Dr. Robyne Hanley- Dafoe
TOPICS: Resiliency / Self-Esteem / Body image / Leadership / Healthy Mindset / Healthy Relationships / Mental Health / Addiction / Self-Help: Anxiety & Depression
AUDIENCES: College Educators / Administrators / Parents / Corporate / Prevention Stakeholders
Resiliency expert: Navigating Stress, Cultivating Change, and Promoting Personal Wellness Within Ourselves and Others
My professional journey is deeply rooted in personal experiences, and my commitment to resilience is from overcoming significant obstacles in my own life.
With over 18 years of dedicated experience in university teaching and research, I strive to create work that is not only grounded in academic expertise but is also accessible and relatable. My goal is to offer realistic and sustainable strategies, fostering a deeper understanding and practical practices of resilience and wellness.
An educational behaviorist (one of very few in the world) and a globally recognized speaker and scholar, Dr Robyne Hanley-Dafoe is also your friendly neighborhood scientist who makes life make sense! With a treasure trove of awards and a worldwide following, she’s on a mission to empower audiences everywhere with practical strategies for fostering resiliency and making stress your ally, not your enemy.
Dr Robyne embodies her teachings by seamlessly blending real-world realities, rigorous research, and profound wisdom with her own personal journey. A mother of three teenagers, a high school dropout turned respected professor, author, entrepreneur and survivor of a life-altering accident, her life story exemplifies her unwavering dedication of spreading resilience. Dr Robyne proves that it is not just a theory, but a transformative skill set.
Known for her engaging delivery, Dr Robyne crafts experiences that integrate scientific research with inspirational narratives into actionable insights across diverse platforms. Her approachability and relatability shine through, inspiring individuals and organizations to face challenges with confidence.
Fueled by historical fiction, coffee, and an unwavering belief that better days are always ahead, Dr Robyne is here to show us that resiliency isn’t just a concept – it’s a skill that transforms your work and life.
- Assemblies
- Conference Keynotes
- Workshops
- Half-day training
- Professional Development (PD) Training for Educators
- Breakouts/Technical Sessions
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PROGRAMS + WORKSHOPS
With stress, uncertainty, and unrest at a record high, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe’s message is both inspirational and practical. She introduces her theory “Everyday Resiliency: The 5 Pillars” and shares strategies to help foster each pillar within ourselves and others through research-informed, accessible storytelling and real-world applications.
This interactive and engaging presentation helps participants regain a sense of calm and order in ever-changing times. Participants will be inspired and equipped to establish new daily systems to increase productivity and decrease overwhelm.
Audiences will learn:
- How to identity and recognize practices that foster everyday resiliency.
- How to work with the barriers and facilitators of resiliency.
- How to decrease stress during uncertainty.
- How to revisit and reaffirm values and priorities for life with work integration.
How to Unlock Being Well in Challenging Times
Unparalleled stress, unrest, and uncertainty are becoming common and readily accepted. As a result, the blast radius is wide, and the collateral damage is people not living a well-life despite their best efforts. Achieving and maintaining personal and professional excellence in challenging times requires the skills and insights of knowing how to “stress wisely”.
In seasons of rising after challenging times, we are in a precious place of opportunity to co-create our future. As we plan our next moves, it’s imperative that we acknowledge the past while also setting a steady course for re-entry that is research-informed and practical.
In this keynote, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe explores her eight-dimensional framework for cultivating authentic wellness that is sustainable, practical, time-efficient, and realistic. She shares research-informed tactical strategies for moving theory into committed action, and big ideas that radically shift how people feel in real-world settings.
By learning how to apply key insights for building awareness, personal and team accountability, and habit formation, people can implement stress and recovery systems that are built on the foundation of evidence-based science. By doing so, people enhance their personal and professional effectiveness and capacity for navigating whatever comes their way. It is time to make stress your ally, not your enemy.
Emotions impact every area of our lives, yet emotions are often viewed as secondary to logic and reason. Emotional mastery is the next frontier of professional and personal excellence.
In this interactive event, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe discusses the origins of emotions and feelings, and explores how to recognize and manage emotions in yourself, others, and among groups. Hanley-Dafoe takes a deep dive into research informed practices of cultivating emotional awareness, responsiveness, and expression to enhance performance and productivity. By understanding heavy emotions like burnout, compassion fatigue, and grief we can begin to foster allyship with our emotions.
Participants will be well positioned to manage stress, uncertainty, change, and conflict. And, in doing so, enact the everyday resiliency and wellness practices needed to navigate the ever-changing landscape of our lives.
All presentations listed above include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.
AUTHOR OF
Stress Wisely
It’s time to make stress your ally, not your enemy.
Stress is inherent to the human condition. When not properly understood, stress can wreak havoc on our mental and physical health, our relationships, and our lives. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
In Stress Wisely, award-winning psychology scholar and resiliency expert Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe explains how we can be strategic in stressful times by challenging everything we’ve been told about stress – and wielding its power in our favour.
With her signature honesty, humor, relatability, and intimacy, Dr. Robyne draws on her vast research and real-world experiences in wellness, stress, and resiliency to help you navigate the chaos in the wisest way possible.
Through smart strategies and awareness-raising exercises grounded in science and the eight touchstones of wellness – physical, emotional, intellectual, social, environmental, occupational, financial, and spiritual – Dr. Robyne teaches you how to make your nervous system your ally in every stage of your life (yes, even in the most challenging circumstances).
Life is joyful, complicated, messy, and downright hard at times, AND you are capable to navigate it all. In Stress Wisely, get ready to learn, unlearn, and integrate smart stressing principles for a healthier, more meaningful, and purpose-filled life that is waiting for you. Better days are ahead.
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