Keynotes, Workshops, and Leadership Training with Dr. Suzie Carmack
Burnout, disengagement, toxic culture, and leadership fatigue all have something in common: they are communication problems. The stories leaders tell their teams, the stories teams tell themselves, and the stories organizations tell the world are either in coherence — or they aren't. When they aren't, people suffer. When they are, organizations thrive.
Dr. Suzie Carmack brings the science, the soul, and the practice of communication as medicine to your stage, your leadership team, and your culture — so your people don't just hear an inspiring talk and go back to business as usual. They leave with a framework they can use that same day, and for the rest of their lives.
Most well-being speakers bring mindfulness tips or resilience hacks. Dr. Carmack brings something deeper: a research-backed system for understanding how the stories we tell — to ourselves, to each other, and to the world — directly shape our nervous systems, our immune response, our leadership presence, and our organizational health.
This is not wellness as a perk. This is communication as medicine — practiced wisely, dosed with intention, and designed to heal from the inside out.
With 30 years of experience, 100+ keynotes delivered worldwide, and a unique combination of doctoral research in health communication, coaching scholarship, movement science, and yoga therapy — Dr. Carmack bridges science and soul in a way your audience will feel in the room and remember long after they leave.
Keynote Speaker A custom-designed, evidence-based keynote that meets your audience exactly where they are — and moves them toward where they need to go. Inspiring, embodied, and impossible to forget.
Leadership Workshop A deeper dive for leaders and teams ready to examine the stories driving their culture — and develop the communication practices that build psychological safety, trust, and sustainable well-being.
Genius Breaks & Stretch Break Leadership Short, powerful, embodied practices woven into your event or workday — giving your people tools they can use immediately to regulate their nervous systems, reset their presence, and show up fully.
Coach Training & Train the Trainer For organizations ready to build communication medicine into their culture from the inside — training your own coaches, leaders, and facilitators to practice and teach these principles.
Communication is Medicine The flagship keynote. Based on Dr. Carmack's forthcoming book, this talk introduces audiences to the revolutionary idea that the way we communicate — with ourselves, our teams, and the world — is either healing or harming us. And that anyone can learn to practice it wisely.
Centered Well-Being: The Three Stories That Shape Your Health Based on Dr. Carmack's original research, this session explores how alignment between the story you tell yourself, the story you tell others, and the story you tell the world creates centered well-being — and what to do when those stories are out of coherence.
Leadership Begins with Self-Leadership How leaders communicate with themselves is the foundation of how they lead others. This session gives leaders the science and the practice of leading from coherence rather than from burnout.
Psychological Safety as Communication Practice Building cultures where people can show up authentically isn't about policy — it's about the daily communication practices that signal safety, build trust, and unlock team potential.
Genius Breaks: Micro-Practices for Well-Being at Work Short, evidence-based movement and mindfulness practices that organizations can embed into their workday — because well-being isn't a retreat. It's a daily practice.
Don't see what you're looking for? Every talk is custom-designed. Just ask.
The Science — Evidence-based insights from health communication, psychoneuroimmunology, coaching research, and leadership science that give your audience a rigorous framework they can trust.
The Soul — A presence that doesn't just inform but transforms. Dr. Carmack brings her whole self to every stage — scholar, mystic, coach, and survivor of life's toughest plot twists.
The Body — Somatic practices that help your audience regulate their nervous systems, notice their own needs in real time, and experience well-being rather than just hear about it.
The Practice — Actionable tools your people can use that same day — and a framework for building communication medicine into their work and their lives long after the event ends.
Tap into the healing power of communication - for your team and your organization.
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"Thanks for a fantastic session! One participant commented in the feedback survey “This is the best Café Series presentation I have ever seen.” "
"Thank you so much for providing the closing keynote session at the University of Pittsburgh 2018 Women in Medicine & Science Forum. Your energy and enthusiasm was contagious. Providing everyone an autographed copy of your book was an added bonus!"
"Suzie is the consummate professional. ​She has worked more than a few times with the Fairfax County Public Schools theatre teachers delivering relaxation workshops and has always delivered an awesome session! "
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