"Jewel Hohman is exceptional. Her warm, engaging style and practical strategies inspire confidence and ease in navigating social dynamics, making her a true breath of fresh air."

-Desiree Stanely

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Signature Program for universities, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, and wellness events:

Connection revolution:

When students understand how friendship and connection actually work, they stop taking things so personally and start feeling empowered in every area of life. Interactive and filled with practical insights, stories, and jokes, your students will learn how to create connections that strengthen their mental health and sense of belonging. This workshop will leave them feeling motivated, touched, and equipped with a lifelong understanding of how to navigate loneliness, build friendships, and contribute to a more connected world.

Students will learn: 

  • The Biggest Barriers to Connection (and how they’ve contributed to the loneliness epidemic)

  • The Science of Friendship (the 3 things every close friendship has)

  • The Psychology Behind Feeling Connected in Relationships 

  • What to do When a Friend isn’t Showing up How You Want 

  • A Practice for How to Cope With Lonely Moments

Options:

  • Perfect for School Assemblies, Resident Life, Greek Life, conferences, mental health events

  • Welcome Week version with activities, crafts, and Speed-Friending options

  • Professional development version for student leadership and staff

  • Customized based on your audience

  • Virtual option available

  • Depending on audience size, worksheets and pens can be brought

  • 45, 60, or 75 minutes

Signature program for companies and ORGANIZATIONS:

the social health advantage: The Overlooked Factor Driving Loyalty, well-being, and performance

Loneliness is not just a personal struggle. It is a workplace issue. Employees who feel lonely are more stressed, more likely to call off work, and less engaged. The solution is social health: the ability to feel meaningfully connected in ways that replenish employees personally while strengthening their sense of belonging at work.

When employees are socially healthy, they show up with more resilience, loyalty, and creativity, and companies gain higher retention rates, better collaboration, and more innovation.

Participants Will Learn:

  • The Cost of Loneliness

  • The Overlooked Driver of Resilience and Performance

  • The 3 Biggest Barriers to Social Health (and how to overcome them)

  • The Social Health Advantage Framework to be more socially healthy in less time

Options:

  • Ideal for professional development trainings, HR programs, and team development days

  • Company off-site/team-building options available

  • Customized based on your audience

  • Virtual option available

  • Depending on audience size, worksheets can be brought

  • 45, 60, or 75 minutes

Activities, Goodies, and More Ways to Engage Your Participants:

*We’ll provide giveaways/crafts. We will collaborate with you on necessities such as tables, lunch, etc.

  • Speed Friending

  • Connection jars (similar to gratitude jars) 

  • Connection Glasses (glasses are brought as giveaways)

  • Friendship Bracelets 

  • Team-building exercises

  • Table/booth at your conference with fun ways to engage guests

  • Leadership lunch

  • Panel guest 

  • Q & A after presentation concludes

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NEXT STEPS

  • request form

    Complete the Speaker Request Form below to share your event details! If Jewel is available on that date, we’ll schedule a pre-event call.

  • customize

    Jewel customizes her presentation to your audience’s needs by incorporating their stories and insights. If applicable, she will schedules calls with leaders, clients, or employees to ensure her message resonates with your people deeply.

  • show up above and beyond

    Jewel goes beyond delivering a powerful presentation. She fully engages with your audience. When possible, she’ll provide worksheets and resources, she’ll attend event receptions, moderate Q&As, and share content on social media.

“Jewel fills such an important gap! So many of us want connection but don’t know how to create it. Creating connection is such an important skill and Jewel makes it accessible and easy to do!”

-Amber Abila

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