• Stress, Change & Team Resilience Through Humor: An Interactive Play Shop

    Stress, Change & Team Resilience Through Humor: An Interactive Play Shop

    In a 24/7 always-on, TNT – Time-Numbers-Technology – Driven-Distracted World, filled with change and uncertainty, to build personal-professional resilience we must rapidly identify stress “smoke signals.” Also vital, is understanding the individual and organizational characteristics that facilitate burnout, as well as the burnout battlefront stages. Then, let the Stress Doc’s … Continue reading “Stress, Change…

  • StressDoc to lead seminar IM4 ** Performance-Leadership ™: Architecture & Artistry for Engaging & Inspiring

    StressDoc to lead seminar IM4 ** Performance-Leadership ™: Architecture & Artistry for Engaging & Inspiring

    n today’s digitally distracted world, all employees, especially leaders, need to be able to both compel but also captivate an audience. Not only to capture attention, but also to sustain active involvement and engagement. The Stress Doc provides tools and techniques as well as hands on exercises that will help you capture, engage, and inspire…

  • Mark Gorkin at GRCeducators.com

    Mark Gorkin at GRCeducators.com

    Mark Gorkin is speaking at GRCeducators.com for his Stress, Change And Team Resilience Through Humor: An Interactive Playshop https://www.grceducators.com/Stress_Change_and_Team_Resilience_through_Humor_An_Interactive_Playshop Areas Covered Rapidly discover stress smoke signals along with the Four Stages of BurnoutDiscover “The Six ‘R’s of Burnout Recovery and manage transitional challenges through research-based “Psychological Hardiness”Discover the creative and … Continue reading “Mark Gorkin…

  • Mark Gorkin at Faith in Action Webinar Series

    Mark Gorkin at Faith in Action Webinar Series

    The DMV Faith in Action Webinar Series 2023 seeks to break the cycle of misinformation by educating and equipping faith leaders with available tools and resources that will provide support and facilitate access to services for individuals, families, and entire communities Click here to register.

  • Supporting Employee Wellbeing and Mental Health at Your Firm!

    Supporting Employee Wellbeing and Mental Health at Your Firm!

    Wed. May 11, 2022 webinar for West Coast Legal Professionals during Mental Health Month:  Supporting Employee Wellbeing and Mental Health at Your Firm!  Mark Gorkin, the Stress Doc, and Chere Estrin, Estrin Legal Staffing, respond to questions on why law firms can be a stress pressure cooker, how to prevent burnout and promote … Continue reading “Supporting Employee…

  • Mark Gorkin to Discuss Four Angry “I”s

    Mark Gorkin to Discuss Four Angry “I”s

    Speaker(s): Mr. Mark Gorkin Discover the Four Angry “I”s and the Stress Doc’s “Four Faces of Anger” Model in a Live webinar. Get Enrolled Today!

  • Stress Resilience in the Time of Covid-19: Tools and Strategies

    Stress Resilience in the Time of Covid-19: Tools and Strategies

    Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, “The Stress Doc” addresses Stress Resilience at the Leadership Skills seminar . This webinar is for anyone who is grappling with the anxieties and uncertainties of this Covid Crisis and is looking for survival tools and techniques. This webinar will have application for whether one is … Continue reading “Stress Resilience…

  • Working from Home! How does it feel after 8 months

    Working from Home! How does it feel after 8 months

    Ijona Skills invited Mark Gorkin to discuss a solution to the isolation and fear we are experiencing today while we`re working from home.Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, “The Stress Doc”, a nationally acclaimed speaker, writer, and “Psychohumorist”, is a former psychotherapist and Stress Violence Prevention Consultant for the U.S. Postal Service.

  • Nepalbhasa Times  Interview With Mark Gorkin

    Nepalbhasa Times Interview With Mark Gorkin

    Special Interview with Motivational Psychohumorist StressDoc Prof Mark Gorkin ( Tulane University & Catholic University , DC ). Presenters: Prabin Tamrakar(host) Markandeya Man Singh Pradhan(Tech Manager ) Rajiv Shrestha (Camera) Anil Ranjit(Advisor) Krishna Desar(Coordinator)Aashrayae Tamrakar(Support)Suresh Kiran(Editor).Correction: bewellinitiative.com

  • Stress Resilience in the Time of COVID-19: Tools and Strategies

    Stress Resilience in the Time of COVID-19: Tools and Strategies

    On April 3rd, 2020, Mark Gorkin, “The Stress Doc” ™ and Estrin Legal Staffing, (a national legal placement company), joined together for a very timely webinar: Stress Resilience in the Time of COVID-19: Tools and Strategies. The audience was comprised of HR/Legal/Managerial professionals. There were 150 attendees for the one … Continue reading “Stress Resilience…

  • D&I, Stress Resilience & Team-Building Programs for HHS, HRSA, Office of Civil Rights/Dept. of Commerce

    D&I, Stress Resilience & Team-Building Programs for HHS, HRSA, Office of Civil Rights/Dept. of Commerce

    During the past 1.5 years, the Stress Doc has been leading a variety of very well-received Diversity & Inclusion , Stress Resilience, as well as Team Building programs — from Lunch & Learns to half-day workshops with a variety of Health and Human Services Agencies, HRSA, and the Office of … Continue reading “D&I, Stress…

  • D&I “Lunch & Learn” Series at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    D&I “Lunch & Learn” Series at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    Mark Gorkin, the StressDoc, psycho – humorist participated in a Diversity and Inclusion “Lunch and Learn” series at the U.S. Department of Health Human Services.  Follow the link below to listen to an audio  recording of the session.   “I’ve been around a long time, I was a CO for … Continue reading “D&I “Lunch…

  • SHRM Interview with the Stress Doc on Chatty Co-workers

    SHRM Interview with the Stress Doc on Chatty Co-workers

    The Stress Doc discusses how to handle the overly chatty co-Worker with Lisa Frye of SHRM.

  • San Jose, Cal; Workshop on “Transforming Conflict…”

    San Jose, Cal; Workshop on “Transforming Conflict…”

    Fremont H.S. School District, San Jose, California; 2.5-hour workshop on “Transforming Conflict into Positive Team Problem-Solving,” 45 Union and Management Staff, Annual Training Day; 2-hour Management Team Building Session The speaker we engaged for our department’s annual training day was truly an unexpected uplifting experience for all. Mark Gorkin, the … Continue reading “San Jose,…

  • Statewide Refugee Mental Health Summit

    Statewide Refugee Mental Health Summit

    Statewide Refugee Mental Health Summit/Richmond, VA; Practice Safe Stress: Using Humor in the Face of Stress, Burnout, and Conflict — Plenary Speaker; 1 hour; 75 attendees  Jul 8, 2016 ” Thank you so much for inspiring our participants in the 3rd Statewide Refugee Mental Health Summit with your wit and … Continue reading “Statewide Refugee…

  • StressDoc on BRITE Radio/Facebook Livestream

    StressDoc on BRITE Radio/Facebook Livestream

    StressDoc makes an appearance on BRITE Radio Livestream. Posted by Marty & Katina Show on Friday, June 9, 2017

  • Embry-Riddle University Leadership Institute

    Embry-Riddle University Leadership Institute

    Nov 3, 2016 Mark Gorkin took our leadership group on a discovery tour of how conflict brings power. He demonstrated and we practiced the art of “letting go of the rope” – that frequent occurrence of two people standing firm on differing sides of an issue. They both keep pulling … Continue reading “Embry-Riddle University…

  • Society of Diversity, 2017 Annual Conference, Chicago

    Society of Diversity, 2017 Annual Conference, Chicago

    Society of Diversity, 2017 Annual Conference, Chicago, “Leading with Passion Power:  Building Clarity, Courage & Creativity,” 50 participants “Mark’s “Leading with Passion Power”: Building Clarity, Courage & Creativity program is pure dynamite! I had the pleasure of co-facilitating an hour of diversity and inclusion education at a national conference with … Continue reading “Society of…

  • SHRM “Keys to Captivating an Audience,” 2017

    SHRM “Keys to Captivating an Audience,” 2017

    Virginia Beach-Hampton Roads SHRM luncheon speaker — “Keys to Captivating an Audience,” Apr 12, 2017 This Apr 12th, spoke at the Virginia Beach-Hampton Roads SHRM luncheon — “Keys to Captivating an Audience?” We had a great time. As HR-VB SHRM Program Chair, Kelly Lane, noted: “We laughed, we learned and … Continue reading “SHRM “Keys…