“Sustainable performance starts in the brain. When we design work that respects human capacity, people stay focused, resilient, and able to do their best work.”

Dr Anna Steinzeig

Who is Dr Anna Steinzeig?

Dr Anna Steinzeig is a leading neuroscientist, keynote speaker, and workplace wellbeing consultant specialising in the connection between brain science, modern work, and sustainable high performance. She combines her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Helsinki with advanced training in coaching and leadership from INSEAD, giving her a rare blend of scientific credibility and practical organisational insight.

Anna works with founders, leaders, and teams navigating constant change, high cognitive load, and increasing workplace pressure. Her core message is simple and rooted in science: our brains were not designed for today’s speed and complexity — but they are highly adaptable when we work with them instead of against them. When organisations understand how the brain functions, they can redesign work in ways that reduce stress, prevent burnout, and significantly improve focus, resilience, and performance.

Before becoming a speaker and advisor, Anna spent years in high-pressure environments — from neuroscience research labs to operational leadership roles in fast-growing start-ups. On the outside she appeared strong, capable, and endlessly resilient. Inside, she was heading towards burnout. That lived experience now fuels her mission: helping ambitious people achieve exceptional results without sacrificing their wellbeing.

Today, organisations bring Anna in when they recognise patterns:
– teams stuck in urgency mode
– rising burnout rates
– declining focus and motivation
– talented people hitting their limits
– managers caught between performance targets and human capacity

Anna helps leaders understand what’s really happening, drawing on brain plasticity research, stress science, and organisational psychology. She explains how “always-on” cultures overload the nervous system — and how practical, brain-friendly changes can restore clarity, focus, and sustainable productivity.

Her workshops and keynotes blend science, psychology, and lived experience. Participants leave with a stronger understanding of their own nervous system and simple tools they can immediately apply to improve balance, mental clarity, emotional regulation, and performance.

Dr Anna’s Speaking Topics Include:

1. Stress and Burnout

What chronic stress does to the brain and nervous system, the early red flags people often ignore, and how organisations can prevent burnout before it begins.

2. Wellbeing and Performance

How to reduce cognitive overload, build realistic capacity, encourage deep work, and create recovery-based habits that sustain long-term performance.

3. Resilience

Nervous-system-based resilience training for high performers who can’t simply “slow down” or “do less”.

4. The Neuroscience of Change

Science-backed insights for leading sustainable transformation. Why people resist change — and how to design change initiatives that support adaptation, focus, and psychological safety.

5. Humans, Rewired: The Brain in the Age of AI

How AI, acceleration, and digital overload reshape attention, memory, and motivation — and science-led strategies for staying focused, grounded, and mentally resilient in a tech-driven world.

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What clients have said about Anna

“As the famous physicist Richard Feynman once said: ‘If you can’t explain what you’re doing to a five-year-old in two sentences, you’re a charlatan.’ Anna explains complex things in a simple, human language – and for that, huge thanks!”
— Founders workshop participant

“Anna is an absolute gem! When you see someone with a PhD, you expect dry science – but instead, you get a truly genuine, engaging person who tells the story of how the brain works like it’s an adventure.”
— Body4biz

“Anna has a unique ability to translate the science behind stress and well-being into clear, actionable insights. Her approach is grounded in research yet incredibly easy to grasp, making complex topics feel simple and practical.”
— Scotch & Soda

Dr Anna’s Services & Approach

Beyond her keynotes, Dr Anna designs interactive workshops, deep-dive leadership sessions, and team-focused wellbeing programmes. Her sessions include guided reflection, practical nervous system regulation tools, cognitive load management techniques, and psychologically safe conversations about expectations, workload, and capacity.

Her style is direct, compassionate, and grounded in real-world experience. She brings stories from high-growth companies, neuroscience labs, and her own burnout recovery. Her goal is to help organisations identify patterns rather than blame individuals — enabling healthier cultures where people can thrive.

A Little More About Dr Anna

With an international background and a home base split between the Algarve and Amsterdam outside of her professional life, you’re likely to find Anna hiking in nature, reading research papers over coffee, or discussing how to stay sane in a world that never stops.

Anna’s philosophy comes down to this: we’re trying to navigate a complex, hyper-connected, constantly accelerating world with brains that were shaped for hunter-gatherer life. That fundamental mismatch is the reason so many high performers hit the wall.

But what most people miss is that our brain is incredibly adaptable when we actually work with it instead of ignoring its nature. We don’t have to sacrifice our health for success or dial back the ambition to stay sane. We just need to build work environments and daily rhythms that match how our nervous system actually functions.

Using neuroscience and psychology as her foundation, Anna helps founders, leaders, and organisations completely rethink their approach to work. To not just perform at a high level but to make this performance sustainable.

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