Dana Medlin · Author / Thought Leader / Speaker
Sustainable change
starts with the
person.
Sustainable change does not begin with the behavior. It begins
with the person doing the behavior. Dana helps people and
organizations build the ground that makes better strategies,
stronger habits, and meaningful progress possible.
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Women's Week
Speaking & thought leadership
The missing layer underneath the strategy
Dana’s keynotes and workshops help audiences understand why
information, motivation, and even good plans fail and what makes change
sustainable.
01
Why Wellness Programs Fail
And What Actually Changes Behavior
A practical look at why information and incentives alone rarely create durable change and the human foundation effective programs must build first.
02
The Signal and the Dial
A Framework for Sustainable Change
A clear framework for recognizing the internal signal, clearing the interference, and making deliberate choices that hold beyond the moment.
03
Beyond the Plate
Root-Cause Thinking in Functional Nutrition
An accessible approach to looking beyond isolated food choices and understanding the wider conditions that shape health, energy, and behavior.
04
From Burnout to Full Volume
Rebuilding Energy, Resilience,and Habits That Last
An honest, evidence-informed path from depletion to sustainable energy, stronger stress resilience, and habits built for real life.
Featured book
Turn the dial. Clear the static.
The Signal is the self you were before life taught you to turn it down: your clarity, confidence and wanting still broadcasting beneath the noise. The Dial is what you do about it through daily, deliberate choices that bring that signal back to full volume.
You do not wait until the static clears to turn the dial. You turn the dial, and the static begins to clear.
The expert
Meet Dana Medlin
Across a 20-year corporate career and more than a decade of coaching, Dana has studied why motivated people can follow sound strategies and
still struggle to create lasting change. Today, she brings that insight to
keynotes, workshops, books, courses, and practical resources for people
and organizations ready to build from the inside out.
Writing
From the blog
Medlin Holistic Health · October 1, 2026
I Just Launched "The 10 Acts of Strength"
I Just Launched "The 10 Acts of Strength" - And I Wrote It Because a Stranger Once Saved Me
With 15 Seconds and a Sentence
Medlin Holistic Health · July 12, 2025
A Beacon of Hope: Organic
Superfood Supplements
How Our Food Supply Is Sabotaging Our Health
Medlin Holistic Health · February 23, 2025
Is Mindfulness Just a Buzzword?
In today’s fast-paced, tech-obsessed world, the
term “mindfulness” is tossed around as the
magic solution to stress, anxiety, and the
endless demands of modern life. You’ll find it in
self-help books, corporate wellness...
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Author / Thought Leader / Speaker
Keynotes, books, courses, and evidence-informed
frameworks that build the person behind sustainable
change. Based in Tampa Bay, working nationwide.
Keynotes, books, courses, and evidence-informed frameworks that build the person behind sustainable change. Based in Tampa Bay, working nationwide.
© 2026 Medlin Holistic Health LLC. All rights reserved.
© 2026 Medlin Holistic Health LLC. All rights reserved.