Doug Smith
Keynote Speaker | Ottawa, Ontario
Mental Wellness
Trauma | Recovery and Overcoming Adversity Expert
Doug Smith Expertise PTSD & Trauma, Resilience & Adversity, Mental Health, Transformation, Mindset & Attitude, Resilience & Change, Stress Management, Adaptability & Agility and Athletes & Sports.
About Doug Smith
Doug Smith is a father, husband, NHL hockey player, and bestselling author from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. After a career-ending broken neck, Doug has dedicated his life to helping others overcome adversity and achieve their goals. His books, meditations, and courses offer insights into recovery and high performance, drawing from his personal experiences. At just 18, Doug was drafted 2nd overall into the NHL by the Los Angeles Kings. Doug understands because he has done it, how to build and maintain mental performance through transformation. It is this experience and learning that Doug brings to his clients. His story and work continue to inspire many in their journey towards mental and physical transformation.
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DOUG SMITH BIOGRAPHY
Doug Smith is a retired NHL player whose career spanned over a decade. Picked 2nd choice overall in the NHL, Doug played for the Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, and Pittsburgh Penguins. When his two daughters were both under two years old, Doug’s professional sports career tragically ended in a headfirst collision resulting in a broken neck and spinal cord injury.
He played 607 professional games before the injury ended his career. Doug’s story of recovery and healing is unforgettable, and inspiring and helps people to better understand change.
Author of “The Trauma Code” & “Thriving in Transition”, Doug Smith is a thought leader on the subject of change and trauma. In his latest book, “The Trauma Code, unlocking your Mental Performance” Doug delves into his personal story of success and provides concrete actions leaders and employees can use immediately to effect positive change in the workplace.
An accomplished keynote speaker and communicator, Doug Smith presents an innovative solution through his teenage NHL story. The solution helps leaders to become more aware of trauma in their workplace in order to maximize human performance around them. Doug’s clients are able to use this new understanding and messaging to the benefit of their employees and the performance of their organization today.
Doug understands the impact of change, the process of recovery, and the rebuilding of personal performance because he has been there.
Award-winning author of ‘Thriving in Transition, How to Turn Adversity into the Opportunity of a Lifetime and ‘The Trauma Code, Unlocking Your Performance’, Doug Smith is a thought leader on the subjects of change, trauma, and human performance. As he tells his incredible life story of perseverance and resilience, Doug leaves the audience with a memorable system for better mental health and many fun simple hacks they can use to maximize their personal and professional performance.
Doug’s corporate clients are able to use this understanding and messaging for the benefit of their employees, the performance of their organizations, and their own personal well-being.
Confined in leg braces and diagnosed with rickets as a child, Doug Smith became an elite athlete and avid learner by just age 16. That year Doug played in the Ontario Hockey League as an “underage” and was the Winner of The OHL’s Bobby Smith Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. At 18 years old, Doug was the NHL’s 1st round draft choice of the Los Angeles Kings franchise.
Chosen 2nd overall, he was the youngest player to have ever played for the LA Kings at that time.
Doug Smith Topic Presentations
Doug Smith Ottawa, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.
An Expert on Workplace Resilience & the Impact of Emotional Trauma : An Nhl Story
Mastering Mental Wellness in the Workplace: a Simple, Rational Approach to Managing Trauma, Wellness, and Performance
The Power of Accepting Feedback
Unlocking Your Performance
How to Cultivate Emotional Control and Stop Hurting Others
Internalizing the Eight Principles
Building High Performance Organizations
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