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"You are not here to live a what if life. YOu are here to live a what is life"


-Dr. Kristen Lee

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Dr. Kristen Lee, Ed.D., LICSW, known as "Dr. Kris" is an award- winning author, clinician, researcher, educator, comedian, speaker, and activist with over twenty years of experience. As lead faculty for Behavioral Science at Northeastern University in Boston, her research and teaching interests include individual and organizational well-being and resilience, particularly for marginalized and underserved populations. She is the author of Indie Book Award’s 2015 Motivational Book of the Year, Reset: Make the Most of Your Stress best-selling Mentalligence: A New Psychology of Thinking, and the upcoming Worth the Risk. Dr. Kris's work has been featured on Ted, NPR, Fast Company, and CPS radio. Her signature ability to engage with a diverse range of audiences has led her to be invited to speak nationally and internationally to students, educators, health and mental health professionals, business leaders and general audiences. 

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Cultivating Resilience in Today’s Complex World

In this Age of Anxiety, resilience must be cultivated to help us navigate and leverage stress. Learn evidence-based habits and mindsets to help protect against the risk of burnout, exhaustion, and overstimulation that are mainstays in our 24-7 always-on world.  Based on Reset: Make the Most of Your Stress; Your 24-7 Plan for Well-being.

Crackin’ Up with Dr. Kris: Where Therapy Meets Comedy

If laughter is the medicine, let Dr. Kris and special guest comedians bring a one-of-a-kind therapy session meets comedy show experience to your organization. Build community, solidarity, and spread some cheer at a time where we need joy, not fear and germs to be contagious. 

Adopting a Healthy Mental Health Culture

In the era of global mental health crisis, institutions, companies, and organizations are grappling with how to tend to the human needs and hand, while meeting outcomes and demands. Learn to apply principles of behavioral science to create a positive culture that inspires constituents to thrive and build resilience in today’s intensive landscape. Based on the upcoming Worth the Risk.

The Science of Mindfulness

Within this “Age of Anxiety”, the pressure to hyper-perform and jump through endless hoops is taking its toll. Mindfulness has surged in popularity, but what exactly does it offer? Beyond the hype, learn how to apply the science of mindfulness to reduce anxiety to stay well and do well. From coping with the pandemic, to overcoming technology overload, to overcoming perfectionism and deficit thinking, this interactive session offers practical strategies to help you relieve stress, and develop self-care mindsets and habits that help you build the agility and resilience at work, school, home and beyond. Based on Mentalligence: A New Psychology of Thinking: Learn What it Takes to Be More Agile, Mindful, and Connected in Today’s World.

Your Mental Health is More Important than Your Grades

Today’s students are required to jump through hoops in our hypercompetitive market. Increased opportunities have led to increased stress levels. This talk provides students with a toolbox for navigating the skyrocketing mental health crisis. Based on the viral Huffington Post article.

Mitigating the Education Mental Health Crisis

Across the lifespan, educators are required to support the learning and growth of students. In today’s high stakes arenas, competing demands can compromise well-being for students and educators alike. This talk provides educators with a toolbox for preventative and integrative approaches to serving students across the educational spectrum. It also includes a “double dip” of protective strategies for educators to sustain themselves in today’s complex educational arenas. Based on the Harvard McLean talk.

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“Simply phenomenal—passionate, practical, interactive, relatable…she has the ability to connect with the audience and touch each person individually, and she is empowering, intelligent and persuasive—I can envision her as a role model for many…”-


- Harvard Mental Health and Education participant

“Dr. Kris is an engaging, interesting speaker who did a great job combining informative “lecture” on the psychology of stress and self-care, with interactive discussion…I walked away with concrete strategies I can use to manage my stress and sustainability in my work…”


- Harvard Kennedy School participant

“Lee’s fusion of neuroscience and humanity is compelling and timely… a bold blend of science, story, humor, and wisdom that helps us reimagine fear and embody courage, creativity, and positive contribution…A must-read for anyone wanting to shine brighter without burning out.”


- Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., Host of The Psychology Podcast

“RESET is informative, practical, and reader friendly. Anyone wanting to lead a more resilient life will benefit from Dr. Kris’s strategies, sense of humor, and sage advice…”


- Robert Brooks, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School faculty

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