Murray C. Watson is the author of If Only Sleep Would Last Forever: Help for Depression and Anxiety from One Who’s Been There and Smiles, Wisdom and Encouragement: Quotations with Personal Commentary to Lift Your Life and an inspirational speaker from Havelock Ontario (Canada). He is available for keynotes throughout Canada and US States bordering Ontario. Known for his strong voice, humour, and emotional connection, Murray’s storytelling has been compared with Stuart Mclean of CBC Radio’s ‘The Vinyl Cafe.’
Profile Summary: Murray C. Watson is a retired teacher, an ACS Toastmaster, author, and an award-winning motivational speaker who went from the Valley of Depression up to Serenity Avenue when he found an ancient lifestyle treatment with no side-effects. With humor, enthusiasm and emotional connection, he conveys wisdom and encouragement to rapt audiences. Infant digestive illness, extreme shyness, sleep apnea, and adult memory damage (following drug treatment in a Toronto hospital for depression in 1993) failed to cure him of his childhood dream β and for most of his life his worst nightmare β to speak in public. He is a repeat speaker (four speeches at Norwood high school, three speeches at Peterborough Kiwanis club) whose most popular presentations include 'Putting the Brakes on Speech Anxiety' and 'Down with Depression.' Murray's favorite feedback is from a high school student: βIt wasn't a speech by someone who didn't understand what it's actually like to be depressed... and how to fix it.β City: Havelock, OntarioCountry: CanadaBook: If Only Sleep Would Last Forever: Help for Depression and Anxiety from One Who's Been There and Smiles, Wisdom and Encouragement: Quotations with Personal Commentary to Lift Your Life Years Speaking Professionally: 2, and 25 years experience as a teacherLargest Audience: 85Audience Targets: High schools, Health centres, Service Club conventions, Churches, Business organizationsKeynote Length: 45 to 50 minutesKeynote Title: Down with Depression : Asking his audience if they live up on Serenity Avenue or Down in Depression Valley, Murray traces his journey from the Valley of major/clinical depression up to the Avenue: hitting bottom, hospitalization and drugs, short-term memory loss, research and writing book, finding ancient lifestyle therapy with no side-effects; Pills, Skills or Will?; brain disease and drugs or cognitive disease and correct thinking or interaction/relationship disease and focusing on the needs of others, special dangers with red flags for suicide.... All done with humor, wisdom and emotional connection.Travel: Within Canada and to US States bordering OntarioSpeaker Website: Website Link
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