Dr. Anna Thomas

Workplace Wellbeing Speaker & Physician Strengthening Workforce Retention, Engagement & Capacity

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Speaks on:

Adaptive Leadership

Caregiver Support

Inclusive Leadership

Resilience

Work-life Balance

Speaks to:

Health & Wellness

Associations & Membership Orgs

Community & Civic Organizations

Formats:

Keynote

Workshop

Breakout


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Audience members say

Dr. Anna Thomas transforms audiences with her moving talks on caregiving, validating experiences through vulnerability and real-life stories. She captivates listeners with her dynamic delivery and warmth, making complex challenges digestible through her acclaimed 5,4,3,2,1 format and "perfect blocking" technique. Attendees leave feeling hopeful and equipped with practical strategies to navigate caregiving journeys with dignity and confidence. Her invaluable framework helps caregivers reframe their role from burden to opportunity, inspiring lasting change that resonates long after she leaves the stage.
Key Audience Outcomes
  • Participants felt validated in their caregiving experiences.

  • Attendees gained practical strategies for self-care and setting boundaries.

  • Listeners felt more equipped to navigate the caregiving journey with confidence.

  • Caregivers felt empowered to transform their approach to caregiving with dignity and strength.

  • Audience members felt hopeful and motivated to take control of challenging situations.

Dr. Anna's Bio

Dr. Anna Thomas is a board-certified palliative care physician and Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist who strengthens workforce capacity and turns employee wellbeing into a measurable business advantage. As the founder of Workplaces That CARE, she blends clinical insight with leadership strategy to address the real drivers of disengagement and turnover, including burnout risk, caregiving pressures, chronic stress, and rising life demands. Dr. Thomas delivers high-impact keynotes and practical training experiences that equip leaders and teams to protect focus, reduce burnout drivers, and build cultures where people and performance rise together. Her work is research-informed, highly actionable, and built for today’s workplace realities. She also teaches organizations how to use AI ethically, not for surveillance, but as a support system that reduces friction, improves clarity, and strengthens wellbeing at scale.


Dr. Anna Offers the Following Talks

Adaptive LeadershipResilience

Workplace Wellbeing in Its 11th Hour:

  • A clearer understanding of why burnout, disengagement, and turnover are predictable when work exceeds human capacity

  • A shared leadership language for capacity, workload, culture, and performance that reduces blame and sharpens decision-making

  • A renewed sense of responsibility and possibility for redesigning work in ways that protect people and sustain results

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60 minutes

Adaptive LeadershipWork-life Balance

Stop Filling Your Cup: Why Work and Life Demand a Different Approach in Today’s Accelerating World

  • A clearer understanding of why traditional self-care and wellbeing advice often fails in today’s high-demand world

  • Language to describe pace, pressure, and capacity across both work and life without self-blame

  • A renewed sense of clarity and steadiness for responding to modern demands in a more human and sustainable way

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60 minutes

Caregiver SupportInclusive Leadership

How to Survive the Age of Caregiving Leading Yourself When Care and Responsibility Collide

  • Understand why caregiving responsibilities so often lead to exhaustion, identity strain, and silent burnout

  • Gain language to describe caregiving pressure and capacity limits without guilt, shame, or self-blame

  • Learn practical mindset shifts that support self-leadership, steadiness, and sustainability while navigating work and care

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60 minutes




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