Kristel Bauer

Burnout has become a workforce productivity problem, not a wellness problem. Engagement programmes, resilience training, and hybrid policies have multiplied, yet attrition, presenteeism, and disengagement still cost organisations billions a year. Leaders need workplace wellbeing treated as a clinical and operational discipline, not a perks budget.

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellbeing and peak performance keynote speaker whose clinical psychiatric background helps organisations turn employee health into a measurable driver of engagement, retention, and output.

Download Profile
Check Availability
Check availability

Check Kristel Bauer's availability for your event

Complete the form below to check Kristel Bauer's availability. If you prefer, you can also send an email directly to our head office.

How would Kristel Bauer deliver their presentation at your event?
Please provide details of your budget for Kristel Bauer's speaking fee, including currency.

Your dedicated Speakers Associates agent manages your booking end-to-end.

We strive to reply within 4 working hours.

Currently booking for 2027 and selected 2026 dates

Full Profile

Why organisations work with Kristel Bauer

  • A medical practitioner’s lens on workplace wellbeing. Her clinical background in integrative psychiatry means audiences hear evidence-based content on stress, sleep, and mental health, not motivational generalities.
  • A published thesis on work-life harmony. Work-Life Tango (John Murray Business, 2024) replaces the binary of balance with a more usable operating model for hybrid teams.
  • Credibility with both wellbeing leads and commercial leadership. Bauer translates clinical evidence into language that resonates with operations and people functions in the same room.
  • Track record across regulated and Fortune 500 environments, including AbbVie, Bank of America, bp, General Mills, Home Depot, Santander, TIAA, and the U.S. Census Bureau.
  • Media reach that extends authority beyond the keynote. Forbes, Entrepreneur, NBC News Daily, ABC News Live, and the Live Greatly podcast give clients a speaker whose ideas circulate well after the event.

Biography highlights

  • Author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business, 2024)
  • Integrative Medicine Fellow and former Physician Assistant with clinical experience in integrative psychiatry
  • Creator and host of the Live Greatly Podcast, ranked in the top tier of self-improvement category globally
  • Contributing writer for Entrepreneur; named a Forbes Top 10 Social Media Influencer
  • 2026 Top Impact Speaker, Real Leaders
  • Broadcast features on NBC News Daily, ABC News Live, FOX Weather, ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago
  • TEDx speaker: “Redefining Work-Life Balance in a COVID-19 World”
  • Corporate clients include AbbVie, Bank of America, bp, Cognizant, General Mills, Home Depot, Northwestern University, Santander, TIAA, U.S. Census Bureau

Biography

Workplace wellbeing has become an operating cost line that few organisations know how to manage. Engagement scores stay flat, mental health claims rise, and the hybrid debate consumes leadership attention. The clinical evidence on what actually moves the dial sits outside most HR functions.

Kristel Bauer brings that evidence into the room. She practised as a Physician Assistant with clinical experience in integrative psychiatry and completed an Integrative Medicine Fellowship before founding Live Greatly in 2019 to focus full time on workplace wellbeing and performance.

Her book, Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony and Peak Performance Wherever You Work, was published by John Murray Business in November 2024. The thesis replaces the static idea of balance with a more dynamic operating model: harmony as something teams design for, not something individuals struggle to achieve. The Live Greatly podcast has carried that argument into a wider audience, with conversations across leadership, behavioural science, and performance.

Bauer has presented for AbbVie, Bank of America, bp, Cognizant, General Mills, Home Depot, Santander, TIAA, and the U.S. Census Bureau, among others. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, a Forbes Top 10 Social Media Influencer, a 2026 Top Impact Speaker by Real Leaders, and a TEDx speaker.

Key speaking topics

  • Workplace wellbeing as an operational discipline
  • Mental health and stress at work
  • Peak performance and high-performance habits
  • Work-life harmony in hybrid and distributed teams
  • Burnout prevention and recovery
  • Leadership and emotional intelligence
  • Employee engagement and culture

Ideal for

  • CHROs, heads of people, and wellbeing leads commissioning credible mental health content
  • Learning and development functions building manager capability around stress and performance
  • Leadership offsites where wellbeing needs clinical grounding, not motivational framing
  • Sales kick-offs and all-hands events that need a high-energy, evidence-led performance keynote

Audience outcomes

  • A clinically grounded model for distinguishing healthy pressure from harmful stress at work
  • A practical operating definition of work-life harmony that managers can apply with their teams
  • Specific habit-level interventions for sustained performance under sustained load
  • Language for talking about mental health at work that lands with commercial as well as people leaders
  • Confidence to treat workplace wellbeing as a measurable strategic lever, not a perks question

Talks

Find Your Imperfect Happy

A keynote that reframes happiness as a workplace performance driver and gives leaders the levers that influence it.

Key takeaways:

  • The link between psychological wellbeing and discretionary effort
  • Practical habits that lift mood, focus, and decision quality
  • How leaders shape the emotional climate of their teams

Leadership Development and Team Building: Embrace a Growth Mindset

A keynote on the leadership behaviours that drive emotional intelligence, communication, and culture.

Key takeaways:

  • The mindset shifts that distinguish high-trust teams
  • Communication patterns that compound or erode performance
  • How leaders convert culture from slogan to behaviour

Achieving Peak Performance With High Power Habits

A keynote on designing work models that protect performance and prevent burnout in hybrid teams.

Key takeaways:

  • Why balance is the wrong frame for modern work
  • A harmony-based model for individuals and teams
  • Practical hybrid working principles that hold under pressure

The Future of Work: Redefining Work-Life Balance

A keynote on designing work models that protect performance and prevent burnout in hybrid teams.

Key takeaways:

  • Why balance is the wrong frame for modern work
  • A harmony-based model for individuals and teams
  • Practical hybrid working principles that hold under pressure

Available for
Speaking Themes
Languages
Click the button below to check Kristel Bauer 's fees and availability for your event.
Check Availability

Videos

Testimonials

As a 2nd year PA Student about to enter a career in the middle of a pandemic, Kristel's stress management/lifestyle lectures were a wonderful complement to my education. She is a champion of integrative medicine and boosted my arsenal of wellness modalities which I hope to incorporate for both my future patients and self. Her demonstration of techniques during lecture, such as Progressive Muscle Relaxation, also make her talks fun and interactive!
Kevin Quizon MS, PA-C
Kristel Bauer, PA-C presented a mind and body wellness seminar for our members. She delivered a smooth, evidenced-based presentation, complete with practical 'how-to' activities and recommendations. It was clear that Kristel had spent a great deal of time preparing for her presentation. She was passionate about the topic and our members enjoyed her advice! Thanks, Kristel!
Anita See PA-C
President-Elect, Illinois Academy of PAs
Kristel is a compassionate, kind and enthusiastic clinician, speaker, teacher and mentor. She is passionate about integrative medicine, mental health and wellness, and sharing her expertise with others. Her professional training as a physician assistant and as an integrative medicine fellow at the University of Arizona, along with her warm, welcoming and inspiring style of engaging with others in a variety of formats, allow her to seamlessly function as a group leader, facilitator, and lecturer.
Marissa Liveris MMS, PA-C
Physician Assistant Instructor, Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine
Kristel was an excellent resource to my physician assistant program, as she lectured several times to our class during our Psychology unit as well as virtually during quarantine. Her lifestyle/stress management talks during COVID-19 provided wonderful information that was very helpful and relevant. I know myself and my classmates very much enjoyed her talks. I would recommend them to anyone who is interested in creating better habits and learning stress management skills.
Andrea Trombetta
Physician Assistant
I had the pleasure of learning from Kristel several times throughout PA school. She provided in person lectures and virtual presentations on lifestyle and stress management during COVID-19. Kristel was an excellent speaker and her presentations were well organized, easy to follow, thoughtful and informative. I am glad I was able to participate!
Hannah Hazlewood MS, PA-C
Kristel led a presentation for my colleagues and I during the COVID-19 pandemic. She shared with us practical strategies to promote health, prevent illness, and manage stress. These strategies spanned many facets of daily life including one's diet, sleep, and supplements. I found the mind/body modalities she shared particularly helpful in grounding myself and providing some relief in a very stressful time. I look forward to sharing similar strategies with my patients in the future.
Kayla Janto MS, PA-C
Kristel Bauer is the best at what she does. Kristel connects with her audience and makes sure that everyone receives a transformation in her presence. I am so grateful that she was a part of my retreat, She helped make my event a success. Thanks, Kristel for being you!
Ylonda Scott
Founder, Womenpreneurs Breaking Barriers, Online Leadership Development Agency
I really appreciated having Kristel into the office to present to us. Her ability to provide real world examples of the concepts she was presenting made the session immediately relevant and one of the most engaging to date.
Chris Aguilar
Commercial Negotiations, BP
Recently, we had Kristel as our keynote speaker for our Louisville Business First Women’s event. She was a pleasure to work with from beginning to end. She tailored her message for the audience, but also listened to us on what our overall goals were and what we wanted the audience to experience. Attendees left with actionable items they could immediately implement not only in their personal life, but how businesses can make changes to improve the happiness in employees, and how it leads to greater productivity. Backed by data, her presentation empowers you to make the small changes that bring big results.
David Bingham
Event Director, Louisville Business First
Kristel recently presented to a group of up-and-coming executive leaders in our organization on Executive Wellbeing. Her passion and energy relating to the topics of mindfulness, health, stress management and self-care were invigorating and insightful. Kristel was a joy to work with and I highly recommend her for your next corporate wellness event.
Jennifer Durbin
VP & CHRO, Commercial Metals Company
Kristel gave an excellent presentation on Self Care to the annual General Mills Women in Marketing event. This could not have come at a better time as our women have dealt with multiple stressors over the past year and a half. One director stated: ‘LOVED the self-care session! Such great, practical tips. Thanks WIM team for bringing this speaker in!’ The tips associated with multiple aspects of care, important self-reflection questions, and effective hands on practice provided relevant instruction that our members can incorporate into their daily lives.
Kelly Hammersley
General Mills, Inc.
Kristel Bauer's keynote at the Louisville Business Women First Luncheon was incredibly empowering! Her message on "Live Greatly" resonated deeply with me, reminding us to seize every moment, overcome challenges, and embrace imperfection. I'm eagerly looking forward to her podcast for more inspiration and empowerment. Thank you, Kristel, for an amazing experience!
Rachel Ross
Vice President of Operations, Kroger
Kristel’s passion for health and wellness was evident during her series of presentations for RFU staff, faculty and students. Her talks provided attendees with helpful strategies and resources that could easily be incorporated in their daily lives. Kristel is easy to work with and her energy is contagious!
Maryanna Gibbs
Assistant Director of Academic Support, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
I attended one of Kristel’s online presentations on the subject of wellness and coping strategies through Rosalind Franklin University. The material was comprehensive, well thought-out and very professional. I found good information to incorporate into my daily living and I highly recommend her teaching.
Richard Bell
Writer of Humor
We initially invited Kristel as a guest lecturer for our PA program. As a graduate of the program, and the additional training in integrative medicine, she offered a unique perspective to our students. Given her focus on mindfulness and wellness every time she taught, we invited her back to specially teach that to students, faculty and staff. The tools she provides are invaluable, and she can speak from the point of view of a fellow healthcare provider as well.
Jason Radke MMs, PA-C
Assistant Professor, Chair & Program Director, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Related Speakers

Oliver Burkeman
The case that productivity culture systematically intensifies overload, rather than resolving it is what Oliver Burkeman, former Guardian columnist and New York Times bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks, has built across two national bestselling books, giving leaders a named framework and practical tools for working with human limits rather than against them.
View Profile
Shawn Achor
Shawn Achor is a Harvard-trained positive psychologist and author of The Happiness Advantage who helps organisations invert the success formula: positive mindset first, then measurable performance and engagement gains.
View Profile
Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek is the author of Start with Why and creator of the Golden Circle framework, helping leaders and organisations replace short-term competitive instincts with the clarity of purpose and cultures of trust required for sustained engagement and long-term performance.
View Profile
Roger Black
Roger Black is an Olympic silver medallist and BBC Sport broadcaster who works with senior teams on the practical disciplines behind sustained high performance.
View Profile