"Nancy is a gifted storyteller who motivates (and inspires) her listeners to respond positively to life's challenges as they learn to manage life's stresses. As a clinical social worker for more than 15 years, she has helped individuals, couples, families and groups deal with stressful situations. As a long-term brain tumor survivor, she has developed strategies to help her cope with her own challenges. Her life has included a couple of detours (and whose hasn't?), such as law school and a foray into industrial real estate development and management, on the way to discovering her calling to be a counselor and her passion to speak. She has shared her compelling personal stories, and the strategies to manage stress that stem from them, with many different groups, including businesses, schools and universities, healthcare organizations and government agencies. She is a member of (among others) the National Speakers Association and its Washington D.C. area chapter, the Columbia (Maryland) Academy of Psychodynamics, the Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor, and the National Association of Social Workers, and is an active alumna of the University of Maryland School of Social Work."