Medical Doctor
Dr. Deborah Gilboa’s remarkable career in theatre that jumped into medicine to become a family physician, including her responsibilities as a parent of four children, have equipped her to deal with stress and sudden change. She has worked as a practicing family physician, while also serving as a Clinical Associate Professor for the University of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine. She has received many awards for clinical excellence in teaching, including the Alpha Omega Alpha Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award.
Before her medical career she worked at theaters across the country, including the Second City in Chicago and Deaf West Theater in Los Angeles, a defining experience as she became fluent in American Sign Language. Her work with the Deaf community has received national recognition and was the focus of her service as an Albert Schweitzer Fellow.
Throughout this journey, Dr. Deborah Gilboa discovered her main passion: understanding how to deal with stress and pressure, while instilling in her own kids, but also people around her, the all-important capacity of resilience to handle life’s curveballs. Her mission now lies in helping companies and their teams to withstand challenges and manage stress better. Demanding tasks, tight deadlines, high expectations and endless notifications on our screens are competing for our attention and are robbing us of the pleasure of enjoying our work and lives. Her goal is to teach us not to simply cope, but thrive, during times of change. Her message is straightforward and essential: Do stress better. Be resilient.
Parent of Four
Speaker & Author
“Empathy is not a matter of being kind. Empathy requires knowledge and skills.”
Dr. Gilboa as a Speaker
"Humor, straight talk, and practical strategies capture attention. Dr. G’s credibility & decades of experience as a physician give participants the strength to make real change."
“A presentation from Deborah Gilboa will light up the stage at any event. Your attendees will walk away with something valuable that can be easily applied to their life. In addition to being a gifted speaker, Deborah is also a generous and kind individual who is always thinking of others. She gets my highest recommendation.”
— Jennifer Labit, Fractional CEO & Innovation Strategy, Consultant
“Dr. Gilboa understands resilience inside and out. Her advice is practical, loving but firm, and spot-on. I’d trust my work and my family to her any day.”
— Leslie Fine, VP Salesforce
“We loved having Dr. Gilboa speak, so much that we had her back for a second and third event. She has such an energetic and natural presence and is a very gifted speaker. We all enjoyed her humor and helpful tips. Dr. Gilboa is relevant and relatable and it has been a wonderful benefit having her come talk to our employees.”
— Sarah Harris, Allianz
PRESS
For years, we’ve been told that the secret to managing stress is avoiding it, but what if that’s not the answer at all?
From Stressed to Resilient is a guide for strength-building that translates into results. It turns out that stress itself is not actually the enemy. In fact, stress is not only survivable, it can be the tool that gets you exactly what you want from life, in a life you actually want. The key isn’t about getting rid of stress – it’s in building something else.
And that something else is resilience.
In From Stressed to Resilient, Dr. Gilboa will take you by the hand and guide you through practical and easy exercises as she teaches you eight Resilience Skills that will tone and strengthen your ability to not only cope but to move forward and be happy in the face of change. All change brings stress and every day brings change. When you know how to build resilience you can tackle anything that comes your way with energy and confidence.
If you’re ready to shed those unwanted feelings of overwhelm, exhaustion and fear to become stronger and ready for new challenges, then From Stressed to Resilient is exactly the guide you need!
