Dr. Renee Exelbert
Expert Speaker
Think. Envision. Move. Transform.
“Renee is the kind of speaker who doesn’t just deliver message - she creates a moment you remember. Powerful, genuine, and unforgettable.”
Mohammed Alabdali, Organizer, TEDX Texas Tech
Why Book Dr. Renee Exelbert?
Dr. Renee Exelbert is a licensed psychologist, certified elite personal trainer, and two-time cancer survivor who brings a unique, science-backed approach to resilience, mental strength, and overcoming adversity. She is the creator of Visual Emotional Kinetics©, a powerful method that blends positive thought, visualization, and movement to help individuals and teams break through obstacles and enhance performance.
Unlike traditional resilience speakers, Renee combines her expertise in psychology, physical training, and lived experience to deliver practical, actionable strategies that audiences can implement immediately. Whether working with corporate teams, healthcare professionals, or high-performance leaders, she provides transformative insights that inspire lasting change.
Her dynamic speaking style, combined with real-world strategies, has made her a sought-after expert featured in CNBC, Today, The New York Post, Thrive Global, Shape Magazine, and more. She is also the author of Chemo Muscles: Lessons Learned from Being a Psycho-Oncologist and Cancer Patient.
For organizations looking for a speaker who can equip teams with the mindset, tools, and strategies to navigate adversity and perform at their best, Dr. Renee Exelbert is the expert to book.
Renee's Biography
Resilience is essential in today’s high-pressure world, but true resilience comes from understanding the mind-body connection.
Dr. Exelbert is a licensed psychologist, certified elite personal trainer, and two-time cancer survivor. She is the creator of Visual Emotional Kinetics©, a method that blends positive thought, visualization, and movement to help individuals and teams overcome obstacles and enhance performance.
A media contributor and author, her work has been featured in CNBC, Today, The New York Post, Thrive Global and she has appeared in numerous television outlets including Newsmax, Fox5, NewsNation, Merritt Street Media and News12.
AV Requirements
Please note that Renee uses PowerPoint and video to present her content
She can use any laptop to present from but prefers to bring her own- at the moment she is using a MacBook Air with DVI, HDMI and VGA connectors.
She brings:
- MacBook Air laptop
- DVI, HDMI and VAG connectors
- Wireless Presentation clicker
- Desktop PowerPoint presentation for 16x9 screens with embedded locally playable video files
She needs:
- A wireless lapel or headset microphone
- Mains power socket to power her laptop
- A projector (DVI, HDMI or VGA connector)
- A speaker system appropriate for the room which will receive audio output from the laptop
- Preferred external comfort monitor
Renee's Topics
Renee can discuss many topics, but here are some of the things that really get her excited!
Keynotes, internal and external conferences, fireside chats, workshops, lunch and learns. You name it.
Location and Travel
Renee is based in New York, USA, but is happy to travel where needed. Speaking engagements can also be delivered virtually.
Click on the links below to download further information on each of the topics
The Kaleidoscope of Adversity: How to Change Your Mindset While Developing Resiliency
When organizations and teams encounter adversity, it can shake more than just our plans - it can shake our sense of stability, purpose and even identity. In those moments, the shift that is needed isn’t just strategic — it’s deeply personal. It’s about reaching within ourselves to find the inner strength that challenge can reveal. When individuals learn to reframe struggle as a path to deeper growth and meaning, teams begin to unlock a shared resilience. Together, they don’t just survive hardship - they evolve and grow through it.
How to Leverage the Mind-Body Connection to Overcome Adversity and Achieve Your Goals
We can all learn how to harness the powerful connection between our minds and bodies to overcome adversity and move toward goals with greater focus, resilience and purpose. By tapping into tools like Visual Emotional Kinetics© — the integration of positive thoughts, visualizations and movement, we can see how the body can become a catalyst for change—not just reacting to life’s challenges, but actively shaping our response to them and creating the future we envision.
Empowering Patients During the Healthcare Journey
Being a patient can feel disempowering and cause a dramatic shift in identity. How we experience our healthcare journey can deeply impact our emotional and physical recovery. However, just because we are sick does not mean that we need to lose all that makes us who we are. It’s critical to learn ways to advocate for ourselves, and employ science-backed strategies to heal and find empowerment. Learning to integrate new aspects of our self into a changing identity can optimize growth and show us a strength and resiliency we didn’t know we had.
Educating Healthcare Providers to Create Empowering Relationships with Patients
Cultivating relationships with patients that leave them feeling empowered not only impacts the patient’s overall health outcomes, but can also change the meaning and experience for the practitioner. A practitioner’s behaviors, verbal interactions and non-verbal communications like body language, eye contact, hand shake, etc. can shape a patient’s experience both positively and negatively. By learning how interactions are experienced by patients, practitioners can shift their behaviors to create more meaningful and positive interactions.
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