Business Experts Help Families Cope with Illness

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Dave Balch, founder CopingUniversity.com

Leadership skills support an effective family leader, teamwork skills help the family work as a team. In this context, many business topics make sense: change, organization, productivity, etc.

Twin Peaks, CA (PRWEB) August 27, 2010

What can patients and families learn from a business expert? Plenty, because both deal with common business issues. For example, a caregiver has a big responsibility to lead the patient's support team; the same principles that guide leaders of America's largest corporations can also help the caregiver be more effective in that role. Another example: basic principles of teamwork help a family work together as a team. Given this new context, most business topics make sense: productivity, organization, etc.

CopingUniversity.com currently offers audio programs with experts from a variety of fields, who share their wisdom to help people cope.

For example, Jim Cathcart, a recognized business leadership and motivation expert shares "Self-Leadership: Doing What You Need to Do, When You Need to Do It, Even Though You Don't Feel Like it!"

CopingUniversity.com's basic philosophy is for online content, including complete audio programs, to be free to the people who need it, so support comes from sponsors and product sales.

Humana, a Fortune 100 company, has purchased more than 15,000 CopingUniversity CDs to give away.

Experts come from many fields, not just business.
Examples of some unusual topics:
•From humor expert Karyn Buxman: "Finding Humor During Challenging Times"
•From romance expert Greg Godek : "How to Keep the Romance Alive During a Serious Illness"
•From little person Peggy O'Neill: "How to Love the Way You Look, No Matter What"

CopingUniversity.com experts are doctors, authors, and professional speakers, many of whom have appeared in major media such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, ABC, NBC, Oprah, etc.

One new program will be introduced every month starting in October.

Listen to excerpts and read brief descriptions of all programs here

CopingUniversity.com also offers a free email monthly newsletter focused on coping skills; back issues and subscriptions are available at http://www.CaringAndCoping.com

CopingUniversity.com was founded by Dave Balch who was caregiver for his wife through four bouts with breast cancer. He is now committed to helping others who are dealing with a serious illness. Among his accomplishments:
•Author of "Cancer for Two: An Inspiring True Story and Guide for Cancer Patients and Their Partners"
•Founder of The Patient/Partner Project http://www.ThePatientPartnerProject.org
•Profiled in The Wall Street Journal
•Speaks professionally about coping strategies; delivered over 60 programs around the country for a major pharmaceutical

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