My career has put me at the intersection of high-stakes environments and critical situations. Recognizing that perspective and purpose are personal and that breaking down the unique challenges of high-octane occupations and lifestyles is key, I work closely with organizations of all sizes, and tailor my training and workshops to address the unique challenges facing your people.
My career has put me at the intersection of high-stakes environments and critical situations. Recognizing that perspective and purpose are personal and that breaking down the unique challenges of high-octane occupations and lifestyles is key, I work closely with organizations of all sizes, and tailor my training and workshops to address the unique challenges facing your people.
My workshops can be conducted in-person or online, either as solo sessions or designed as part of a series. They are interactive and engaging, with participants learning everything from identifying stress triggers, signs, and symptoms to learning the practices and tools they need for greater resilience.
My career has put me at the intersection of high-stakes environments and critical situations. Recognizing that perspective and purpose are personal and that breaking down the unique challenges of high-octane occupations and lifestyles is key, I work closely with organizations of all sizes, and tailor my training and workshops to address the unique challenges facing your people.
According to research, individuals in high-stress occupations suffer from psychological distress, problematic substance use, and burnout more often than people in low-stress occupations. For those who experience it, burnout can lead to feelings of detachment from others, cynicism, a deterioration in work performance, missed workdays, and poor mental health.
Employee burnout also impacts an organization by decreasing team morale and productivity and increasing staff turnover. While burnout is related to several underlying factors, research suggests that learning to efficiently navigate life stressors can significantly decrease the chances of experiencing the mental and physical impacts of burnout. Deconstructing Stress teaches employees practical, tangible tools to identify, evaluate, and eliminate the stressors that lead to exhaustion, overwhelm, and burnout.
According to research, individuals in high-stress occupations are more likely to suffer from psychological distress and problematic substance use than people employed in low-stress occupations. Identifying the deleterious effects of stress on well-being and work performance is a crucial component of learning how to deconstruct and conquer the stressors that workers face.
Working within a high-stakes career is inherently stressful. Research suggests that individuals in such occupations suffer from high rates of stress and burnout. For those who experience it, burnout often leads to feelings of detachment from others…
Individuals in high-stress and fast-paced occupations often experience high rates of psychological distress, problematic substance use, career fatigue, and suicide. The addition of COVID-19 to the equation intensified an already burdensome load, which has led to an increase in an already high rate of burnout in such occupations. It is clear that immediate intervention is needed to end this troubling pattern.
"During the presentation, Dr. Marsha stood out because of the very relatable yet clear way she delivered her knowledge to the audience. It was clear that she was talking from an expert level of knowledge."
"I would absolutely recommend Dr. Marsha because of her warm presentation style and how she communicates the technical expertise on a very layman’s level. It’s hard to find a person who can speak in laymen terms."
“Dr. Marsha gave plenty of opportunity to talk through things and asked questions that prompted deeper thought into the root of stress. I love that she offered suggestions on a plan of attack.”
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email drmarshadbrown@gmail.com
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to drmarshadbrown@gmail.com