#1 New York Times Best-selling Author

Motivational speaker Marci Shimoff is a best-selling author and transformational leader and one of the nation’s leading experts on happiness and success.

Marci is the woman’s face of the biggest self-help book phenomenon in history, Chicken Soup for the Soul. Her six bestselling titles in the series, including Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul, have met with stunning success, selling more than 13 million copies worldwide in 33 languages and have been on the New York Times bestseller list for a total of 108 weeks.

Marci is one of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time. In addition, she’s a featured teacher in the international film and book phenomenon, The Secret. Her new book, LOVE FOR NO REASON: 7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love, follows the success of Happy for No Reason: Being Happy from the Inside Out, a revolutionary approach to experiencing deep and lasting happiness.

A celebrated transformational leader and one of the nation’s leading experts on happiness, success, and the law of attraction, Marci has inspired millions of people around the world, sharing her breakthrough methods for personal fulfillment and professional success.

President and co-founder of the Esteem Group, she delivers keynote addresses and seminars on self-esteem, self-empowerment, and peak performance to corporations, professional and non-profit organizations, and women’s associations. She has been a top-rated trainer for numerous Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, General Motors, Sears, Kaiser Permanente, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

As an acclaimed authority on success and happiness, Marci is often approached by media for her insights and advice. She has been on more than 500 national and regional television and radio shows and has been interviewed for over 100 newspaper articles nationwide. Her writing has appeared in national women’s magazines, including Ladies Home Journal and Woman’s World.

Marci earned her MBA from UCLA and holds an advanced certificate as a stress management consultant. She is a founding member and on the board of directors of the Transformational Leadership Council, a group of 100 top leaders serving over ten million people in the self-development market.

Through her books and her presentations, Marci’s message has touched the hearts and rekindled the spirits of millions of people throughout the world. She is dedicated to fulfilling her life’s purpose of helping people live more empowered and joy-filled lives.

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Happy For No Reason 

Having things and circumstances – money, success, relationships, health – brings a certain kind of happiness, but this temporary experience of satisfaction or joy soon fades and we have to hurry up and fulfill the next desire to feel happy again. To experience true and lasting happiness, we can learn to access the deep state of peace and well-being that already exists within us—beyond the reach of external circumstances. Then, no matter what is happening in life we are Happy for No Reason.

In this powerful presentation you will hear moving, real-life stories of people who are Happy for No Reason, as well as the latest scientific findings about how to raise your happiness set point. This program will inspire and motivate you to create a life that is full of genuine happiness every day.

The Heart of the Secret

Whatever we think, feel, say and put our energy into, whether positive or negative, we magnetize to us. This is the Law of Attraction, and we see it at work in our lives every day. Based on the best selling movie and book, The Secret, featuring one of its celebrated teachers, Marci Shimoff, this life-changing presentation shares insights and strategies for working with the Law of Attraction more fully in your life. Designed to give you practical tools to magnetize your highest good, this program inspires you to transform your unconscious habits into conscious actions that will create the life of your dreams.

Chicken Soup for the Soul

In this powerful presentation you will hear moving, real-life stories that reveal simple truths and profound messages we’ve all learned—yet sometimes forget. Based on the best-selling book series, Chicken Soup for the Soul, this program will inspire and motivate you—and show you what is possible in your life. This dynamic and interactive presentation includes practical exercises that inspire and motivate audiences to live the fulfilling life they want!

Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul

In this powerful presentation you will hear moving, real-life stories that reveal simple truths and profound messages we’ve all learned—yet sometimes forget. Based on the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul books, this presentation will inspire and motivate you—and show you what is possible in your life. Specifically geared towards a women’s audience, this talk will share include the most remarkable stories from Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul. This dynamic and interactive presentation includes practical exercises that inspire and motivate audiences to have the fulfilling life they want!

Living with Esteem: Becoming a Peak Performer

Two-thirds of all adults in America suffer from low self-esteem. During this presentation, we’ll look at why low self-esteem has become a national epidemic, and how it affects our personal fulfillment, our family harmony and our job performance. We’ll also outline powerful steps to develop greater self-esteem and increase effectiveness in all areas of your life. This dynamic and interactive presentation includes practical exercises and tools that can be applied immediately to increase your self-esteem and enhance your life and career.