Stress Physiologist & Peak Performance Expert
Rebecca Heiss, PhD Biography
Rebecca Heiss knows fear. As a stress physiologist, she is dedicated to helping us overcome our instinctual limitations: the ancient, often subconscious fears that hold us back from our optimal performance and our happiest lives. Her research has been designated transformative by the National Science Foundation, and it is waking up audiences around the world.
As the author of two books, Springboard and Instinct, founder and CEO of the leadership 360-review mobile application icueity, and a highly sought-after professional speaker, Heiss has found her calling in helping others recognize the power of biological applications in their lives. A former educator, she spent much of her earlier career in the classroom at both the high school and college levels, and was recruited to be a founding member of an innovative charter school focused on entrepreneurial thinking and impact-based learning. Today, she shares her Fear[less] stress formula from stages around the world as a full-time speaker and facilitator of her Fear[less] Masterclass, and continues her research on how we can turn trauma into Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) rather than PTSD.
Heiss's Fear[less] message inspires hope and actionable insights to train our brains to work for us, rather than against us, in times of change and uncertainty. With surprising humor and palpable energy, whether she is delivering virtually or on stage, she wins over her audiences with interactive, inspiring, and timely takeaways. She lives in South Carolina with her spoiled-rotten dogs Guinness and Murphy, and every day tries to live her life motto: “Spread Happy.”
Rebecca Heiss, PhD Speaking Topics
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The Stress Advantage
Harnessing the Power of Stress to Boost Performance
We are in the middle of a technological revolution. AI is here and we are not going back. What if, instead of fighting the stress and anxiety that accompany change, we could transform it into a competitive advantage?
In this eye-opening keynote, Dr. Rebecca reveals the secret upside of stress that the highest-performing athletes and leaders use to fuel their performance. She helps individuals and companies move from symptoms of PTSD to PTG (Post Traumatic Growth) with a simple science-based framework that allows anyone to stop fighting stress, and start leaning into it, improving productivity, increasing connection, and growing because of challenges rather than in spite of them.
Who it's for
- Audiences battling rising stress, burnout, and disengagement
- Teams exhausted by technology disruption and the pace of AI
- Anyone wary of traditional “stress management” techniques that only add more to-dos
Audience takeaways
- Avoid learned helplessness by understanding the biological root of the stress response and taking action to regain agency under pressure
- Engage with fears and reframe them as energy that optimizes performance and growth
- Adopt a simple framework for rewiring the brain to reduce burnout and restore purpose and fulfillment
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FEAR(less) Leadership
Excelling Through Uncertainty
In this engaging keynote, Dr. Rebecca Heiss leverages decades of research into stress and human behavior to share simple, science-backed techniques for transforming fear into the fuel that will propel leaders and their teams to greater confidence, focus, and performance.
Who it's for
- Leaders and teams feeling overwhelmed by stress, challenge, or unpredictable change
- Those ready to return to performance growth, or concerned about how failure might be perceived
- Teams hoping to understand the science behind stress and anxiety so they can manage it more effectively
- Groups needing to come together to drive performance forward
Audience takeaways
- Rapidly transform stress and fear into energy that works for, rather than against, them
- Recalibrate the stress response so they can step into uncomfortable changes and challenges
- Adopt an adventure mindset that fuels resilience and adaptability in high-pressure situations
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Rebecca Heiss, PhD is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Biology, Communication, Diversity & Inclusion, Happiness, Health & Wellness, Human Resources, Leadership, Medicine, Mental Health, Mindset, Motivational, Neuroscience, Peak Performance, Personal Growth, Science, Stress Management, Teamwork & Teambuilding, TED, Workshop -
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