Dr. Robin Buckley
Professional Speaker & Executive Coach at Insights Group South
Professional Training and Coaching
Education: BA in Psychology, Marist College - PhD in Clinical Psychology, Hofstra University
Orlando, FL, USA
Biography
Dr. Robin Buckley earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Hofstra University, with specialized training in cognitive behavioral methodology and executive coaching. Her work as an expert in the field has been featured on multiple media platforms, including Entrepreneur, Chief, Authority Magazine, Nike, and on the 2023 TED stage. As an international speaker, Robin focuses on the application of cognitive behavioral strategies to mental wellness and optimal functioning in the workplace, and women’s equity and empowerment. As a coach, Robin applies data-driven, cognitive behavioral tactics to help organizations, couples, and individuals create strategic plans for professional and personal success. Her proprietary coaching model uses a business framework to support clients in creating and executing concrete, strategic plans for developing their relationships. Robin has published three books and her newest book, Marriage Inc.: The Boardroom Blueprint for a Lasting Love is due to be published in 2025.
Passion
Dr. Robin Buckley is deeply passionate about integrating clinical psychology with executive coaching to empower individuals and organizations. Her focus lies in harnessing cognitive behavioral strategies to enhance leadership effectiveness and foster supportive workplace environments. She is dedicated to advocating for mental wellness and leveraging neuroscience insights to optimize performance and resilience in professional settings.
Best Story
Doing my TED Talk was the ultimate step in fully embracing challenging topics—topics that many shy away from but that are essential to personal and professional wellness. Throughout my career, I have been passionate about addressing the difficult, the uncomfortable, and the "taboo" because I believe that real growth, healing, and progress happen when we bring these conversations into the open.
Standing on that red dot, I wasn’t just delivering a talk; I was making a statement—that avoiding difficult discussions only reinforces barriers, while confronting them head-on creates space for change. My TED Talk was an opportunity to demonstrate that when we tackle tough subjects with confidence and clarity, we not only normalize these conversations but also empower others to do the same.
By sharing insights rooted in psychology and cognitive behavioral strategies, I aimed to give people the tools to navigate discomfort and uncertainty in ways that support their mental wellness, relationships, and professional success. In that moment, I wasn’t just a speaker—I was a catalyst for dialogue, challenging my audience to rethink what they were willing to talk about and, ultimately, how they could foster healthier, more supportive environments in their own lives and workplaces.
Origin Story
From an early age, I developed a deep understanding of human behavior and cognitive processes, which shaped my belief in the power of cognitive behavioral strategies—not just in therapeutic settings, but also in leadership and professional development. As I worked with clients, I saw a critical need for structured, evidence-based approaches to help leaders, executives, and organizations navigate uncertainty, optimize performance, and foster inclusive, mentally healthy workplaces. This realization led me to executive coaching, where I now blend my expertise in psychology with practical strategies for leadership, resilience, and advocacy.
Speaking became a natural extension of my passion for creating meaningful change on a broader scale. Whether I’m discussing allyship, mental wellness, or the neuroscience of peak performance, my goal is to provide audiences with actionable insights they can immediately apply. I’m also deeply committed to advancing women's leadership and addressing societal challenges. Now, as a coach and speaker, I continue to bridge the gap between psychology and leadership, helping individuals and organizations thrive.
Example talks
Brain Boost: Harnessing neuroscience for peak performance
Unlock the secrets of your brain and transform it from an adversary into your greatest ally. Delve into the world of neuroscience to discover how your brain functions and how you can harness its power to achieve peak performance in every aspect of your professional and personal life. Designed for both leaders, future leaders, and entrepreneurs, this session offers concrete, cognitive-behavioral strategies that empower you to optimize your cognitive skills and enhance your productivity. Learn how to rewire your thinking patterns, manage stress effectively, and cultivate a mindset that fuels success. Whether you're leading a team or contributing to one, this talk provides the tools and insights you need to elevate your performance and achieve your goals.
Leadership Zen: Mastering mindful agility for change, support, and peak team performance
Great leadership isn’t just about strategy—it’s about mindset. Leadership Zen blends mindfulness with concrete cognitive behavioral strategies (CBT) to help leaders cultivate agility, resilience, and high performance in the face of change.
This talk explores how CBT-based techniques can rewire thought patterns, enhance emotional regulation, and strengthen decision-making under pressure. Attendees will gain actionable tools to reduce stress, build psychological flexibility, and foster a culture of trust and support, leading to peak team performance.
By integrating mindful awareness with evidence-based cognitive strategies, leaders will learn to navigate uncertainty with confidence, improve communication, and sustain motivation. Whether guiding teams through transformation or driving innovation, Leadership Zen provides a practical framework for leading with clarity, adaptability, and success.
Mind Matters: Navigating mental health in the workplace
In today's fast-paced and often stressful work environment, creating a culture of mental wellness is more crucial than ever. This transformative talk provides a comprehensive guide to creating and facilitating a workplace culture that prioritizes mental health and supports employees in every aspect of their well-being. Explore practical strategies to identify and address mental health issues, foster open communication, and implement supportive policies. Learn how to cultivate an environment where employees feel safe, valued, and empowered to seek help when needed. We’ll also highlight the significant benefits of a mentally healthy workplace, including increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, enhanced employee engagement, and overall organizational resilience. Discover how investing in mental wellness not only improves individual well-being but also drives business success and fosters a more inclusive, innovative, and sustainable company culture.
Bedroom to Boardroom: Creating equity in all areas of our lives
Dive into the uncharted waters of women's empowerment with a talk that boldly tackles the "taboo" topics often left unspoken. From personal areas of sexual wellness to professional career aspirations, we explore how addressing these critical issues head-on can lead to unprecedented growth and equity for women. This engaging and transformative session is designed to equip women with the tools to advocate for their wants and needs confidently, including how to dismantle the societal stigmas that hold you back, both personally and professionally. Join us for a powerful journey that redefines what it means to be a woman in today's world. Break the silence, shatter the barriers, and step into your full potential with insights that inspire action and cultivate true equity. This is more than a talk—it's a movement towards a future where women's power is not just recognized but celebrated.
Powerful Women are Scary
Women have made incredible progress over the past 60 years since the women’s movement in the 1960s. In local and global politics, in all realms of business and production, and in entertainment, powerful women are changing the perspective and standards for women. So why is it that powerful women still make people uncomfortable? Considering the historical causes for female stereotypes, how cognitive dissonance plays a role in why powerful women are perceived as "scary", and what can women do to step into their power and change society's perception of powerful women, will frame this discussion.
Walk the Talk: Helping leaders to use storytelling to create a mental wellness culture
Experts in mental health say that the most important call to action in creating a workplace culture which supports mental health is leading by example. Leaders who share their own stories regarding mental health model the culture which considers mental health as equitable to physical health. But in order for this strategy to be effective, the storytelling must be authentic and, for many leaders, it is about finding their voices and being comfortable sharing their stories.
The Cast of the A-Team: The power of allyship, advocacy, and activism in the workplace
Being an ally, an advocate, and an activist has specific impact upon an organization. Understanding the differences, and being able to identify which role you play, is essential to facilitating group culture and impacting change. Even more, learning the contributions each role has allows you to effectively navigate among these roles, allowing you and the individuals within your organization to affect the greatest outcomes.
Wingsuits at Work: Creating psychological safety for professional risk taking
Psychological safety is a necessary incorporation into organizational and team culture. By creating this type of culture, leaders can enhance productivity, foster DEI, stimulate innovation and improve employee satisfaction. This begins by understanding the characteristics of psychological safety and the strategies to create this experience for all team members, tapping into their unique and diverse perspectives to enhance organizational culture. From there, leaders learn how individual characteristics of their unique leadership styles lend themselves to supporting psychological safety. Ultimately, leaders understand the individual and organizational action steps which can successfully orchestrate effective risk taking and communication by utilizing the diversity of their team.
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Best Story
Doing my TED Talk was the ultimate step in fully embracing challenging topics—topics that many shy away from but that are essential to personal and professional wellness. Throughout my career, I have been passionate about addressing the difficult, the uncomfortable, and the "taboo" because I believe that real growth, healing, and progress happen when we bring these conversations into the open.
Standing on that red dot, I wasn’t just delivering a talk; I was making a statement—that avoiding difficult discussions only reinforces barriers, while confronting them head-on creates space for change. My TED Talk was an opportunity to demonstrate that when we tackle tough subjects with confidence and clarity, we not only normalize these conversations but also empower others to do the same.
By sharing insights rooted in psychology and cognitive behavioral strategies, I aimed to give people the tools to navigate discomfort and uncertainty in ways that support their mental wellness, relationships, and professional success. In that moment, I wasn’t just a speaker—I was a catalyst for dialogue, challenging my audience to rethink what they were willing to talk about and, ultimately, how they could foster healthier, more supportive environments in their own lives and workplaces.
Origin Story
From an early age, I developed a deep understanding of human behavior and cognitive processes, which shaped my belief in the power of cognitive behavioral strategies—not just in therapeutic settings, but also in leadership and professional development. As I worked with clients, I saw a critical need for structured, evidence-based approaches to help leaders, executives, and organizations navigate uncertainty, optimize performance, and foster inclusive, mentally healthy workplaces. This realization led me to executive coaching, where I now blend my expertise in psychology with practical strategies for leadership, resilience, and advocacy.
Speaking became a natural extension of my passion for creating meaningful change on a broader scale. Whether I’m discussing allyship, mental wellness, or the neuroscience of peak performance, my goal is to provide audiences with actionable insights they can immediately apply. I’m also deeply committed to advancing women's leadership and addressing societal challenges. Now, as a coach and speaker, I continue to bridge the gap between psychology and leadership, helping individuals and organizations thrive.
Example talks
Brain Boost: Harnessing neuroscience for peak performance
Unlock the secrets of your brain and transform it from an adversary into your greatest ally. Delve into the world of neuroscience to discover how your brain functions and how you can harness its power to achieve peak performance in every aspect of your professional and personal life. Designed for both leaders, future leaders, and entrepreneurs, this session offers concrete, cognitive-behavioral strategies that empower you to optimize your cognitive skills and enhance your productivity. Learn how to rewire your thinking patterns, manage stress effectively, and cultivate a mindset that fuels success. Whether you're leading a team or contributing to one, this talk provides the tools and insights you need to elevate your performance and achieve your goals.
Leadership Zen: Mastering mindful agility for change, support, and peak team performance
Great leadership isn’t just about strategy—it’s about mindset. Leadership Zen blends mindfulness with concrete cognitive behavioral strategies (CBT) to help leaders cultivate agility, resilience, and high performance in the face of change.
This talk explores how CBT-based techniques can rewire thought patterns, enhance emotional regulation, and strengthen decision-making under pressure. Attendees will gain actionable tools to reduce stress, build psychological flexibility, and foster a culture of trust and support, leading to peak team performance.
By integrating mindful awareness with evidence-based cognitive strategies, leaders will learn to navigate uncertainty with confidence, improve communication, and sustain motivation. Whether guiding teams through transformation or driving innovation, Leadership Zen provides a practical framework for leading with clarity, adaptability, and success.
Mind Matters: Navigating mental health in the workplace
In today's fast-paced and often stressful work environment, creating a culture of mental wellness is more crucial than ever. This transformative talk provides a comprehensive guide to creating and facilitating a workplace culture that prioritizes mental health and supports employees in every aspect of their well-being. Explore practical strategies to identify and address mental health issues, foster open communication, and implement supportive policies. Learn how to cultivate an environment where employees feel safe, valued, and empowered to seek help when needed. We’ll also highlight the significant benefits of a mentally healthy workplace, including increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, enhanced employee engagement, and overall organizational resilience. Discover how investing in mental wellness not only improves individual well-being but also drives business success and fosters a more inclusive, innovative, and sustainable company culture.
Bedroom to Boardroom: Creating equity in all areas of our lives
Dive into the uncharted waters of women's empowerment with a talk that boldly tackles the "taboo" topics often left unspoken. From personal areas of sexual wellness to professional career aspirations, we explore how addressing these critical issues head-on can lead to unprecedented growth and equity for women. This engaging and transformative session is designed to equip women with the tools to advocate for their wants and needs confidently, including how to dismantle the societal stigmas that hold you back, both personally and professionally. Join us for a powerful journey that redefines what it means to be a woman in today's world. Break the silence, shatter the barriers, and step into your full potential with insights that inspire action and cultivate true equity. This is more than a talk—it's a movement towards a future where women's power is not just recognized but celebrated.
Powerful Women are Scary
Women have made incredible progress over the past 60 years since the women’s movement in the 1960s. In local and global politics, in all realms of business and production, and in entertainment, powerful women are changing the perspective and standards for women. So why is it that powerful women still make people uncomfortable? Considering the historical causes for female stereotypes, how cognitive dissonance plays a role in why powerful women are perceived as "scary", and what can women do to step into their power and change society's perception of powerful women, will frame this discussion.
Walk the Talk: Helping leaders to use storytelling to create a mental wellness culture
Experts in mental health say that the most important call to action in creating a workplace culture which supports mental health is leading by example. Leaders who share their own stories regarding mental health model the culture which considers mental health as equitable to physical health. But in order for this strategy to be effective, the storytelling must be authentic and, for many leaders, it is about finding their voices and being comfortable sharing their stories.
The Cast of the A-Team: The power of allyship, advocacy, and activism in the workplace
Being an ally, an advocate, and an activist has specific impact upon an organization. Understanding the differences, and being able to identify which role you play, is essential to facilitating group culture and impacting change. Even more, learning the contributions each role has allows you to effectively navigate among these roles, allowing you and the individuals within your organization to affect the greatest outcomes.
Wingsuits at Work: Creating psychological safety for professional risk taking
Psychological safety is a necessary incorporation into organizational and team culture. By creating this type of culture, leaders can enhance productivity, foster DEI, stimulate innovation and improve employee satisfaction. This begins by understanding the characteristics of psychological safety and the strategies to create this experience for all team members, tapping into their unique and diverse perspectives to enhance organizational culture. From there, leaders learn how individual characteristics of their unique leadership styles lend themselves to supporting psychological safety. Ultimately, leaders understand the individual and organizational action steps which can successfully orchestrate effective risk taking and communication by utilizing the diversity of their team.