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Michelle Segar, PhD, MPH, MS
“I’m just not motivated to exercise.” “I don’t have time.” “I keep failing”. “I don’t know how to help my patients maintain their desired health behaviors, nothing seems to work.”
If you understand the importance of these problems and want the leading American authority to address the BEST ways to solve them then you’ve found your speaker! Dr. Michelle Segar is the perfect ambassador to inform, entertain, and motivate your female employees, customers, patients and community because her keynotes and trainings generate new insights and motivate realistic action. As a motivation and behavior researcher and women’s wellness coach, Michelle is uniquely qualified to inform and inspire both consumers and health care professionals. For over 15 years she has researched and developed novel communication strategies, messaging, and programming to motivate sustainable health-related behavior in midlife women. She is frequently quoted in the national media (The Washington Post, More, Shape, Health, Women’s Health, WebMD, Self, Health, Prevention Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Runner’s World, Women’s Day, etc.), and blogs weekly for More Magazine.
Michelle has a Doctorate in Psychology, Master’s Degrees in Health Behavior-Health Education and in Kinesiology, and is a Researcher at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan. She also consults with healthcare organizations and corporations and converts the latest research findings into concrete recommendations. Michelle helps organizations develop the most effective and empowering behavioral messaging and health campaigns to improve health and productivity and decrease medical costs among their female employees.
Michelle’s research has been supported by the NIH, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, and the American Association of University Women. Her creative and innovative approach to women's health behavior has generated professional accolades by the National Association for Women's Health, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the American Association of University Women, among others. Michelle offers presentations for consumers/employees and trains healthcare practitioners. Some titles are listed below.
TRAININGS FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
- The “How” and “Why” of Producing Sustainable Behavior in Women
- How to Market Exercise as Self-Care to Women in Midlife
- What’s good for the Gander Isn’t Necessarily Good for the Goose
- Evidence-Based Strategies to Motivate Women to Become and Remain Physically Active
- How Women-tailored Health Behavior Programs Can Boost Your Bottom Line
- Why Losing Weight Is the Wrong Goal
CONSUMER/EMPLOYEE KEYNOTE TITLES
- Fitting in Fitness®
- Exorcising Exercise: Women reclaim physical activity
- The Art and Science of Prioritizing Your Own Self-Care
- How You Can Transform Exercise From a Chore to a Gift
- The Pleasure Principle: Women, exercise and motivation
- Exercise Your Options!
- Smart Self-Care for Smart Women
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What They're Saying
We developed a new program at our hospital to promote heart health in women. I had seen Michelle Segar’s research on women and sustained exercise behavior, so we asked her to train our group about facilitating behavior change to promote heart health in our patients. Michelle was an enthusiastic and dynamic speaker! She helped us make the link between the "how" and the "why" of the behavior change process and explained how this framework could help us guide our patients to develop an intrinsic and sustainable desire to exercise. The step-wise approach she taught served us well in launching our Women’s Heart Secret program. We have been able to carry her message of how to create sustainable behavior through to our patients.
Patricia J Dolhun, MD, Medical Director, Women's Heart Secrets Program
Columbia-St. Mary's Hospitals
When I hired Michelle to present, her seminar not only filled up during the first week of registration, we also had to stop taking names for the waiting list! Her talk, “User Friendly Exercise for Busy Women,” received more interest than any other we offered. She was well-organized and able to relay both research and practical information to the audience in ways that were easy to understand. But Michelle’s talk went beyond just relaying interesting information, she inspired and empowered the audience to face their challenges. (I am one of these women).
Leslie de Pietro, Family Care Resources Program
University of Michigan
On behalf of the Association for Worksite Health Promotion, I want to thank you for your presentation on “Women, Culture, and Behavior Change”. This topic was a wonderful addition to our program this year. Below are just a few of the attendee’s comments testifying to the value of your unique perspective: Michelle shows passion and dedication in her work. Very good food for thought in changing behavior in women – excellent work!... Michelle is very knowledgeable. She seems passionate about her topic and showed that women and exercise adherence can be achieved if you go about it the right way…Very interesting topic for health care and fitness in the new millennium…What a refreshing presentation. Definitely applicable and enlightening to our field and lives.
Betsy Nota-Kirby, AWHP Region IV, Conference Education Team Co-Chair
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