Dr. Susan Biali Haas

With her extensive evidence-based knowledge of physical and mental health, human well-being, behavioural psychology, and coaching principles, Dr. Susan Biali Haas will teach your people key skills to help them navigate the ups and downs and endless stresses and strains of modern life.

Your group will learn:

• Keys to recognizing, preventing and recovering from burnout.
• How to manage personality traits that create unnecessary stress.
• How to connect or reconnect with their passions.
• Simple yet powerful self-care strategies to improve mental and physical health and boost energy.
• Secrets and strategies for a more resilient brain.
• Mind-body medicine tools that are quick, easy and proven to reduce stress.
• Fundamental skills and perspectives for creating work-life balance.

Dr. Susan Biali Haas is uniquely equipped to help your group understand and improve their mental health: she has suffered from and conquered depression, anxiety and burnout, has diagnosed and treated a long list of medical patients, and has studied principles of positive psychology and wellness for over two decades. Dr. Susan Biali Haas blogs for Psychology Today and has been interviewed by media across North America about the roots of depression and drug-free ways to create better mental health.

Your group will learn:

•  Tools and fresh perspectives to find more meaning and joy in work and life.
• Keys to recognizing, preventing and recovering from burnout.
• How to spot early warning signs of depression in themselves and their colleagues.
• Mental and physical symptoms of anxiety.
• Recognizing problematic anxiety vs. normal worrying.
• Tips for approaching and helping a colleague who is struggling.
• Workplace mental health strategies that work.
• Scientifically proven, drug-free strategies to boost their mood and balance their lives.

Learn to make better choices that result in a healthier, more meaningful, sustainable life. The result: your people will bring more energy, enthusiasm and impact to everything they do. In this invigorating and informative presentation, Dr. Susan Biali Haas highlights key daily choices that help you shape a vibrant, healthier life that makes a difference.

You’ll learn how to:

• Understand and protect yourself from burnout (signs/symptoms and risk factors).
• Enhance the quality and quantity of your sleep.
• Harness the power of nutrition for maximal brain performance.
• Leverage movement to boost your brain and mood and reduce burnout.
• Maximize the benefits from your most important relationships.
• Intentionally incorporate joy to positively rewire your brain.
• Find time for what matters most.

In this inspiring keynote filled with evidence-based insights and tools, Dr. Susan Biali Haas will detail the key factors that support the mental health, well-being and resilience of leaders. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of the factors driving workplace and personal well-being, and be equipped with actionable goals and strategies that benefit you, your life, and your people.

You’ll learn about:

• The cardinal signs and symptoms of burnout you may notice in yourself or others.
• Organizational and team-related drivers of chronic stress and burnout.
• Managing stress and overwhelm from high workloads.
• Boundary management strategies that improve personal well-being and work performance.
• Identification and management of personality factors that increase vulnerability to stress and burnout.
• Lifestyle practices that increase mental and physical resilience and energy.
•  A strategic framework to identify and protect key priorities in work and life.

Mindfulness is most purely defined as a state of being conscious or aware. In order to be maximally effective, a mindful leader must cultivate deep awareness of how to lead themselves, in addition to leading their people. Drawing from almost three decades of study in the areas of health and wellness, positive psychology, personal development and workplace well-being, Dr. Susan Biali Haas will teach your leaders how to harness the power of awareness across the spectrum of their personal and professional lives.

The goal: a sustainable shift in perspective, leading to consistent actions that promote long term well-being, resilience and performance in themselves and their teams.

Your group will learn about:

• Burnout: Definition, Signs/Symptoms/Risk Factors.
• Simple Work-Related Strategies to Increase Resilience and Engagement.
• Self-Care as a Key Discipline for Leaders.
• How to Enhance Productivity by Maximizing Sleep Quality.
• Exercise for Optimal Brain Health, Mental Health & Workplace Engagement.
• Mindfulness & Mind-Body Medicine: Understanding the Relaxation Response.
• Evidence-Based Mindful Relaxation Techniques to Reduce Stress/Heal Your DNA.
• Work/Life Balance: How to Find Time Where There is None & Prioritizing What Matters.

Dr. Susan Biali Haas is more than just an expert in well-being. As a physician who experienced severe burnout, depression and trauma-related stress early in her training, and continued to navigate the challenges of almost two decades of front line work in healthcare, she brings a deep range of lived experience to the stage. In this very personal presentation, she combines deeply evocative storytelling with evidence-based practical solutions. Dr. Susan Biali Haas will tailor the content to the unique needs and experiences of your audience, whether your group is composed of physicians, primary care providers, nurses, mental health professionals, family services providers, or any other type of healthcare-focused group.

This presentation will:

• Share Dr. Susan Biali Haas’ personal story of provider burnout and mental health challenges while working in the front lines of healthcare.
• Increase awareness of provider burnout in healthcare, by sharing and reflecting on the lived experience of provider burnout.
• Illustrate how to recognize and overcome burnout and other mental health concerns in a healthcare context (can be individual or organizational perspective).
• Recognize the increasing need to understand and acknowledge traumatic experiences in the line of duty.
• Motivate and provide insights on the importance of a mental health focus for healthcare providers.
• Help to shift the focus from stigma to support.
• Emphasize the importance of prioritizing well-being for healthcare professionals.

In this compelling, personal presentation based on her lived experience, Dr. Susan Biali Haas delivers a message of hope and inspiration, paired with evidence-based tools for strength and healing from burnout, depression and trauma. It is suited for front line service providers and administrators/leaders who work in contexts that deal with mental illness

Your group will learn:

• Dr. Susan Biali Haas’ personal lived experience with depression, burnout and trauma.
• Key elements that build strength, mental wellness and resilience into organizations and communities.
• The importance of removing stigma around mental health challenges.
• How to define Mental Wellness and understand key factors that build this essential strength.
• The definition of Burnout, related risk factors and protective behaviors.
• Foundational, practical wellness habits that promote mental wellness and resilience.
• Mind-Body Medicine principles and practices that bring healing and increase well-being.

Are you feeling trapped, overwhelmed or unfulfilled in your work or your whole life? Have you been wanting to make changes for a while?

If you’re like many of the people Dr. Susan Biali Haas work with, you’re struggling to enjoy your work or may no longer enjoy it at all. You feel more and more stressed and irritable, and that stress is starting to spill over into your personal life.

It may be that it’s time for you to transition to a new job or career. Dr. Susan Biali Haas have helped many people navigate this type of change, and would be happy to help guide and support you through it.

On the other hand, if the root of your problem is simply excess work stress and/or burnout, the best approach may be to make key changes to both your work life and your personal life. There are multiple factors, both work-related and personal, that influence the amount of stress and distress you experience.

Dr. Susan Biali Haas would first work together on identifying the key issues that are negatively impacting your situation. Next, she will actively implement the most important, realistic, evidence-based changes that can help you to thrive and feel more fulfilled by your work (and your life) again.