“I’m here to teach you how to think, not what to think.”
- Dr. Zelana Montminy
A Pioneering Force at the Forefront of Mental Fitness
SPEAKING & KEYNOTES
Dr. Zelana Montminy is a behavioral scientist, author, and sought-after speaker who helps leaders, organizations, parents, and communities understand what’s actually happening beneath burnout, distraction, and emotional overload and how to restore clarity and capacity in sustainable ways. Her work reframes focus and resilience not as productivity traits or personality strengths, but as emotional and nervous-system capacities shaped by stress, grief, sustained pressure, and constant demand. Grounded in behavioral science and real-world experience, Dr. Montminy translates complex psychological dynamics into language people immediately recognize and frameworks they can actually use.She has worked with Fortune 500 companies, universities, nonprofits, leadership groups, and community organizations navigating high-pressure environments, transition, and change.
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Keynotes (45–60 min) Research-driven, perspective-shifting, deeply human
Workshops (60–90 min) Interactive sessions with practical frameworks
Fireside Chats & Panels Thoughtful, tailored conversations
Leadership & Executive Sessions Designed for decision-makers navigating complexity
Parent & Educator Talks Supporting children without sacrificing adult capacity
Speaking Formats
Flagship Keynote
FOCUS IS AN EMOTIONAL SKILL
Why Attention Is Breaking and What Restores It
In a culture of constant alerts, urgency, and pressure, focus has quietly become one of our most depleted human capacities. In this keynote, Dr. Montminy reframes attention not as a discipline or productivity issue, but as an emotional and nervous-system skill shaped by stress, overload, and unresolved grief.
This keynote delivers a powerful lens shift, replacing self-blame and hustle culture with science-backed insight and practical strategies audiences can immediately apply.
Audiences learn:
Why attention collapses under sustained demand
How burnout quietly erodes clarity and decision-making
What actually restores focus, presence, and mental capacity
How to work, lead, and parent with greater clarity without burning out
Ideal for:
Corporate leadership, women’s leadership conferences, parent and educator communities, universities, and organizations navigating complexity or change.
Additional Keynotes
Burnout Isn’t Inevitable
Why High-Functioning People Are Exhausted and What Actually Helps
Burnout isn’t caused by weakness or lack of effort. It’s the predictable outcome of sustained overload. This talk reframes burnout and offers a path back to clarity and capacity.
The Distraction-Proof Leader
How Clear Leaders Think When Everything Is Loud
Leadership today isn’t about doing more, it’s about filtering better. Learn how focused leaders create clarity, make stronger decisions, and reduce downstream chaos.
From Overwhelmed to Clear
Mental Bandwidth, Decision Fatigue, and the Cost of Constant Demand
When everything feels urgent, the brain collapses. This keynote helps audiences understand overload and restore cognitive space and confidence.
Greifscape
Resilience, Grief, and Reinvention When Life Doesn’t Go Back to Normal
Loss changes how people think, work, and lead. This talk helps individuals and organizations navigate disruption, grief, and recovery without rushing people forward before they’re ready.
Who This Work Serves
Dr. Montminy works most often with audiences navigating pressure, transition, or recovery, including:
Corporate and organizational leadership teams
Women’s leadership and professional communities
Parents and educators
Universities and young adult audiences
Communities experiencing disruption, loss, or change
What Makes This Work Different
Most talks focus on what people should do differently. Dr. Montminy focuses on why what used to work no longer does.
Her talks help audiences:
Understand why attention is breaking down in modern life
Recognize burnout as capacity erosion, not personal failure
Restore mental bandwidth and decision confidence
Lead, parent, and perform without chronic depletion
This work resonates because it names what people are already living but rarely hear articulated.
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Let’s Work Together
Each session is thoughtfully designed to meet the emotional reality of the room, not a generic agenda.
Dr. Montminy collaborates closely with organizations and hosts to create talks aligned with the audience, culture, and moment.
Let’s create a talk your audience still references months later.
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