Speaking & workshops
Build the person.
Then the behavior
can follow.
Dana Medlin helps audiences build the identity, belief, and capacity
strategy alone can’t reach. Change stops depending on willpower
and holds in the real world.
The central idea
Sustainable change
does not begin with the
behavior. It begins
with the person doing
the behavior.
Across a 20-year corporate career and more than a decade of coaching,
Dana kept encountering the same pattern: people with real motivation who
had tried real strategies, sometimes for years, and still were not where they
wanted to be.
The problem was not a lack of information or willpower. The strategy was
not always wrong. It had simply been built on ground that had never been
addressed. Dana’s talks help audiences build that ground first.
Dana’s perspective
Sustainable change does not begin with the behavior. It begins with the person doing the behavior.
Across a 20-year corporate career and more than a decade of coaching, Dana kept encountering the same pattern: people with real motivation who had tried real strategies, sometimes for years, and still were not where they wanted to be.
The problem was not a lack of information or willpower. The strategy was not always wrong. It had simply been built on ground that had never been addressed. Dana’s talks help audiences build that ground first.
Wellness keynote speaker
A wellness keynote speaker
for teams that want change
to last
Most workplace wellness programs give people information and incentives,
then wonder why behavior doesn't change. Dana Medlin is a corporate
wellness speaker who works on the layer underneath: identity, belief, and
capacity. Her keynotes help employee wellbeing actually stick.
Dana speaks at benefits conferences, leadership retreats, association meetings, and company all-hands. Popular sessions cover burnout and resilience, employee engagement and wellness, and behavior change that holds after the event ends. She also leads women's leadership and wellness sessions for professional groups.
Based in Tampa Bay, Dana is a Florida wellness keynote speaker who
books events nationwide.
Where Dana speaks
Ways to work together
Ideas audiences can use after
the applause
Keynotes
Compelling, practical talks that challenge
familiar assumptions about motivation and lasting change.
Workshops
Interactive sessions that help teams apply the framework to health, leadership, and everyday behavior.
Organizations
Programs shaped for companies, conferences, healthcare audiences, and professional communities.
Popular topics
Talks that build the ground for
change
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.
Frequently asked
Questions event planners ask
What does Dana speak about?
Behavior change, burnout recovery, employee engagement, and why wellness programs fail.
Who books Dana?
Employers, HR and benefits teams, conferences, associations, and women's leadership groups.
Does Dana travel?
Yes. She's based in Tampa Bay and speaks nationwide.
Can talks be tailored?
Yes. Each keynote or workshop is shaped to the audience and event goals.
Bring Dana to your audience
Start a conversation about your
event.
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.
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