LIFE INTERRUPTED INC.

 Laurie M. Martin, CTTS, EPC, RYS, Author, Trauma-Informed Educator, Speaker and Yoga Teacher

Welcome to Life Interrupted Inc.

At Life Interrupted, we believe leaders need to revisit and strengthen their
empathetic and emotional resilience skills—because crisis and trauma are not
limited to emergencies or disasters. They often appear in the everyday reality of
working with people: the unexpected reactions, emotional moments, or
conversations that suddenly take a turn and catch you off guard.

We help leaders prepare for those moments that require you to dig deep—to truly
listen, guide with care, and remain present and steady, even when you’re thrown
off course.

Our training teaches the human life-skills every leader needs to respond with
clarity, empathy, and confidence—not just in high-stakes situations, but in the
emotional twists and turns that happen every day.

  • Improved Communication — Navigate high-pressure situations with clarity and empathy, reducing conflict and building trust.
  • Confidence for Stronger Client Connections — Turn emotional interactions into opportunities for loyalty and meaningful relationships.
  • Resilient Teams — Create a culture where your team feels supported, valued, and empowered to manage their life’s challenges.
  • Increased Life-Skills and Emotional Resilience — Lead with awareness, helping your people feel seen, heard, and understood when experiencing a life interruption.
  • Personal Well-Being — Have a resource to guide you to self-manage your own life interruptions for mental health and resilience when life throws you a curveball.

At Life Interrupted Inc., we teach leaders how to show up when it matters most — for their teams, their clients, and themselves — using real-world strategies to navigate the challenges that come with leading people. Because life happens, and leadership doesn’t stop.

Accredited ON-LINE COURSE:
CrisisREADY© Leadership

Sharpen your life skills like never before by learning frontline crisis-ready techniques, and valuable strategies, and using tools to immediately support your clients effectively when a death or other loss occurs.

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What You’ll Learn

This program deepens the essential life-skills leaders are expected to guide their client’s, their people during human-centered moments, happy or sad, with clarity, confidence, and care:

    • Emotional Regulation
      Techniques to stay calm, grounded, and mentally clear—even when emotions run high.
    • Conflict Navigation
      Respond—not react—to tension and guide difficult conversations with confidence and care.
      • Presence and how to stay focussed and still
        Lead with steady focus and emotional awareness in both the good times and the tough ones.
      • Compassionate Boundaries
        Set clear, respectful limits while maintaining connection and support for those you lead.
      • Human-Centered Decision Making
        Balance logic with empathy to make thoughtful choices that support both people and outcomes.

Laurie Martin: Leadership Education – Through a Trauma-Informed Lens

Meet Laurie Martin: The Ultimate Crisis Catalyst

CTTS, EPC, RYS, Author, Trauma-Informed Educator, Speaker and Yoga Teacher

Laurie: Innovator Extraordinaire is the driving force behind Life Interrupted Inc. She redefines what grief and crisis is and is not to business professionals working with clients facing loss, death of a loved one or crisis.  Laurie is known as real with a style that’s as welcoming as it is impressive, she’s your go-to for proactive, customized frontline crisis-ready education and unforgettable talks and executive global retreats  Think of her as your secret weapon for mastering the essential human life skills for emotional resilience often overlooked in non-emergency circles.

Elevate Your Client Connection with Care. Laurie’s programs are more than just courses; they’re your golden ticket to enhancing client visits when life throws an interruption by adding the human component of conversation and connection to your client meetings when crisis strikes. She’s your ace in the hole when life throws curveballs. From managing, or dealing with death, suicide, divorce, loss, illness, fire, robbery, increased inheritance, witnessing injury to tackling stress head-on, Laurie’s got you covered.

Unmissable Speaker and Educator. Laurie doesn’t just talk the talk; she walks the walk! From captivating talks to transformative retreats, she empowers leaders with immediate guides for in-person client visit crisis response techniques. She’s your partner when you need to navigate life’s most challenging moments, your entire team, including staff, leaders, management, clients, and the board of directors.

CrisisREADY© Globetrotter. Laurie’s expertise isn’t confined by borders. She’s a certified trauma treatment specialist, elder planning counsellor, grief coach, bereavement companion, trauma informed yoga teacher, death doula, and a true bereavement companion and coach guru. Her three decades of professional service have taken her on a worldwide journey, sharing innovative practices that make organizations CrisisREADY©.

Over 350+ Articles & Counting. Laurie with her wealth of experience is backed by thousands of frontline hours and has penned over 350 articles. Her sessions are more than informative; they’re immersive, thought-provoking, and jam-packed with practical takeaways.

Get Crisis-Savvy, with Laurie. Laurie is as upfront and real as it gets. Her valuable programs are accredited providing professionals with certificates and education credits (specific to your industry) adding to their educational repertoire. When you choose Laurie, you’re choosing results, not just theory. Get ready to thrive through life’s interruptions with the ultimate crisis-ready catalyst!

For more information on programs, global retreats, coaching, speaking, or education, contact Laurie at [email protected] | crisisreadyleadership.com

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Programs & Services

Life Interrupted Inc. offers a variety of keynotes, retreats, education, and workshops.

All content and choice of available subjects are customized to your specific organization and profession.

Earn Education Credits: Explore Comprehensive Programs and Services

Some of the programs and services include:

      • Life Interrupted – Greater Success by Dealing with
        Life’s Toughest Moments (flagship Program)
      • Grounded Communication in High Stress Moments
      • Deeper Human Connection with Clients and
        Employees
      • Supportive, Resilient Teams
      • Nervous System Care for Your Own Well-Being
      • Emotional Resilience First Aid
      • RelationSHIFTS™: Relating effectively when your clients are most vulnerable

For further information on programs and services, contact  [email protected].

Benefits

  1. Mastering Self-Awareness: Understand your unique client crisis responses to transform your approach.
  2. Decode Human Behaviour: Unravel diverse crisis reactions, fostering empathy and connections.
  3. Discover Foundations: Identify core elements guiding crisis responses for effective strategies.
  4. Tailored Client Connections: Adapt and connect seamlessly with clients, building trust.
  5. Stress Alleviation: Boost awareness to reduce stress, enhancing resilience and well-being.
  6. relationSHIFTS How To Empower Others: Support others by understanding their crisis responses, and providing meaningful help.
  7. Dynamic Adaptability: Utilize understanding to proactively adjust strategies, ensuring success.

Clients

Laurie’s clients include: Hospitality/Food & Beverage/Sports, Clubs, Insurance and Investment Advisors, Accountants, Realtors, Nurses, Health Care Workers, Care-providers, Lawyers, Veterinarians, Funeral Directors and Government Agencies, and Women’s Conferences.

She has been a keynote speaker for these clients and many more: Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), Advocis, Sun Life, Richardson Wealth Management, Club Managers American Association , Club Managers Association of Europe, Club
Management Association of Canada, Investors Group, Elder Planning Issues Conference, Conference Board of Canada.

Laurie has shared her expertise on podcasts, television, radio and publications.  She has also been featured in over 300 publications including Canadian Insurance Magazine, Club Manager’s Quarterly, PCA Plus, The Boardroom, Club Managers American Association, Canadian HR Reporter, EAP Digest (U.S.), Help’s Here, Resources for Seniors and Caregivers, Toronto Insurance Women’s Association, Municipality World, and over 18 syndicated newspapers.

Testimonials

“What a great pleasure to listen and watch Laurie present such a new take on what most people see to be a 'dry' or administrative subject. Her creativity, experience, vitality, passion and brilliant presentation skills kept us wanting more, a total delight.”- Bill Sanderson, The Business Development Coach
“Laurie’s combination of experience and eagerness to help advisors add the ‘humanity’ component to their profession is a needed component in our industry. Our success depends on the ability of its people to build rapport and long-time caring relationships.”- F. Filion, Ex. Financial Advisor, Investors Group
“Laurie provided significant support for me and my whole team during and following a crisis at our club. She created instant rapport with managers, staff, the two Board of Directors and club members and smoothly provided crisis support wherever it was needed, in a non-threatening manner. Laurie easily became part of our team. She helped us get back to business quickly and with confidence - something we couldn’t have done without Laurie’s help. I will never forget the care and compassion that Laurie provided for everyone involved.”- Doug Shifflett, CCM, GM/COO, Governors Club
“Laurie teaches a deeper level of understanding crisis, and how to maintain and keep emergency response plans active, before, during and after. This six-hour session gave us the opportunity to focus on leadership ‘soft skills’ our industry so often overlooks in favor of technical credits. Laurie connects instantly with her audience. She is engaging, passionate and an articulate speaker who filled her presentation with tools and many take-aways. She incorporated club-specific crisis situations and people stories resulting in a fully informative and useful session.”- Kathryn A. Collins, Managing Director, Wisconsin Badger Chapter, CMAA

Take Action!

Invite internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and educator, Laurie M. Martin, to your next meeting, or event. Laurie delivers a powerful message. Attendees will learn how to STOP—LISTEN—STRATEGIZE—and TALK comfortably in challenging situations.

Book

Laurie’s national best-selling book: Life Interrupted – Greater Success by Managing Life’s Toughest Moments offers a unique focus on the workplace. It’s an easy-to-read guide and an excellent resource to help people at all levels understand loss and how to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues, and stay safe in a crisis or high-stress emotional situation.

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