Dr. Paula Joyce, The Life Doctor,has helped thousands of people improve their health, wealth and relationships through her writing, coaching and speaking. Dr. Paula's clients attain success, achieve breakthrough thinking and enhance productivity by working with her Ultimate Creative Problem Solving Process to align and integrate the information in the right and left sides of their brain. This allows them to dissolve hidden fears and barriers, solve their most challenging problems and reach their goals. As someone who has faced many challenges in life, Dr. Paula walks her talk. Despite being told that she would never be able to dance, paint or write creatively, she has become an accomplished Argentine Tango dancer, an artist whose work is shown in museums around the world, a leading expert, and a best-selling author whose creative writing and poetry have been published. Despite being raised to believe that a woman should never get too much education, work while raising children, or be successful in a career, Dr. Paula did postdoctoral work at Yale University in the Cognitive Psychology Department and was Director of Leadership Development for the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School district where she coached and trained top level executives. she has overcome emotional and psychological abuse and taught herself to see the positive in every experience and feel the gratitude for all of it. A best-selling author who has been internationally published and translated, her most recent book, 33 Tips for Self-Empowerment, is available as an e-book and will soon be in print. Her next book, Tango, The Dance of Life, is in preparation. Go to her website and sign up for her newsletter to be among the first to receive a publication notice. As a well-respected speaker, she has worked with such diverse organizations as American Express Financial Services, Baylor University Medical Center, The Jung Society, The Irving Arts Center, Voluntary Hospital Association, Southwest Human Resources Conference, Fashion Group International Board Retreat, The Transynergy Group, Shearith Israel, Unity Church, University of Texas Women in Business Leadership Conference, The Women's Museum and The Right Management Group. Some of the topics that Dr. Paula presents to national and international audiences are leadership development, team building, wellness, de-stressing, life transitions, conflict resolution, change management, overcoming abuse/self empowerment, strategic planning, positive thinking, life after divorce, nourishment of the spirit, from fear to freedom, becoming healthy, and staying mentally sharp. Dr. Paula was a Facilitator for the National Domestic Violence Hotline Decade for Change Summit and Co-Chair for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Professional Development Conference on Domestic Violence. Podcasts on abuse from her radio show, Uplift Your Life with Dr. Paula are available at http://paulajoyce.com/site/radio-show/. Dr. Paula has been featured in USA Today, The Dallas Morning News and on national radio and television. You can see her on YouTube. Her radio show Uplift your Life: Nourishment of the Spirit began March 20, 2014 on the VoiceAmerica Network's 7th Wave Channel. Tune in live Thursdays 10-11am CST. Education:
1967 B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (English, Social Studies, Psychology)
1968 M.Ed., Boston University, Boston, MA (Reading)
1980 Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX (Reading, Special Education, Psychology)
1981 Post-doctoral Fellow, Yale University, Dr. Robert J. Sternberg (Cognitive Psychology)
2002 Coach University Training, Thomas Leonard, Founder of the profession of Coaching, Dallas, TX
2004 Effective Relationships Training, Coachville, Dallas, TX
Columnist for Dallas Yoga Magazine, Ask Dr. Paula, at www.dallasyogamagazine.com
Selected as one of 13 Best Life Coaches in Dallas by Expertise.com since 2018
Executive/Life Coach at www.paulajoyce.com
Internationally shown artist at www.paulajoycedesigns.com
Best-selling author, Nothing But Net
