Dr. Anna Thomas

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About

Dr. Anna Thomas is a board-certified palliative care physician and Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist who strengthens workforce capacity and turns employee wellbeing into a measurable business advantage. As the founder of Workplaces That CARE, she blends clinical insight with leadership strategy to address the real drivers of disengagement and turnover, including burnout risk, caregiving pressures, chronic stress, and rising life demands. Dr. Thomas delivers high-impact keynotes and practical training experiences that equip leaders and teams to protect focus, reduce burnout drivers, and build cultures where people and performance rise together. Her work is research-informed, highly actionable, and built for today’s workplace realities. She also teaches organizations how to use AI ethically, not for surveillance, but as a support system that reduces friction, improves clarity, and strengthens wellbeing at scale.

Services

  • Workshop/Webinar: AI for Wellbeing at Work: Tools to Reduce Overwhelm and Protect Focus

    Format: 60 minute workshop or webinar Work is moving faster, expectations are rising, and many employees are carrying significant cognitive and life load alongside their jobs. As AI becomes more integrated into daily work, organizations face a critical question: will these tools reduce strain — or quietly increase pressure? This interactive session introduces a practical, ethical approach to using AI as a support for thinking, not a speed or performance amplifier. Participants learn how to use simple, workplace-appropriate AI prompts to reduce cognitive load, improve clarity, and stay steady under pressure — without lowering standards or relying on willpower. Rather than focusing on technical complexity, this session teaches a repeatable prompting framework and five practical use cases aligned with common work challenges: overload, distraction, pressure, boundary strain, and life load. Participants practice using prompts live and learn how to refine outputs so they are realistic, professional, and usable in real workdays. The session concludes with a simple daily rhythm that helps employees integrate these tools into their workflow in a way that supports wellbeing, performance, and sustainability at work.

  • Workshop/Webinar: When Your Health Changes: A Practical Plan for Work and Life

    Format: 60 Min Workshop/Webinar Health changes are more common in the workforce than most organizations realize — and they don’t pause work responsibilities or life demands. Employees often continue performing at a high level while navigating uncertainty, fluctuating energy, medical appointments, or recovery, all without a clear framework for how to adjust sustainably. This session provides a practical, non-clinical framework to help individuals navigate health changes while maintaining clarity, confidence, and consistency at work and at home. Rather than focusing on diagnosis or disclosure, the program centers on priorities, logistics, and intentional actions that reduce strain and prevent small issues from becoming crises. Participants leave with a structured way to think through next steps, language they can use in real conversations, and guidance for protecting capacity during periods of change — without lowering standards or disengaging from meaningful work.

  • Workshop/Webinar: Workload Reset: How to Protect your Time, Energy, and Focus

    Format: 60 minute workshop or webinar Description: Work feels heavier than it used to — not because people care less, but because modern work demands more attention, faster decisions, and constant responsiveness. Many high-performing professionals are stretched not by effort, but by unclear priorities, expanding scope, and unrealistic capacity expectations. This session introduces a practical, non-judgmental framework to help participants clarify their workload, reduce unnecessary strain, and sustain high-quality performance. Rather than focusing on doing more or managing time better, the session helps people work with greater clarity: aligning capacity, scope, and priorities so effort is directed where it matters most. Designed for real work environments, this program provides shared language and tools participants can immediately apply to their day-to-day work and conversations, supporting both wellbeing and organizational effectiveness.

  • Workshop/Webinar: Staying Grounded Through Pressure & Change: Pause, Prioritize & Persevere

    Format: 60 minute workshop or webinar Periods of pressure and change are no longer occasional—they are a constant feature of modern work. Increased pace, ongoing uncertainty, and overlapping work and life demands can impair focus, decision-making, and communication, even among highly capable professionals. This session introduces a practical framework designed to help people stay grounded and effective when pressure is high. Rather than asking participants to “push through” or “stay calm,” the program offers concrete tools to interrupt reactivity, clarify what matters most, and sustain performance through connection and support. Grounded in real-world experience and neuroscience, this session equips participants with skills they can apply immediately during high-pressure moments—supporting individual wellbeing while reinforcing steady, professional performance through change.

  • Workshop/Webinar: Preparing for the Age of Caregiving: Balance Work, Life & Care

    Format: 60 Min Workshop/Webinar As the population ages, more employees are taking on caregiving responsibilities — often unexpectedly and alongside full workloads. This shift is not temporary. It represents a growing workforce reality with significant implications for focus, capacity, and retention. This session reframes caregiving as a leadership and capacity challenge rather than a personal shortcoming. Participants learn how caregiving responsibilities intersect with work performance and why unmanaged caregiving often leads to cognitive overload, absenteeism, and disengagement — even among high performers. Using practical, workplace-appropriate frameworks, this session equips participants to approach caregiving more strategically: clarifying priorities, setting boundaries, building support, and protecting capacity at work and at home. The focus is not on doing more, but on leading care sustainably while maintaining reliability and effectiveness at work.