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Shelley Peterman Schwarz is an award-winning writer, radio and TV personality, syndicated columnist, teleconference leader, speaker, and author of 7 books.

Her Tips for Making Life Easier help others renew their zest for life and learn to face challenges—both the everyday and the profound—optimistically and productively. Shelley brings practical knowledge to her audiences, having distinguished herself by meeting the personal and professional challenges of living and working with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS).

Shelley will

• ENERGIZE, ENLIGHTEN, AND ENTERTAIN with her lively and humorous anecdotes and touching personal stories.
• INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE audiences to believe in the power to make positive changes in their personal lives.
• SPARK VITALITY AND HOPE for a better future by providing tips and techniques to overcome obstacles and reassess the important things in life.

What audiences have to say
"You are an amazing person...with you as a role model how can anyone not want to make the most out of life and the least of their MS."
Colleen, Kalt, Pres & CEO, NMSS-WI Chapter

"Loved her honesty! Shelley did a great job! What a motivator! Loved her sense of humor. What an inspiration you are. Wonderful! ... very motivational! Excellent!"
Women with MS Conference evaluations

"…Thank you for an absolutely outstanding presentation. …Your ability to capture the attention of your audience and take them on a roller coaster ride is unique. I'm amazed at how you discuss extremely difficult and challenging subjects and manage to make people feel so positive and enthusiastic about themselves. Shelley, you are a treasure!"
Barbara Main, President, Women in Communication

"… a remarkable woman. It's more than courage, more than just determination; it's more than gathering strength when needed. It's an overall attitude mixed with talent, rare talent to use your skills and your unending spirit to lift others. It seems to me that when you lift others, you are also lifting yourself.

Thanks again for just being you. Miracle workers are not found on every street corner. When you find them, let 'em know how vital they are."
Marv Conney, audience member

"You are amazing. It is amazing how you are able to discuss such difficult topics in a very motivational way. You tell the truth about pain and loss, yet we all felt uplifted."
Diane Harlowe, M.S., OTR, Occupational Therapy Program,
University of WI-Madison

"Your presentation of relevant information combined with using experiential exercises made this an outstanding workshop. The way you wove your own personal experiences and stories about people with disabilities into the format not only kept everyone's attention but touched people and deepened their understanding. … You are a gifted educator."
Carol Ziesemer, School of Social Work,
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Credits include:
Books

• 250 Tips for Making Life with Arthritis Easier
• Blooming Where You're Planted: Stories from the Heart
• Dressing Tips & Clothing Resources for Making Life Easier
• Parkinson's Disease - 300 Tips for Making Life Easier
• Multiple Sclerosis - 300 Tips for Making Life Easier
• Memory Tips for Making Life Easier
• Organizing Your IEPs
  

and Featured in

• A Second Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul
• Amazingly Simple Lessons We Learned After 50
• Jewish Mothers Tell Their Stories
  Regional, National, & International Publications
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Inside MS
• Multiple Sclerosis Assn of America - The Motivator
• National MS Society of Australia - MS Life
• Real Living with Multiple Sclerosis
• Humana - Active Outlook
• Family Circle & more
  

TV and Radio