An overwhelming 83% of US workers experience work-related stress, causing a significant impact on businesses due to missed workdays and healthcare expenses (American Institute of Stress, 2022).

DR. LUANA MARQUES challenges burnout by identifying the actual enemy keeping employees stuck - psychological avoidance. Drawing from her Harvard-based research, Dr. Luana provides actionable strategies that empower employees to overcome psychological avoidance and harness their anxiety to drive productivity and success.

This keynote is ideal for individuals, leaders, and teams that are:

• Operating in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
• Passionate about achieving their goals, but feel stuck, drained, and stressed.
• Searching for proven skills to increase workplace productivity and improve performance.

Audience Outcomes:

• Learn about the most common hindrance to work performance – psychological avoidance.
• Gain a clear understanding of how avoidance is impacting your productivity.
• Discover evidence-based strategies to overcome psychological avoidance and turn pressure into power.
• Develop a personalized action plan to manage workplace stress, prevent burnout, and enhance your performance at work.

Harvard-based psychologist DR. LUANA MARQUES empowers students to unlock their full potential with science-based steps to improve confidence, become unstuck, and pursue greatness. In this transformative keynote, Dr. Luana introduces her comprehensive 3-step method to help students and educators understand and overcome psychological avoidance. Drawing upon her extensive experience working with students in both private and public schools across the globe, Dr. Marques empowers participants with science-driven skills to elevate academic performance, enhance resilience, and adeptly navigate personal and professional growth with a newfound sense of confidence.

This keynote is ideal for students who are:

• Looking to conquer stress about both school and the future.
• Passionate about achieving their academic goals.
• Seeking lifelong skills to reach their full potential.

Audience Outcomes:

• Understand how psychological avoidance impacts student performance and personal growth, leveraging the latest scientific research and real-world data.
• Learn to identify and overcome psychological avoidance using science-based strategies to transform anxiety into a tool for academic success.
• Develop a personalized action plan to manage stress, overcome psychological avoidance, bolster resilience, and promote academic achievement.

A study by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) found that nearly half of recent college graduates felt "a great deal of stress" and uncertainty about their future (2021).

Harvard-based psychologist DR. LUANA MARQUES uses scientifically-backed advice to face major life transitions with confidence. In this empowering keynote, Dr. Luana equips the graduating class with her scientifically proven, 3-step method to transform anxiety into action, turning uncertainty into a stepping-stone for personal and professional growth.

This keynote is ideal for students and recent graduates who are:

• Uncertain about their future.
• Transitioning into post-graduate life.
• Seeking lifelong skills to navigate change, tame anxiety, and move boldly toward their goals.

Audience Outcomes:

• Understand the impact of psychological avoidance on navigating post-graduation life decisions, drawing upon scientific research and real-world data.
• Learn to identify and overcome psychological avoidance, utilizing science-backed strategies to transform anxiety into a tool for taking confident action.
• Create a personalized roadmap for navigating the thrilling twists and turns of post-college life, building resilience, and setting the stage for a future filled with success.

Change is hard, and seemingly more prevalent than ever. Transitions in relationship status, friendships, and living situations happen multiple times throughout our lives. Each transition—even the best kind—creates stress and instability that threatens well-being. Moving forward requires identifying the habits that hold us back and employing skills to get where we want in life. This action-oriented presentation on The Bold Move™ empowers audience members to overcome the one common obstacle preventing them from reaching their goals so they can move boldly through change, discomfort, and stress.

This keynote is ideal for individuals, leaders, and teams that are:

• Striving to be their best at work and home.
• Passionate about achieving their goals, but feel stuck, drained, and stressed.
• Searching for proven skills to navigate change.

Audience Outcomes:

• Learn how the biological system designed to keep us safe can increase discomfort and stress.
• Identify the one common obstacle that prevents us from reaching our goals.
• Understand how to turn anxiety into power by changing the way your brain processes information.
• Discover your personal compass to help you navigate through the choppy waters of life.
• Develop a personalized action plan to manage stress, combat avoidance, and enhance your performance.
• Be inspired and empowered to make your next bold move.