Heather J. Crider
Workforces are running on depleted batteries. Engagement scores fall, attrition climbs, and the people most relied on are the most fatigued. Conventional wellness programmes do not move the dial because they treat symptoms while the underlying load on attention, recovery, and emotional regulation continues to grow.
Heather J. Crider is a neuroperformance coach, keynote speaker, and author who helps leaders and teams convert burnout into measurable energy, focus, and engagement using brain-based protocols.
Full Profile
Why organisations work with Heather J. Crider
- Pairs neuroscience-based performance content with live percussion through her Everyday Rockstar collaboration with drummer Mark Schulman, a format conference programmers book specifically to reset audience energy in long event agendas.
- Uses the Impact Index, a proprietary assessment she co-created with Schulman, to give teams a measurable read on how they show up for colleagues and clients, so the keynote leaves a tool behind rather than only a feeling.
- Translates research on stress, attention, and recovery into short-form micro-practices that fit inside an executive day, designed for audiences who have already been through the standard wellness curriculum.
- Brings 15 years of conference keynoting and a working podcast platform, Go Reflect Yourself, to her sessions, so delivery quality is a known quantity for nervous programme leads.
- Wrote the 2024 book Believe In Yourself More Than Your Grandma, which gives audiences a take-home extension of the keynote material and a credible authorial anchor.
Biography highlights
- Author, Believe In Yourself More Than Your Grandma: Unleash Your Superpower Through Simple Neuroscience, 2024.
- Co-founder of Everyday Rockstar with Mark Schulman, drummer for P!nk and Billy Idol.
- Co-creator of the Impact Index, a validated assessment of how individuals show up for others.
- Host of the Go Reflect Yourself Podcast.
- Headline keynote at Anthology Together 2024 and the 2025 CPI Certified Instructors’ Conference.
- Featured in Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Brainz Magazine, and Thrive Global.
Biography
The standard playbook for workforce wellbeing has run its course. Steps challenges, mindfulness apps, and resilience workshops have not stopped the climb in burnout and disengagement. Heather J. Crider’s work begins from that observation. She designs brain-based protocols for leaders and teams who already know they are tired and want a method, not another inspirational reset.
The signature format pairs her neuroperformance keynote with Mark Schulman, the drummer behind P!nk and Billy Idol. Together they co-founded Everyday Rockstar and co-created the Impact Index, an assessment that gives audiences a measurable read on how they affect the people around them. The combination, live percussion and applied neuroscience, is the reason conference programmers book the duo to reset energy across full agendas.
Crider’s individual practice sits inside this broader system. She published Believe In Yourself More Than Your Grandma: Unleash Your Superpower Through Simple Neuroscience in 2024, hosts the Go Reflect Yourself Podcast, and works through coaching programmes informed by neuroscience research. She has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Brainz Magazine, and Thrive Global, and headlined Anthology Together 2024 alongside Schulman to address EdTech leadership audiences on bold action under pressure.
The argument she makes to senior buyers is straightforward. If workforces are tired, the intervention has to change the underlying inputs to attention, recovery, and emotional regulation, not the surface activity. Her keynotes give executive audiences a small set of brain-aware practices, paired with an assessment that lets a team see, in numbers, whether anything has shifted afterwards.
Key speaking topics
- Neuroperformance and burnout prevention
- Resilience and stress management for senior teams
- Emotional intelligence and self-regulation under pressure
- Confidence and team engagement
- Music and neuroscience as a performance pairing
- Peak performance habits
Ideal for
- CHROs and heads of learning addressing burnout and engagement in fatigued teams
- Conference programmers seeking a high-energy keynote that delivers an applied tool, not only a mood lift
- Executive leadership offsites focused on resilience, focus, and recovery
- Sales and customer-facing teams under sustained performance pressure
Audience outcomes
- Specific brain-based micro-practices audiences can apply the next working day
- A measurable read on personal and team impact through the Impact Index
- Language for talking about burnout and recovery with credibility inside their organisation
- Renewed energy in the room, anchored in a method rather than novelty
Talks
A keynote on the brain-based tools leaders can use to reduce burnout and unlock sustained performance.
Key takeaways:
- A working understanding of how stress and attention interact under load
- Practical micro-practices for recovery and focus that fit inside an executive day
- A simple framework for translating neuroscience research into team behaviour
An immersive keynote with drummer Mark Schulman that pairs live percussion with applied neuroperformance content.
Key takeaways:
- A felt experience of how rhythm and music affect attention and group energy
- Tools for synchronising a team under pressure
- Access to the Impact Index assessment as a measurement tool after the session
A keynote built around brain-powered breakthroughs for confidence and excellence.
Key takeaways:
- A diagnostic for the patterns that drive burnout in high performers
- Specific protocols for building confidence and energy back up
- Practices for sustaining performance over long cycles