Lisa Belanger

Lisa Belanger

PhD, CSEP-CEPAB, CANADA
Dedicated to teaching how to consciously invest your time to increase your energy, to be healthier, happier and more productive.

An organization's greatest asset is its people. Award-winning CEO Dr. Lisa Bélanger shows leaders and teams how insights from behavioural science research can be applied in the workplace to optimize the performance, productivity, and innovation of leaders and teams – resulting in long-term change, competitive advantage, and incredible success.

With a PhD in Behavioural Medicine, Dr. Bélanger is the CEO and founder of ConsciousWorks, a consulting firm that helps everyone from executives to entrepreneurs apply the findings from leading-edge scientific analyses to maximize their mental and physical well-being at work and at home.

Dr. Bélanger is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist; a past Honorary Research Associate at Swansea University, Wales; researcher at the University of Calgary; instructor at the University of Alberta Executive Education and the author of Inspire Me Well: Finding Motivation to Take Control of Your Health. Additionally, she is the founder of Knight's Cabin, a national non-profit offering no-cost wellness programming to cancer survivors.

An organization's greatest asset is its people. Award-winning CEO Dr. Lisa Bélanger shows leaders and teams how insights from behavioural science research can be applied in the workplace to optimize the performance, productivity, and innovation of leaders and teams – resulting in long-term change, competitive advantage, and incredible success.

With a PhD in Behavioural Medicine, Dr. Bélanger is the CEO and founder of ConsciousWorks, a consulting firm that helps everyone from executives to entrepreneurs apply the findings from leading-edge scientific analyses to maximize their mental and physical well-being at work and at home.

Dr. Bélanger is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist; a past Honorary Research Associate at Swansea University, Wales; researcher at the University of Calgary; instructor at the University of Alberta Executive Education and the author of Inspire Me Well: Finding Motivation to Take Control of Your Health. Additionally, she is the founder of Knight's Cabin, a national non-profit offering no-cost wellness programming to cancer survivors.

Activate Health Habits to Fuel Optimal Performance: Turning the Best of Intentions into Real Action

There's a world of difference between knowing what to do, and actually doing it! And there's a difference between knowing what to do, and how to do it.

Even with the best of intentions and armed with the best information, most people fail to make the changes necessary to create sustainable, long-term improvements in their health - a mistake that can lead to chronic illness, workplace absenteeism, and long-term burn-out.

Dr. Bélanger focuses on the four key health behaviours people...

WellnessEducational / InformativeHumorous / Funny

Make Brain Health Your Competitive Advantage

Most corporations greatest asset is the productivity, creativity, and innovation of their employees. Dr. Bélanger explores the behaviours and practices leaders can encourage to help their staff be in the best condition to think clearly, make better decisions, and to be more productive and resilient.

Drawing from psychology, behavioural science, and neuroscience, Dr. Belanger also explains what employees can do to cope well  in high stress situations; when under long term...

Mental StrengthEducational / InformativeHumorous / Funny

Change Starts from the Top: Leading a Healthy Workplace

A healthy workplace starts from the top down. Dr. Bélanger shares key techniques leaders can use to inspire and facilitate a corporate wellness culture, and shares case studies on how leaders who model healthy behaviours at work have a direct, positive impact on an organization's bottom line.

Dr. Belanger also explores challenges leaders may face - including gender differences and generational differences - and explains the strategies to overcome these obstacles to establish a...

Mental StrengthEducational / InformativeHumorous / Funny

A Cup of Mindfulness for the Busy & Restless

The science supporting mindfulness and meditation is overwhelmingly positive. The practice is linked to everything from decreased blood pressure and better sleep, to increased focus and productivity. The struggle: how to fit into an already busy day.

In this talk, Dr. Bélanger discusses what you can do during your coffee break -- and other opportunities during your day -- that can increase your mental health, help you to effectively deal with challenging people, and to create the...
WellnessAudience ActivityEducational / Informative