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Dr. Romie  Mushtaq

Dr. Romie Mushtaq

Workplace Culture, Leadership & Workplace Wellness Expert, Best-Selling Author, Chief Wellness Officer, Great Wolf Resorts

Dr. Romie Mushtaq

Workplace Culture, Leadership & Workplace Wellness Expert, Best-Selling Author, Chief Wellness Officer, Great Wolf Resorts

Biography

Dr. Romie is a triple board-certified physician, award-winning speaker, and nationally recognized workplace culture and wellness expert. She brings together over 2 decades of leadership in healthcare and hospitality, and today she is on a mission to transform workplace culture and leadership with brain science-based solutions. 

She speaks and consults with Fortune 500 leaders, professional athletes, and global associations on helping leaders build future-ready teams that move from pressure to performance by building trust, connection, and mindful leadership.

In addition to being an award-winning speaker, Dr. Romie serves as the Chief Wellness Officer for Great Wolf Resorts, where she spearheads programs and initiatives designed to build a wellness-focused culture for over 14,000 employees and curate unique wellness experiences for guests.

Dr. Romie's insights for workplace wellness & cultural transformation are cited in the world's leading publications. She has been featured in TED talks, NBC, CBS, FOX, Forbes, NPR, and dozens of other international media outlets.

Her book, The Busy Brain Cure: The Eight-Week Plan to Find Focus, Tame Anxiety, and Sleep Again, was released globally in January 2024 and is a national USA Today and Amazon bestseller.

Speaker Videos

Dr. Romie Mushtaq | The Busy Brain Cure | Talks at Google

Burnout Crisis in the Workplace: Dr. Romie on Busy Brain Cure NBC News

Heal Busy Brain, Ignite Hope (Dr. Romie keynote for HCA Research Institute)

What Stress Does to the Brain and Body

TEDx: The Powerful Secret of Your Breath

Mindful Leadership: The Power of Pause

Speech Topics

brainSHIFT®: Heal Busy Brain, Ignite Hope

In today’s era of constant disruption, leaders are operating in a state of hidden change fatigue, which is impacting focus, decision-making, and team performance. As a neurologist and Chief Wellness Officer, Dr. Romie Mushtaq breaks down the neurobiology of leadership. The brainSHIFT program helps audiences understand how chronic stress creates the “busy brain” while quietly eroding engagement.

In this highly interactive keynote, participants assess their own brainSCORE™ in real time and learn how to regulate the nervous system, restore clarity, and lead with focused intention. Dr. Romie introduces her proven brainSHIFT® framework to help leaders move from survival mode to sustainable performance. Leaders will step into their role as Hope-Holders who drive connection, engagement, and human performance at scale.

  • Assess their personal Busy Brain risk with a live brainSCORE™ and identify early signs of change fatigue
  • Regulate the nervous system in high-pressure environments using science-backed brainSHIFT® tools
  • Restore clarity, energy, and cognitive performance without relying on overwork or burnout cycles
  • Lead as a Hope-Holder by applying practical strategies that improve engagement, trust, and team morale
  • Drive human performance by creating conditions where people feel focused, valued, and connected 

cultureSHIFT®: The Brain Science of Trust & Connected Teams

Trust is a leadership power skill and biological state of successful organizations. In today’s workplace, constant change has created widespread change fatigue, leaving leaders and teams operating in survival mode.

In this high-impact keynote, neurologist and Chief Wellness Officer Dr. Romie Mushtaq introduces the cultureSHIFT® framework: a brain-based system to help leaders diagnose change fatigue, regulate the nervous system, rebuild trust through empathy, and lead as Hope-Holders. 

Through a live Busy Brain Test experience, leaders gain immediate insight into how stress is impacting their leadership and team performance and learn practical tools to restore connection, engagement, and sustainable results.

Audiences will learn how to:

  • Diagnose change fatigue using the Busy Brain Test and its impact on trust and performance
  • Regulate the nervous system to reduce reactivity and lead with clarity under pressure
  • Recognize patterns of disengagement driven by stress and uncertainty
  • Build trust through empathy and psychological safety
  • Apply empathy as a strategy to strengthen engagement and team performance
  • Lead as a Hope-Holder to create clarity, stability, and direction
  • Create a cultureSHIFT® where trust, connection, and performance thrive 

brainSHIFT: The Neurobiology of Women’s Leadership Heal Busy Brain. Lead through Uncertainty. Ignite Hope.

If you’ve felt overwhelmed, unfocused, or disconnected from your clarity and confidence, you’re not broken. Your brain is busy.

In this powerful keynote, Dr. Romie brings the neurobiology of leadership to life. The brainSHIFT program reveals how chronic stress, hormonal shifts, and an overloaded nervous system shape how women think, decide, and lead through uncertainty.

Through her signature Busy Brain Test (brainSCORE), women gain real-time insight into their stress patterns and learn how to regulate their nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and lead with grounded clarity.
This is not about doing more. It’s about leading from a brain that is clear, steady, and aligned so you can show up as a Hope-Holder for yourself and your team.

Women Leaders Will Learn How To:

  • Understand how stress and hormonal shifts impact focus, confidence, and decision-making
  • Identify their brainSCORE and recognize patterns driving overwhelm and reactivity
  • Regulate their nervous system to restore clarity, energy, and self-trust
  • Lead as a Hope-Holder, creating stability, connection, and forward momentum during change

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