Keynote Speaking That Creates Lasting Change
Dr Jo Braid is a rehabilitation physician with 20+ years in clinical medicine, host of The Burnout Recovery Podcast (top 3% globally), and a keynote speaker delivering evidence-based burnout prevention to healthcare teams of 20–500 people.
Every session is delivered solo, in one sitting — no pre-work for attendees, and no assignments to complete afterwards. Your team gets practical, tangible tools they can use on their very next shift, delivered with enough dry wit to keep the room with me through the harder parts.
What Makes This Different:
✓ Real Healthcare Experience - not a generic wellness speaker. I'm a practising physician who's lived this reality.
✓ Neuroscience-Backed, Not Fluff - every strategy explained through the "why," grounded in the evidence.
✓ Immediate Implementation - tangible tools usable on the next shift, not homework.
✓ Delivered Solo, One Session — nothing required from attendees before or after, unless a follow-up is booked.
Speaking Topics
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Moving beyond "just practice self-care" to strategies that work in high-pressure healthcare environments.
Key Takeaways:
The 3-minute reset that prevents emotional exhaustion
How to spot burnout before your best people burn out
Boundary-setting strategies that don't compromise patient care
Building resilience that lasts beyond the workshop
Perfect for: Nursing teams, allied health professionals, healthcare support staff
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Leading teams through crisis without burning out yourself or your people.
Key Takeaways:
The compassion fatigue antidote for healthcare leaders
Creating psychological safety in high-pressure environments
Managing up, down, and across in healthcare hierarchies
Building team resilience during organisational change
Perfect for: Department heads, senior clinicians, healthcare executives
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Shifting from surviving to thriving in healthcare careers.
Key Takeaways:
Managing the emotional load of healthcare work
Reconnecting with your "why" without toxic positivity
Sustainable self-compassion practices
Creating meaning in challenging healthcare environments
Perfect for: Mixed healthcare audiences, conference keynotes, professional development days
Investment & Process
Speaking Investment: Book a call to discuss
Audience Size: 20-500 people
Format: Keynote, workshop, or half-day intensive
What's Included:
Pre-event consultation to customise content
Engaging, interactive presentation
Frequently Asked Questions
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Workshops are delivered solo, in a single session — no pre-work or post-session assignments required from attendees. Everything is covered live, so teams can attend without adding anything to their workload beforehand.
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Follow-up sessions can be arranged, though they're often scheduled months after the initial workshop rather than immediately after. The first session is designed to stand alone and deliver value even if no follow-up occurs.
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Practical, tangible tools attendees can use on their very next shift — not just theory. Every workshop is built around evidence-based frameworks translated into immediately usable techniques.
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Yes. Sessions draw on frameworks including the Stanford WellMD model and current research such as the NSW Health Wellbeing Review 2026, prepared for clinical audiences.
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Workshops use appropriate humour to balance genuinely difficult content. The goal is a session that's engaging and human, not a lecture.
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Clinicians, trainees, allied health professionals, and healthcare operations leaders — audiences from 20 to 500 people.
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Dr Jo Braid was receptive and enthusiastic and fulfilled her brief perfectly in terms of time and content. She focuses on clear, actionable content and engaged her audience with grace.
- Dr Clair Whelan, USANZ, 2024
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"Jo's presentation was engaging, insightful and packed with practical tools that resonated with our group of Occupational Therapists. The feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly positive."
- Kate Lockwood, Occupational Therapist, OT week, 2024
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"We recently asked Dr Braid to present a short, targeted session to our public health organisation's research office located across rural NSW. We got SO much from the session, and loved how thoughtful, professional, warm and insightful it was. We all left with areas to consider as a team, as well as individual actions to take to make a difference to reduce the risk of workplace stress and burnout. Would highly recommend, thanks Jo!"
- Dr Alice Munro — Public Health Research Office, Rural NSW · June 2026