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Key Points for Dr Elise Bialylew

Dr Elise Bialylew is doctor trained in psychiatry.
She is the #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Plan.
Her media appearances include: ABC radio, Morning News, Australian Newspapers, Mention of the campaign on the Project.
Elise was a finalist for the Telstra business awards and Australian Financial Review Woman of Influence.
She engaged Google in Silicon Valley to learn mindfulness with her through the Mindful in May program.
Elise has conducted groundbreaking research in collaboration with Monash University answering the question: how much mindfulness meditation is enough to reap the benefits?
Elise is a meditation mentor to Magda Szubanski through the Mindful in May campaign.

Topics for Dr Elise Bialylew

Wellbeing in the workplace: Managing stress and difficult conversations
There is an epidemic of mental illness in the world right now. Stress is one of the dominant factors contributing to mental illness. In this keynote Elise will explain the science of stress in a completely accessible way, how it impacts your brain and body, and inspire the audience to immediately implement three transformative, simple, science backed time efficient practices to reduce stress, manage difficult conversations at work and support flourishing.
Developing a high performance mind
There is one shared feature of high performers, their ability to access flow states more of the time. The flow state is a particular state of consciousness where absolute focus is attained, work feels more effortless and productivity improves by 500% (according to Mckinsey research). In this keynote, Elise draws on the cutting edge neuroscience of Flow and Mindfulness, to explain how you can tap into this high performance state to superpower your days and have more time for play.
Stress-resilient minds: thriving amidst exponential A.I change
We are living through an unprecedented revolution. Every domain of work and life is being disrupted by the convergence of exponential change across multiple domains. The integration of artificial intelligence into our lives is bringing about significant societal shifts. We need to future proof ourselves by uplevelling our capacity to manage uncertainty and develop inner resilience to manage the rapid changes of our time.
In this keynote, Elise will paint a picture of our emerging future and the potential challenges we will face, and then offer some practices to develop a stress resilient mind including science backed practices to help develop greater emotional intelligence, make better decisions under pressure and to stay focused amidst the turbulence.
How to be a mindful leader
We are living through unprecedented technological change. Over the next decade alone we are set to experience as many technological innovations as occurred over the past 100 years. Leaders require more capacity than ever to manage the uncertainty and changes that are coming. We need to hone our self leadership skills, the ability to uplevel our inner capacities to manage the increasing challenges and opportunities of our time.
In this keynote, Elise shares how mindful leadership leads to greater self leadership, and describes her 5 step science backed process to develop yourself as a mindful leader and experience powerful transformation in your organisation through improved communication, amplified emotional intelligence and greater resilience.
Finding your purpose: Psychiatrist turns social entrepreneur a personal story of burn out, reinvention and flourishing
Elise spent 15 years training in psychiatry and witnessed the truth that mental illness doesn’t discriminate - it can effect all of us. In her commitment to learning about the human brain, she attended a 7 day silent meditation retreat (which she had dreaded going on), and it was a catalyst that completely transformed her life and career.
She created what was to become the world's largest online mindfulness fundraising campaign Mindful in May, (before mindfulness apps existed), which attracted Google and celebrities including Magda Szubanski and raised over $1 million to bring clean water to thousands across Africa in urgent need.
In this keynote Elise shares her personal story of reinvention. She will inspire the audience to tap into their passions and take the risks necessary to live a life of deep purpose and meaning. Whether that is taking more risks within the workplace to increase purpose and engagement, or taking a leap and stepping into entrepreneurship, you will leave this talk with a new sense of possibility in your life and with tools to recognise some of the obstacles holding you back.
Mindful parenting
As a mother of two, doctor specialised in psychiatry and founder of the world’s largest online mindfulness fundraising campaign, Mindful in May, Elise understands the very real challenge of balancing parenting with work. Having collaborated with some of the world's leading parenting experts, in this keynote, she brings together the most essential science backed practices to bring more emotional intelligence, presence, and resilience to your parenting.

Testimonials for Dr Elise Bialylew

We are so grateful to have had Elise to deliver the Keynote presentation at our Celebrating Graduate Research event for our doctoral research students at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, and the Melbourne Business School. Her talk on 'Unlocking your full potential through mindfulness' was relevant, topical and resonated well. Throughout the talk, Elise was very engaging and pitched perfectly for our graduate students with her presentation being educational, practical and experiential - with really useful takeaways for everyone. We look forward to having her back!
Assistant Dean (Graduate Research)
Faculty of Business and Economics

Elise brings her deep expertise in the field of the brain and mindfulness together with engaging storytelling about her own personal transformation from psychiatry to social entrepreneurship. She inspired our audience and left them wanting more. I'd highly recommend her as a guest speaker at your next event. You won't be disappointed!
Director
Happiness and its Causes Conference