Tami A West

Give your group a rare gift: a PhD speaker who combines motivation, unique content, and entertainment!

Expert on

  • Stress
  • Leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Image / Self-Esteem
  • Women’s Health
  • Conflict Resolution

Fee Range

$5,000–$7,500

Travels from

TN, US

Biography

Dr. Tami West cannot diagnose or treat your skin rash. She’s not that kind of doctor. She can’t refill your thyroid medicine or perform your colonoscopy – not that kind of doctor either!

What kind of doctor is she? The kind who became a PhD solely to help others live happier, more fulfilled lives.

Tami’s experiences working in hospitals, physician’s offices, research labs, public schools, corporate sales, and the school nutrition industry provide her insights that she uses to help others improve their personal and professional lives. Her undergraduate degrees in science and education, as well as her doctoral research in human development, uniquely equip her to teach audiences new information – not the same old stuff.

Her passion stems from her battle with anxiety disorder that initiated her dedication to helping others. Her clients come from all walks of life. Danbury Federal Prison inmates (the setting of the Netflix Emmy-winning series Orange is the New Black, as well as the prison home for Martha Stewart and Real Housewife Teresa Garduci) found Tami to be genuine and real. Social Security Administration senior management called her a true professional and fantastic at what she does!

Dr. West’s publications include The Stress Club: Stop participating, take your power back, and start living your own life, Life Without the Monsters, and A Woman’s Guide to Personal Achievement and Professional Success.

She has spoken for groups in 48 states across the US, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. When she’s not speaking or writing, you might find her with her husband at the beach, reading historical fiction, at Disneyland, or watching Big Bang Theory.

Tami is always real, completely transparent, totally sincere, and consistently surprising. She will make you laugh, cry, and shine a refreshingly new light on life’s challenges.

Speaker Videos

THE STRESS CLUB: TAKE YOUR POWER BACK!

The American Institute of Stress has reported that America is “on the verge of a stress-induced public health crisis.” Stress-management advice, training, and products are abundant, yet statistics continue to worsen. There’s a reason why stress-management techniques aren’t working: It’s risky not to be stressed because you’ll be kicked out of the club! The Stress Club opens eyes to these pressures and teaches you how to disconnect from stress forever. This session, based upon Tami’s research, is guaranteed to make you laugh AND forever change the way you think about stress!

PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS

Wouldn’t it be nice if people wore signs so that everyone else would know how to interact with them? Unfortunately…… they don’t. We work with passive people, aggressive people, loud people, inconsiderate people….. the list could go on forever. During this session, participants will learn to become people who play well with others because they want to. They’re tired of battles. Tired of low productivity. Tired of the mental strain.

 

THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE

The world is changing more rapidly now than ever before: evolving technology, creative work arrangements, and changing societal expectations. Some of these changes are easy to embrace, whereas others are not. This is not your “5 ways to embrace change” kind of session. Anyone can easily find thousands of websites with that information. In this surprise-filled session, Tami combines humor with current research to help participants view change with fresh, new perspectives!

WHAT TYPE OF COFFEE ARE YOU?

Have you ever received an assignment from your boss without so much as a please or a thank you? Do you have a colleague who talks and talks and talks and drives you crazy? What about the “life of the party” who never seems to get anything done? The list of irritating behaviors can drag on and on because we all have different personalities. In this session you will take a simple, fun quiz to identify your predominant “Coffee” style and then learn how to communicate better with styles different from yours.