An in-demand mindfulness speaker known for her relatability and neuroscience-based wellness approach, Dorsey Standish wows audiences worldwide with mindfulness and emotional intelligence keynotes. A mechanical engineer, neuroscientist, and wellness expert, Dorsey has spoken to audiences including Staples, Toyota, Meta, Pier One, and American Airlines.
Dorsey Standish is a mechanical engineer, neuroscientist, and wellness expert who brings evidence-based mindfulness and emotional intelligence to clients worldwide through her wellness company Mastermind.
Her personal mission is to help Type A people like herself slow down, destress, and optimize their performance through mindfulness-based brain health training.
Dorsey’s keynotes inspire audiences through a mix of groundbreaking neuroscience research, relatable storytelling and practical mindfulness tips for high performers who think they are “too busy” to meditate.
While Dorsey is Ivy League-educated and holds a MS in Neuroscience, she believes her best teachers are her wife and two adorable sons.
“Dorsey, sending you a massive THANK YOU for your wonderful keynote! You got rave reviews — our company loved your energy & how you made neuroscience & mindfulness accessible for us.”
— Alex Richter | EVP, Camelot Strategic Media & Marketing
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Signature Keynotes
Master Your Mind: Mindfulness for Mental Health
Dorsey is on a mission to make mindfulness and mental health accessible for all people, including Type A people like herself. Journey with Dorsey as she weaves together her own story of overcoming burnout, the latest neuroscience research, and relaxing experiential mindset practices to equip you with new mindful tools for mental strength and resilience. Get ready to get out of your head and into the present moment as Dorsey empowers you to embrace mindfulness as the cornerstone of your mental health journey.
Key Learning Objectives Include
• Debunk the top three mindfulness myths that prevent you from starting or sustaining a mindfulness practice for mental health
• Simplify the way you think about mental wellness by focusing on self-awareness as the conduit for it
• Curate a personal action plan for 1-2 “Mindful Minutes” per day to support your mental health
Rise Above: Building Mental Strength & Resilience
Through stories, science, and experiential exercises, Dorsey will equip you with new tools for stress resilience, productivity, and overall well-being. This interactive session will include education around the neuroscience of stress and resilience, evidence-based strategies to manage acute and chronic stressors, and short guided wellness exercises to regulate the central nervous system. Participants will connect with focus and inspiration during the session and leave energized, with actionable strategies they can implement daily to support their mental strength and resilience.
Key Learning Objectives Include:
• Connect the neuroscience of stress and resilience to lived experiences to allow for greater self-awareness
• Unlock the evidence-based Three R’s for Resilience framework to Recognize stress, Reframe stressors, and Reset the central nervous system
• Build a personal inner toolkit of 1-minute resilience exercises to use throughout the day to improve mental strength
Burnout Proof: Proactive Strategies for Energy & Engagement
Learn accessible, evidence-based approaches to take ownership of your well-being so that you can not only prevent burnout, but also thrive at work and in life. This interactive and experiential session will demystify the concept of burnout by sharing psychologist Herbert Freudenberger's three-part framework, with a specific focus on understanding emotional exhaustion and its disproportionate impact on managers and caregivers. From this solid scientific understanding, you will explore best practices for combatting burnout by connecting with personal agency and purpose, and defusing stress and strong emotions through mini breaks and extended restoration periods. This presentation is grounded in the latest scientific research and offers practical, evidence-based strategies to check in with current stress and burnout levels, relieve exhaustion, promote self-care, and boost resilience against future stressors.
Key Learning Objectives Include:
• Demystify burnout by connecting Dr. Herbert Freudenberger’s three-part framework with lived experiences to allow for greater self-awareness and self-compassion
• Combat burnout through a strong sense of purpose and personal agency
• Complete the stress cycle with short, evidence-based practices to siphon off emergent stress and protect against burnout
"Dorsey - thank you for leading such an amazing keynote. I'm so grateful to see the immediate impact on myself and the shift in my team. You're inspiring. Thank you!"
— Ariana Moore | Manager, KIPP Schools
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“Dorsey, your mindfulness keynote for The Association of Women Executives was a home run! We thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and continued to talk about it the next day.”
— Jeannette Siegel | DFW Executive
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Dorsey Standish Speaker & Media Bio
An in-demand mindfulness speaker known for her relatability and neuroscience-based wellness approach, Dorsey Standish wows audiences worldwide with mindfulness and emotional intelligence keynotes. A mechanical engineer, neuroscientist, and wellness expert, Dorsey has spoken to audiences including Staples, Toyota, Meta, Pier One, and American Airlines. Dorsey holds a master’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Dallas and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Dorsey’s teachings draw on her training as a teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction through Brown University and deep experience on regular 7-day silent meditation retreats studying with master teachers. To learn more about Dorsey’s neuroscience-based approach to meditation, visit www.mastermindmeditate.com.