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Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

Physician, Bestselling Author, Thought-leader on Resilience and Wellbeing featured in CNN, TED.com, INC, and Fast Company

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a Board-Certified internal medicine physician, work-life integration researcher, CDC Wellness Series speaker, and best-selling author. She is an international wellness expert featured in numerous media outlets including Prevention, MSNBC, Women’s Day, FOX, Fast Company, Psychology Today, CNN, INC, and as a guest on Dr. Oz show. She is the author of numerous books including her new book Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity, including ground-breaking insight on the seven types of rest needed to optimize your productivity, increase your overall happiness, overcome burnout, and live your best life. Over 200,000 people have discovered their personal rest deficits using her free assessment at RestQuiz.com. Learn more about her at: DrDaltonSmith.com

She speaks on numerous topics including time/energy management, burnout prevention, change management, resilience, mental health, personal productivity, and post-pandemic wellbeing. Her speaking experience has included corporations, organizations, and nonprofits with past keynote presentations for Professional Businesswomen of California, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Centers for Disease Control Wellness Series, Texas Society of Association Executives, the exclusive Million Dollar Roundtable, and numerous corporations and educational institutions including McKesson and Baylor University.

She is available for both virtual and in-person events.

Programs By Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

THE POWER OF RESILIENCE IN CULTIVATING HEALTHY LEADERS AND A HEALTHY TEAM

In this talk for busy over-stressed individuals, Dr. Dalton-Smith shares keys to thriving in the midst of change. Discover how better self-awareness can lead to greater resilience. Through the use of engaging storytelling and real-life examples, Dr. Dalton-Smith shares the role of resilience, change management, and self-care in optimizing personal productivity, improving time/energy management, increasing your efficiency, and cultivating a positive culture in your organization. You will leave this session with actionable next steps you can begin implementing immediately.

THE WELL ADJUSTED HYBRID TEAM

If you’re managing a team that’s both in and out of the office, it’s important to create a workplace culture where both can thrive. In this talk, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith shares the psychology behind connectivity and its effect on productivity. She then provides practical tips on how to support hybrid teams in a changing and changing work environment.

CHANGE YOUR STORY: THRIVING IN THE MIDST OF UNCERTAINTY

Changes and challenges are a normal part of doing business but that does not prevent these two stressors from affecting the morale and productivity within your organization. In this talk, Dr. Dalton-Smith addresses how the brain evaluated change and successful ways to manage it to prevent overwhelm and anxiety. This talk is often requested for new hire orientation training, rising leadership training, and during times of acquisitions/mergers. Whether positive or negative, all change provokes a psychological and physiological response you can mitigate through change management training and helping your team become more self-aware.

RESILIENCE TRAINING FOR LEADERS: HOW TO LEVERAGE CHANGE FOR GROWTH

In this interactive workshop for leaders, you will discover your current resilience level along with simple effective ways to thrive during times of change in both your professional and personal life. This talk draws from Dr. Dalton-Smith’s work as a work-life integration researcher to help you optimize your leadership style to be a positive change agent within your organization

What Clients Say About Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

Dr. Dalton-Smith earned the highest score of the day on our survey—4.92 overall satisfaction on a 5.0 scale. I have no doubt that one customer's simple yet direct survey remark, 'loved this!' is indicative of the positive response everyone in attendance had to the presentation. We will definitely consider Dr. Dalton-Smith as we plan future seminars and webinars.

Dr. Dalton-Smith was the keynote speaker at our CE/CME Grand Rounds in August. Dr. Dalton-Smith delivered an inspirational presentation laced with honesty and hope to understand life's demands to help live a happier, healthier life. Through sharing her knowledge and life experiences Dr. Dalton-Smith showed the audience ways to reverse burnout and stress in their personal life. Great speaker and presentation!

"Dr. Dalton-Smith recently spoke at a company-wide event on the intersection of sleep & rest. She was a warm, engaging and informative speaker. We received a lot of positive feedback from employees about both her speaking style and the content that she shared, which was relevant and easily applicable."

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith presented a talk on Sacred Rest: How to Thrive in the midst of COVID as part of an all department Marketing meeting I attended with 120+ of my co-workers. Even though this was a virtual talk, Dr. Dalton-Smith connected with each & every person attending. Not only did the topic resonate on so many levels, the way she shared her research, specific examples & actions was inspiring & informative. The polls added a nice touch to ensure engagement. Our chat feature was alive during the entire talk with comments stating it felt like Dr. Saundra was speaking directly to them personally & knew just how they were feeling. Others said, they wish we had her provide this talk earlier because it was so incredibly needed. The overall feedback was that this was the favorite talk of our day! With respect to the planning in advance of the event, Dr. Dalton-Smith was very collaborative & easy to work with. Her responses were quick & timely. She was even willing to test our Tech in advance & joined early before her time-slot. I would highly recommend Dr. Dalton-Smith as featured speaker for any event. Hopefully in the future we can bring her back for an in-person session!

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