Regan Birr Motivational Speaker Motivational Speaker from Andover, MN

Regan believes we can move beyond limitations and have the life we want. We can lead productive, active lives. Regan shares her journey with lupus, and how she went from needing a cane to get up the stairs to curling for a cure. Regan believes there is no need to let limitations stifle us. We should lean into our limitations. We should set our minds to learn from them, and then turn them into our strengths. These can be our strengths in life and in business. SIGNATURE TALK: "3 Ways to Move Beyond Limitations: and Turn Them into Strengths": A leading employee complaint from 2022 is that workers want a better work-life balance. Leading causes of personal unhappiness are tiredness, stress, and loneliness. These tie together, and can result in unhealthy habits like procrastination and staying stagnant. Physical and mental health challenges can hold us back. Regan shows that we don’t have to live in that mode. She discusses ways to increase energy and decrease pain, so we can increase our personal power and strike a work-life balance that promotes productivity. We can all change, and it starts with our self. Improving our personal conduct and performance and moving beyond limitations makes us stronger! Taking care of ourselves helps take care of business. As such, Regan walks the audience through ways they can move beyond limitations: 1 Identify: Admit and be honest about our limitations. Potentially share them with others. 2 Adapt: Change can be scary. Learn how to think about accepting tools, and create your own. 3 Do: Make your changes: through mindset, diet and specialized exercise techniques. FUN STUFF: Regan brings in the Olympic ice sport of curling to talk about team building, in relationships and in business. Key concepts include self-awareness, team dynamics, communication, and focus. In all things in her life, Regan lives by her motto, “EASY IS EFFECTIVE”. +++++ MOTIVATIONAL PRESENTATION: Regan's Motivational presentation goes beyond the comfortable and gets more in-depth about Team-Building. She delves into her personal experience in curling with her husband, including the ups and downs and wins and fights. She also talks about the trials and triumphs of her life with lupus. +++++ HEALTH PRESENTATION: "Energy for Healthy Living" This talk is a combination of "3 Ways to Move Beyond Limitations and Turn Them into Strengths" and "Team-Building". It is given at health conferences to patients and care providers alike, and goes into health and wellness techniques to increase our energy. It includes more detail about a doctor-recommended healthy diet, mindset, and exercise. If the organizer wishes, Regan will include an exercise demo. This is a high-energy, engaging talk and is lots of fun! +++++ REGAN HAS PRESENTED AT: NASA, Medical University of South Carolina/Duke University, Lupus Research Foundation, Itochu, HealthPartners, and more. ABOUT REGAN: Because she is an engineer, Regan understands the power of a problem-solving approach. Substantive solutions are presented, and combined with personal stories, humor, empathy, and encouragement, Regan presents the 3D printer: your audience creates the tools. BONUS MATERIALS: 1. Subscription to low-torque online exercise program “Regan MOVES” 2. Exercise manual 3 BENEFITS THE AUDIENCE WILL RECEIVE: They will: 1. Feel energized and capable, *** Powerful *** 2. Be equipped to improve their productivity, and 3. Increase their innovation +++++ BIO: Regan started her career as a mechanical engineer working for a contracting company. Very shortly after starting her job, she was diagnosed with systemic lupus. It was life-threatening and involved her kidneys. Due to the high stress of her job, she changed careers and studied for the patent bar exam. She then worked as a patent agent for several years. Once Regan met and married Todd, together, they founded the Lupus Research Foundation. It was a way they could directly fund researchers. The mission of the Lupus Research Foundation is to help find a cure for lupus by raising awareness and funds for research. Along with her mission to stay healthy with lupus, Regan developed a low-torque exercise program, "Regan MOVES", designed to increase energy and decrease pain. She teaches it across the country. She speaks to patients, health groups and businesses, online and in-person, in classes and workshops. The flagship event of the Lupus Research Foundation is “The Lupus Spiel”. It is the largest Professional-Amateur curling tournament in the world. It is celebrating its 10-Year Anniversary this year. She is a National Anthem soloist and musician. She is classically trained in piano, and also performs as a singing pianist, singing hits of the 60s through today. Regan and Todd compete in 2-person "Mixed Doubles" curling. They are nationally ranked, and recently competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier.