Kristel Bauer

Corporate Wellness and Performance Expert; Author of Work-Life Tango; TEDx Speaker; Host of Top Podcast "Live Greatly”; Contributing Writer for Entrepreneur

Kristel Bauer

Corporate Wellness and Performance Expert; Author of Work-Life Tango; TEDx Speaker; Host of Top Podcast "Live Greatly”; Contributing Writer for Entrepreneur

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Biography

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel’s healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to “Live Greatly” while promoting leadership development and team building.

Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes.

As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more.

Kristel has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine and she has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4’s WDAF-TV’s Great Day KC, and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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Speech Topics

Find Your Imperfect Happy

In the relentless pursuit of business excellence, it's easy to overlook the crucial role happiness plays in organizational success. But let's not dismiss it as mere sentimentality; happiness directly impacts the bottom line. Research demonstrates that happier leaders cultivate more engaged and productive teams. Happier employees aren't just more satisfied—they're more efficient, innovative, and resilient in the face of challenges. But how can employees lean into happiness in their everyday work and life, even when things aren't going as they had hoped? This isn't about feel-good initiatives; it's about strategic investment in your company's most valuable asset: its people. Kristel's keynote offers actionable strategies rooted in empirical evidence to elevate employee happiness and, by extension, organizational performance. Prioritizing happiness isn't just a nicety—it's a strategic imperative. It's time to leverage the power of happiness to drive profitability, retention, and a culture of excellence within your organization. Book Kristel today and position your company for sustained success in an ever-evolving business landscape.

Achieving Peak Performance With High Power Habits

Research shows your personal and professional successes are directly linked to your habits. Your work and life are made up of a variety of daily choices, routines, and behaviors. Some may be moving you towards prosperity, success, innovation, and excellence. Others may be keeping you stuck in a place of stagnation, or moving you in the wrong direction towards overwhelm, distraction and frustration. In this keynote, Kristel shares invaluable research-based insights and strategies from her experience in integrative psychiatry, healthcare, and business to put your company or team ahead of the curve. Your group will discover how to effectively develop high power habits that stick, supporting peak performance and success. Your team will learn the best times of day for peak productivity, data driven effective time blocking and break taking strategies shown to promote peak performance, as well as research backed ways to overcome procrastination. Kristel will explain why many people fail when they are looking to create a new habit as well as key evidence-based actionable strategies to optimize productivity and performance. Book Kristel today to help your team create habits that promote organizational success and positive outcomes for many years to come.

The Future of Work: Redefining Work/Life Balance To Thrive Personally and Professionally In This New World Of Work

The old model of work/life balance is no longer applicable or effective for our current work reality. Burnout rates among workers are at staggering levels and many employees and leaders are struggling in this new world of work. While researching this topic I ran a poll where I asked the question, “Does the idea of striving for work/life balance make you feel stressed, uncomfortable or guilty?” Almost half, 47% of respondents, chose “yes”. The future of work requires a modern approach to successfully navigate work and life accounting for technological advances, hybrid workforces and continuous innovation occurring in the workplace. In this keynote, Kristel will share a work/life model that is in alignment with the realities of what you and your team are facing in your current work/life situation. Kristel will provide insights to help your group get into a growth mindset, empowering them to thrive personally and professionally whether working remotely or in the office. Kristel will provide powerful and effective tools to manage stress, boost happiness, and support optimal performance wherever you work. You and your team will discover the common blocks interfering with happiness and success in work/life while learning actionable strategies that can have an immediate positive impact. Kristel will discuss the new science of micro breaks, the keys for creating high-power habits, critical components for setting healthy boundaries and more. Book Kristel today to help your group move in the direction of success, happiness, and fulfillment in all areas of work/life.

Leadership Development & Team Building: Embrace a Growth Mindset & Create a Culture of Excellence

Effective team building and optimal leadership require high levels of awareness, emotional intelligence, and optimal communication, but these are not areas that come naturally for many leaders and employees. Even if you think these are areas you and your team excel in, it can be all too easy to unintentionally have blind spots, especially if you are in a position of power. Research has shown that while many people think they are self-aware, the majority don’t measure up to self-awareness criteria. Research has also shown a significant discrepancy between how leaders feel and how employees feel regarding communication. Many leaders believe they maintain a clear feedback loop within their team, when at the same time, many employees don’t feel like an appropriate feedback loop has been established. In this keynote, Kristel will share insights and actionable strategies from her experience in healthcare, integrative psychiatry, and business, to provide research-based solutions to build connection, boost emotional intelligence, enhance empathy, and develop self-awareness, all while harnessing a mindset that promotes growth, innovation, and team success. Your group will walk away with methods to effectively manage stress, support peak performance and happiness, as well as research-backed strategies for effective communication including the importance of informal check ins and the best way to give negative and constructive feedback. Book Kristel today to promote a vibrant, successful, and profitable company culture.

Embrace Change: Unlocking Motivation for Personal & Professional Growth

In today’s fast-paced world, embracing change isn’t just a necessity—it’s a powerful catalyst for unlocking potential. In Embrace Change: Unlocking Motivation for Personal and Professional Growth, Kristel Bauer, founder of Live Greatly, empowers audiences to thrive amid uncertainty by cultivating purpose, motivation, and high-performance habits. Blending science-backed strategies with inspiring storytelling, Kristel shares how to boost happiness, foster a growth mindset, and create vibrant workplace cultures. Audiences will learn how to break free from perfectionism, lean into discomfort, and build trust in themselves to fuel peak performance and long-term success. Perfect for leadership development, team-building events, and culture-forward organizations, this keynote provides the tools to embrace change with confidence—and live greatly, both personally and professionally.

Testimonials

"Kristel Bauer is a gift. I have worked in the public/private sector for nearly 40 years and believe she is the best Keynote conference speaker I’ve ever encountered. It is not an overstatement to describe her style and message as 'life changing.'"

- Director, CSEA Employee Benefit Fund

“It was an absolute pleasure working with Kristel earlier this year. Beyond her fantastic credentials, her immediate care, kindness, and dedication to working with us to create a meaningful event for our company was outstanding. The event was "Reframe Your Internal Story for More Happiness and Fulfillment” and the feedback was excellent. Kristel is inspiring, thoughtful, and was a perfect addition to our Women's History Month celebration. I hope to work with Kristel in the future and certainly enjoy her daily posts for an added boost of confidence and energy to my day!”

- Santander Bank

"Ms. Kristel Bauer presented the morning keynote address to the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) National Capitol Area (NCA) Chapter’s annual Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC) on 12 October 2022. This was the NCA Chapter’s first in-person MAC since 2019. Her opening keynote address on "Reduce Stress & Thrive Personally and Professionally with Work/Life Integration” was incredibly timely and needed given all that we have been through over the last 3 years. Her messages resonated with our audience and set the stage for a great day of education and networking with colleagues and friends in our industry. Kristel was so easy-going, and an immense pleasure to work with from the first days of reaching out to check her interest and availability for this event; through the planning and preparation of the event; and then culminating in a spot-on kick-off to our MAC 2022. We highly recommend that other organizations looking for an excellent speaker with a message of how to live and thrive successfully reach out to Kristel."

- Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)

“I had the opportunity to hear Kristel's inspirational message at the Vision Source Exchange and WOW! As a fellow heath care professional, she was able to perfectly blend real life challenges of knowing yourself with science to help me really understand my own challenges in a way that shows me I can make changes to bring more happiness into my own life. Because of Kristel's message, I will be a stronger leader of my team, a more compassionate doctor to my patients and, most importantly, a better husband and dad. How do you thank someone for that? My advice is that if you have an opportunity to bring Kristel Bauer to your team, you should take it.”

- CEO of Leadership OD

"Ms. Kristel Bauer presented the morning keynote address to the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) National Capitol Area (NCA) Chapter’s annual Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC). This was the NCA Chapter’s first in-person MAC since 2019. Her opening keynote address on 'Reduce Stress & Thrive Personally and Professionally with Work/Life Integration' was incredibly timely and needed given all that we have been through over the last 3 years. Her messages resonated with our audience and set the stage for a great day of education and networking with colleagues and friends in our industry. Kristel was so easy-going, and an immense pleasure to work with from the first days of reaching out to check her interest and availability for this event; through the planning and preparation of the event; and then culminating in a spot-on kick-off to our MAC 2022. We highly recommend that other organizations looking for an excellent speaker with a message of how to live and thrive successfully reach out to Kristel."

- Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)

“From the second I met Kristel, she displayed the perfect combination of confidence, warmth and overall professionalism. Kristel arrived early and was extremely prepared! When it was time to hit the stage, Kristel did exactly what we hoped for and more – she owned the room and it was very obvious that the attendees were extremely engaged. We hope that we have the opportunity to work with Kristel again, we highly recommend her!”

- Quest Mindshare

“I greatly enjoyed Kristel's recent presentation at the Quirks Insight conference in Chicago. I'm A-type by nature, so attended every possible session and Kristel's was one of the most inspiring, uplifting, yet soothing talks! I'm no stranger to health and wellness working in the healthcare arena, yet, Kristel's talk was erudite, clear, and thought provoking throughout. I particularly enjoyed her touching on various practical interventions to boost one's inner well being, but in addition, branching that out to influence positively all those around you, from corporate teams, clients, and other customers. At the end of the day, as Kristel emphasized so well, there is a positive synergy between self nurturing and optimally impacting others. I would highly recommend her as an expert and positive influencer in this space.”

- President DiCicco Research

"It has been a delight to work with Kristel on the development of our Personal Wellbeing elearning course. Kristel brings a unique, holistic perspective to this subject which has engaged our clients with many plaudits. In addition, we have had the good fortune of Kristel presenting to our clients across the globe and her expertise, enthusiasm and authenticity have been so evident."

- Chief Executive Officer at Cardinus Risk Management

“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.”

- General Mills, Inc.

“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!”

- Founder Womenpreneurs Breaking Barriers, Online Leadership Development Agency

"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

"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!"

- Assistant Director of Academic Support at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

"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 of Illinois Academy of Pas

"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

"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