About Rebecca
Dr. Rebecca Heiss, a stress expert and physiologist, is dedicated to transforming stress into a catalyst for performance, passion, and purpose. Her groundbreaking research, praised as "transformative" by the National Science Foundation, redefines how we view and use stress as a tool for growth. As the author of Instinct, founder of icueity, and a sought-after speaker, she empowers audiences to harness stress energy positively.
A former educator at an innovative charter school focusing on entrepreneurial learning, Dr. Heiss now shares her T-minus 3 Technique and conducts the Fearless Masterclass, helping individuals convert anxiety into Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG). Her presentations, rich with humor and actionable insights, inspire audiences worldwide.
Living in South Carolina with her dogs, Guinness and Murphy, Dr. Heiss embraces her life motto, "Spread Happy," finding joy in hiking and fully living life.
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The Stress Advantage
In this eye-opening keynote, Dr. Rebecca Heiss reveals the hidden benefits of stress that top athletes and leaders use to fuel their performance. She provides a science-based framework to help individuals and organizations move from symptoms of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) to PTG (Post-Traumatic Growth). Dr. Heiss’s approach encourages leaning into stress to enhance productivity, deepen connections, and grow through challenges.
This Presentation is Ideal For:
- Leaders and teams battling increasing levels of stress, burnout, and disengagement.
- Those ready to return to performance growth after setbacks.
- Individuals feeling stuck on a treadmill of accelerating demands.
- Teams wanting to alleviate stress without adding traditional "stress management" techniques that just increase their workload.
Understand the Biological Root of Stress:
- Learn how to recalibrate their stress response to benefit from it in today’s world.
- Effectively address fears and convert them into energy that optimizes performance and growth.
- Implement a simple framework to respond differently to challenges, reduce burnout, and restore purpose and fulfillment in their work.
- Dr. Heiss’s insights offer a powerful alternative to conventional stress management, turning stress into a tool for growth and high performance.
Fear(less) Leadership
This Presentation is Ideal For:
- Leaders and teams feeling overwhelmed by stress, challenges, or unpredictable changes.
- Those ready to return to performance growth and concerned about how failure might be perceived.
- Individuals seeking to understand the science behind stress and anxiety to manage it more effectively.
- Teams needing to unite to drive performance forward.
Transform Stress and Fear into Energy:
Learn how to quickly turn stress and fear into productive energy.
Recalibrate the Stress Response:
Adjust their stress response to better handle uncomfortable changes and challenges.
Adopt an Adventure Mindset:
Develop a mindset that enhances resilience and adaptability in high-pressure situations.
Dr. Heiss’s keynote provides actionable insights to help individuals and teams harness uncertainty and stress as powerful catalysts for growth and success.
Awards & Publications
Awards
Morton Dissertation Award, Lynds Jones Prize
James H. Wilmoth Award for Excellence in Biological Sciences,
More About Dr. Rebecca
Rebecca knows stress isn't going anywhere, and it's her biggest frustration to watch people try to "get rid of it!". As a stress physiologist, Dr. Heiss has focused her work allowing us all to transform our stress so that it can springboard us to our highest level of performance, passion, and purpose. Her research has been designated "transformative" by the National Science Foundation and it is waking up audiences around the world.
As an author of the acclaimed book Instinct, founder and CEO of the leadership 360-review mobile application, icueity, and highly sought-after professional speaker, Rebecca has found her calling in helping others recognize the power of using stress energy for good even when we think it's not. A former educator, Dr. Heiss spent much of her earlier career in the classroom at both the high school and college levels and was recruited to be a founding member of an innovative charter school with a focus on entrepreneurial thinking and impact-based learning. Today she shares her T-minus 3 Technique to transform fears to fuel from stages around the world as a full-time speaker and facilitator of her Fearless Masterclass.
She continues her research on how we can turn anxiety, stress and trauma into Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) rather than PTSD. Rebecca's "fear(less)" message inspires hope and actionable insights to train our brains to work for us, rather than against us in times of change and uncertainty. With surprising humor and palpable energy, no matter if Dr. Heiss is delivering virtually or on stage, she wins over her audiences with interactive, inspiring, and timely takeaways. Rebecca lives in South Carolina with her spoiled rotten dogs named Guinness & Murphy and every day tries to live her life motto: "Spread Happy."
Reviews
Powerful session
- Janet Durnford
What a powerful session! This is my third time seeing Rebecca and I always come away with something new from her work. Truly a master! We will look forward to having her back again.
phenomenal speaker
- Sarah Wirth
Rebecca was a phenomenal speaker for our leadership conference. While the information she shared about stress was rooted in science, she never made it boring or stuffy. She made us all laugh constantly and engaged the audience through her interactive exercises. Most importantly, we all walked away with some simple, practical tips we could use to handle stress more effectively.
Wonderfully talented
- MicroStrategy Team
Rebecca is so wonderfully talented and brought so much energy to our virtual event. She was engaging from the start and was able to keep the session interactive, despite it being virtual. MicroStrategy attendees were so enthusiastic about her session that we already have follow-up events planned! We are going to dive deep into some of the topics Rebecca shared from the value of building a meditation practice to better managing failure and creating a culture of learning from failure. Rebecca’s Fear(less) Leadership keynote delivers a powerful message and left us all feeling inspired, motivated, and fear(less)! We highly recommend Rebecca!
Thoughtful and Customized
- Brent Petrek
Rebecca was a hit with our audience - I've gotten nothing but rave reviews. She was thoughtful and customized her talk to really energize our industry during a fearful time. I look forward to working with her again in the future.
Just what we needed!
- MicroStrategy Team
Rebecca is so wonderfully talented and brought so much energy to our virtual event. She was engaging from the start and was able to keep the session interactive, despite it being virtual. MicroStrategy attendees were so enthusiastic about her session that we already have follow-up events planned! We are going to dive deep into some of the topics Rebecca shared from the value of building a meditation practice to better managing failure and creating a culture of learning from failure. Rebecca’s Fear(less) Leadership keynote delivers a powerful message and left us all feeling inspired, motivated, and fear(less)! We highly recommend Rebecca!
Well Received and Relatable
- Gayle Heskiel
Rebecca’s work is transformational! She had the challenge of delivering to a diverse audience and managed to give us all powerful takeaways on managing and overcoming limiting beliefs. We can’t wait to have her back!
Great energy. Relatable. Actionable advice.
- Brent Petrek
Rebecca was a hit with our audience - I've gotten nothing but rave reviews. She was thoughtful and customized her talk to really energize our industry during a fearful time. I look forward to working with her again in the future.
YEAR 2 AWESOME EXPERIENCE
- Janet Durnford
What a powerful session! This is my third time seeing Rebecca and I always come away with something new from her work. Truly a master! We will look forward to having her back again.
YEAR 2 AWESOME EXPERIENCE
- Sarah Wirth
Rebecca was a phenomenal speaker for our leadership conference.
Incredible performance!
- Brent Petrek
Rebecca was a hit with our audience - I've gotten nothing but rave reviews. She was thoughtful and customized her talk to really energize our industry during a fearful time. I look forward to working with her again in the future.
Positive & Professional
- Net@Work
Rebecca’s work is transformational! She had the challenge of delivering to a diverse audience and managed to give us all powerful takeaways on managing and overcoming limiting beliefs. We can’t wait to have her back!
Great motivational speech
- MicroStrategy Team
Rebecca is so wonderfully talented and brought so much energy to our virtual event.
Just Yes!
- Global Credit Union
What a powerful session! This is my third time seeing Rebecca and I always come away with something new from her work. Truly a master! We will look forward to having her back again.
Find your why
- Consolidated Assurance
Rebecca’s keynote was dynamic, thought-provoking and action inspiring. It resonated with me and our team in such positive ways, causing us to really look at the blind spots and specific ways to create behavior change in both our lives and businesses. We received more positive feedback from her talk and requests for a copy of her talk than any of the other speakers.
Inspirational
- MicroStrategy Team
We highly recommend Rebecca!
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