management, growth mindsets, and resilience, teach audiences to push beyond challenges in order to achieve maximum growth and performance.
Nancy Sharp is a top female inspirational speaker, speaker on emotional intelligence, speaker on change management, speaker on growth mindsets, and speaker on resilience and overcoming adversity. Nancy leaves audiences feeling more engaged, confident, and successful.
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"Nancy’s story and message has forever changed me. I will remember it for years to come.”
- Cindy Paskett
Lincoln Financial Network
WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY
"Nancy Sharp’s program provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the challenges facing senior women attorneys and to identify specific strategies to buffer those obstacles and build resilience. Our participants got so much out of it, that we’ve already invited her back next year.”
-Laura Benitez Geisler
President, Dallas Bar Association
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Guided Autobiography Instructor
Becoming a certified instructor in Guided Autobiography (GAB) has made me a better writer and a better coach.
I love this proven method of helping people of all ages and backgrounds capture and share meaningful moments and life stories. GAB was founded by psychologist and gerontologist Dr. James Birren more than forty-five years ago to help seniors reduce isolation and build connection and community.
Today, the curriculum has been adapted for diverse audiences worldwide. My GAB programs align with my life's work in resilience. GAB is for people who love learning and who are interested in cultivating greater resilience by telling and owning the stories that have shaped who they are and who they want to become. Often times students take GAB just for themselves while some students choose to leave a legacy of stories with loved ones. No writing experience is necessary! I promise!
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About Nancy Sharp
Nancy Sharp holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College and is a certified instructor in Guided Autobiography. Nancy’s prizewinning, bestselling memoir Both Sides Now: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Bold Living is an unforgettable portrait of the surprising turns life takes, and the resilience Nancy summoned in order to keep stepping forward.
Nancy is also the author of the picture book Because the Sky is Everywhere. Her work has been published in several essay anthologies, and articles, essays, columns, and letters by her have appeared in The New York Times, Next Avenue, The Huffington Post, Kate Couric's Wake-Up Call, journals for the American Academy of Psychotherapists and the University of Colorado Hospital’s Center for Bioethics and the Humanities, and elsewhere..
Nancy writes a regular column on caregiving and resilience for the Cancer Support Community, and has guest lectured at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Regis University's MFA Program, The New School, New York's 92nd Street Y, and to businesses and groups nationwide
YES! I want Nancy as my Speaker!HOW IT WORKS
You work in a small group capped at eight students. Each week, I’ll guide you to write two-pages on a particular theme which aligns with Tell Your Resilient Story.
You can write more if you choose to, but it isn’t required. I’ll prepare to prime questions that evoke memories and events, and also teach you skills to enhance your storytelling and writing. Each week you’ll have the opportunity to share your story with the group, which is fundamental to GAB. Why? Because connecting with one another on journeys of self-discovery allows you to gain greater appreciation and meaning of your life and the lives of others. No writing experience necessary!
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WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY
“I feel like this class has helped to restore my voice again after feeling cut off from others and my community. I love the opportunity to reflect on my experiences. This class has been a lifeboat for me.”
- Leland Rudofsky
WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY
"Taking your class has impacted my life. And I know I'm not alone. Your guidance and teaching is some of the best I've experienced, and I've taken a lot of classes!"
- Roberta Rosen
WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY
"What a rich and meaningful experience. I'm learning so much, and loving the whole process."
- Vicki Dansky
WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY
"Viewing my life as a journey and not so much 'good' or 'bad,' helped me feel more resilient. This also gave me the strength to accept others just the way they are."
-Heidi Badaracco
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MAKE THE CHANGE
Life is full of challenges and full of change.
We can choose to stay stuck or we can choose to reflect, reframe, rebuild, reinvent, and recommit to growth.
LEAVING YOUR LEGACY
Pass along written legacies to loved ones, or reflect and share the stories that have shaped who you are.
When we own our stories we become our
most resilient selves.
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As a certified instructor in Guided Autobiography, longtime writing coach, and award-winning author, I help people leave their mark in the world, on the written page and on the stage.
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DIFFERENT APPROACH FOR
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Pick the path best suited for you and what you're looking for in life right now
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YOUR GUIDE
Reflecting, making meaning and sharing stories in a supportive space is one means to do so. I offer a stimulating, creative and
intellectually rich experience.
NANCY SHARP
Certified Instructor in Guided Autobiography
NANCY'S BOOKS
Both Sides Now
Nancy Sharp’s true story about making life happen and bold choices after loss.
Because The Sky Is Everywhere
A book of hope for grieving children and families.
RESILIENCE
LEGACY
BE WHO YOU ARE
