Speaking

In this 60-minute seminar, Dr. Kennedy shares her pro tips to end the cycle of bad sleep, including:

• Practical strategies to reset your body clock for consistent sleep
• Pros and cons of sleep aids and supplements
• Maintaining work/life balance
• Managing racing thoughts
• Simple bedtime routines that work
• What to do when you’re up during the night
• Healthy limits for technology and news
• Sleep during troubled times
• Finding time for self-care
• Realistic expectations about sleep, productivity, and more ……plus plenty of time for Q&A

Supporting women through the menopause transition increases productivity and satisfaction and it reduces turnover and lost work days. Many women leave the workforce during perimenopause and menopause–when they are at the height of their careers and expertise–because of sleep deprivation and other troubling symptoms. This represents a costly loss of knowledge base in your workforce.

Sleep can be especially challenging for women experiencing hormonal changes in the perimenopause and menopause years. As estrogen and progesterone levels fluctuate, women can experience difficulty falling asleep, prolonged night waking and/or nightmares. This compounds the fatigue, brain fog and irritability they are experiencing. And it can have serious health consequences. But sleep is not a lost cause in these years. With the right information, women can reclaim their sleep and ease the transition into menopause.

This seminar is 90 minutes and covers the content in my Sleep like a Pro seminar and:

• Why and how hormonal changes can affect sleep.
• How to speak with your doctor about treatment options
• Specific blood tests to request to assess deficiencies that impact sleep.
• How to implement cognitive and behavioral strategies for sleep when hormones are fluctuating.
• Tips for regulating body temperature fluctuations to keep them from waking you during the night.
• And how to spend wisely on products and supplements that work.
  …plus time for discussion and Q&A

Help new parents get their babies’ sleep on track and make a priceless contribution to their work performance and satisfaction. Well rested babies mean well rested parents who are healthier, happier and more productive.

Starting early allows children to grow into good sleepers, avoiding many of the heartaches and struggles of sleep training later on. I have been teaching this class since I first opened NYC Sleep Doctor. One of the moms who attended years ago found it so helpful that, when she returned to work as an editor at MacMillan after maternity leave, she gave me a book deal for what would become The Good Sleeper: The Essential Guide to Sleep for Your Baby (and You). This class teaches the fundamentals of raising a good sleeper from birth.

I will discuss:

• The basics of infant sleep patterns
• How to make sure your child is well rested
• Soothing techniques for fussy babies
• How to help your child learn to put herself to sleep
• How to avoid excessive crying
• How to address sleep problems as they arise

…and how to keep the whole family well rested!

As babies start outgrowing their cribs, speaking their minds, and reaching new milestones, toddler sleep issues arise. This class covers basic methods for handling this time of transition and instilling healthy sleep habits for years to come.

Topics include:

• Transitioning from crib to bed
• Early wakings
• Night wakings and wanderings
• Bedtime routines and battles
• Sharing a room with a sibling

As children get older, their sleep needs change. My Take Charge of Your Sleep seminar is tailored by age group (8-13 and 14-18) to empower kids to take responsibility for healthy sleep habits. Teens and tweens often don’t know how their habits are undermining their sleep–and they don’t want to hear it from their parents. My approach is straightforward and never condescending.

Topics include:

• The basic science of sleep, biorhythms and melatonin.
• Strategies to create boundaries between the stress of the day and bedtime.
• How to handle stress that creeps into the night and disrupts sleep.
• Setting up good sleep habits.
• Healthy relationships with technology and social media.
• Communicating with parents about sleep needs and habits.

Sleep in the tween to teen years is a whole new ballgame. You have made it through tough times of sleep-deprived parenting. But regardless of whether your child was a great sleeper in years past, sleep changes as kids get older and the way we parent around sleep has to change, too. Now is the time to foster healthy independent sleep habits for your kids, setting important limits (hello, screens) and teaching them how to get the sleep they need in the context of schedules and demands that undermine it.

This seminar provides key information about age-appropriate sleep needs as well as strategies to manage sleep behavior, sleep anxiety, and insomnia. Developing these habits now lays the foundation for a lifetime of healthy sleep.

When you book a seminar, consider adding on time for attendees to meet with me privately for a 15-minute consultation. Oftentimes people are hesitant to ask questions in front of their colleagues. This option allows them to get their questions answered discreetly.

Tailor a seminar for your team so they can deliver better care or services to their clientele or team.

Examples include:

• Basic Sleep Interventions for Primary Care Physicians
• Basic Sleep Advice for Pediatricians
• Creating a Menopause-friendly Workplace
• CBT-I for Mental Health Clinicians