Dr. Anna Thomas, MD
Dr. Anna Thomas is a workplace wellbeing speaker and physician offering a new prescription for wellbeing to strengthen retention, engagement, and workforce capacity amid burnout and rising life demands.
Key Topics & Expertise
Wellbeing, Wellness & Burnout
Change, Resilience & Adaptability
Workplace Culture, Teams & Belonging
Topics
Signature Programs
Keynote
Workplace Wellbeing in Its 11th Hour:
Protecting Workforce Capacity Before Burnout Becomes the Business Model
Leader's gain:
Clear insight into why burnout and turnover persist despite strong talent
Shared language for capacity, pressure, and performance
A leadership lens for sustaining results without exhausting people
Read Description
Burnout and disengagement rarely appear overnight. They build quietly as expectations, pace, and workload begin to exceed human capacity. Leaders are often asked to sustain performance without clear guidance on how to protect the people delivering it.
In this leadership keynote, Dr. Anna Thomas reframes burnout and retention risk as predictable outcomes of how work is designed and led. She helps leaders understand how capacity erosion shows up across teams—and what it takes to protect engagement and performance before burnout becomes the norm.
Keynote
Stop Filling Your Cup:
Why Work and Life Demand a Different Approach in an Accelerating World
Audience's Gain:
Clarity on why self-care alone isn’t resolving exhaustion
Language to describe capacity strain without self-blame
A grounded mindset for responding when demands exceed limits
Read Description
Many people are doing everything they’ve been told to do to feel better—and it still isn’t working. As work accelerates and life pressures grow, the idea that exhaustion can be solved through personal self-care alone begins to fall apart.
In this organization-wide keynote, Dr. Anna Thomas challenges the “fill your cup” narrative and reframes exhaustion as a capacity issue created by the collision of work and life. Audiences gain a clearer, more realistic way to understand overwhelm—and a steadier path forward.
Keynote
How to Survive the Age of Caregiving:
Leading Yourself When Care and Responsibility Collide
Participants will gain:
Insight into how caregiving impacts energy, focus, and identity
Language to name caregiving strain without guilt or shame
Practical self-leadership strategies to navigate care and life without burnout
Read Description
More people are navigating caregiving alongside already demanding lives—often quietly and without support. The strain isn’t just logistical; it impacts energy, identity, and the ability to stay present and engaged.
In this deeply resonant keynote, Dr. Anna Thomas speaks directly to those navigating care and responsibility. She offers validation, clarity, and practical self-leadership strategies for sustaining wellbeing and steadiness during a demanding season.
About Dr. Anna Thomas, MD
Dr. Anna Thomas is a board-certified palliative care physician and Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist who helps organizations strengthen workforce capacity and turn employee wellbeing into a measurable business advantage. As the founder of Workplaces That CARE, she blends clinical insight with leadership strategy to address the real drivers of disengagement and turnover, including burnout risk, double-duty caregiving, chronic stress, and rising life demands across both corporate and healthcare environments.
Dr. Thomas delivers high-impact keynotes and practical training experiences that equip leaders and teams to protect focus, reduce burnout drivers, and sustain performance over time. Her work is research-informed, highly actionable, and grounded in today’s workplace realities. She also helps organizations use AI ethically as a support system that reduces friction, improves clarity, and strengthens wellbeing at scale.
Website: www.workplacewellbeingspeaker.com
Contact: [email protected]
Speaker FAQs
Who is Dr. Anna Thomas?
Dr. Anna Thomas is a leading expert in workforce wellbeing and burnout prevention. She is a board-certified palliative care physician and Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist who helps organizations strengthen workforce capacity, retention, and sustainable performance across corporate and healthcare environments.
Why is Dr. Anna Thomas considered an expert in workforce wellbeing?
Dr. Anna Thomas combines deep clinical expertise with leadership and organizational strategy. Her work focuses on the real drivers of burnout, disengagement, and turnover, making her a trusted expert for organizations seeking practical, systems-level solutions rather than individual coping approaches.
What topics does Dr. Anna Thomas speak on as a workplace wellbeing expert?
As a top workplace wellbeing speaker, Dr. Anna Thomas addresses burnout prevention, workforce capacity, retention, engagement, leadership decision-making, double-duty caregiving pressures, chronic stress, and the ethical use of AI to support wellbeing at scale.
What makes Dr. Anna Thomas different from other wellbeing speakers?
Unlike many wellbeing speakers, Dr. Thomas does not frame burnout as a personal resilience issue. As a clinical and organizational expert, she focuses on leadership decisions, work design, and expectations that quietly erode capacity over time, offering practical strategies leaders can apply immediately.
Does Dr. Anna Thomas offer virtual and in-person speaking engagements?
Yes. Dr. Anna Thomas delivers both virtual and in-person keynotes and workshops. Her programs are designed to be highly engaging in either format and are tailored to the goals, audience size, and delivery needs of each event.
What outcomes can organizations expect from Dr. Anna Thomas’s keynotes?
Organizations that work with Dr. Anna Thomas gain clearer insight into the true causes of burnout, a shared language for discussing workload and capacity, and guidance on strategies that protect engagement, retention, and performance without lowering standards.
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