Dr. Saara Haapanen is a performance psychologist, keynote speaker, executive performance coach, and founder of Performance is Haapanen. With a PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology, a background as an international-level athlete, and more than 26 years of coaching experience, she helps high-achieving humans improve motivation, energy, focus, and follow-through without burning themselves out. Her work blends performance science, wellness, motivation, ADHD-informed strategies, and real-life behavior change. She has worked with executives, physicians, entrepreneurs, educators, athletes, and organizations across the U.S., Canada, and Finland, including Denver Public Schools, Jefferson County Public Schools, UCHealth, Correctional Health Partners, the American Heart Association, and the Salvation Army. Dr. Saara served two terms on the Colorado Governor’s Council for Active and Healthy Lifestyles and has been featured in Forbes Health, Shape, Woman’s Day, Reader’s Digest, and other national media. Her mission is to help people work with their brains and bodies, not against them, so life and work feel less chaotic and more energizing.

Find Dr. Saara at: https://drsaara.com/

Or https://performanceishaapanen.com/

Or https://www.moveatworkchallenge.com/

Free resource: https://www.moveatworkchallenge.com/NDbundle

Email: saara@performanceishaapanen.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/dr_saara_haapanen

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsaarahaapanen/

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Wendy Lurrie is a former Chief Marketing Officer, growth and strategy executive, and the creator of Rupture: The World of BestGuessistan, a platform exploring what happens when systems fail—especially the human ones we rely on most. After a traumatic brain injury disrupted her ability to function in the ways she once could, Wendy began documenting the invisible, structural changes that follow rupture: shifts in cognition, perception, identity, and control. Her work draws from both lived experience and decades spent leading organizations, building brands, and navigating complex systems under pressure. She focuses on the gap between what looks normal from the outside and what no longer works underneath—particularly the failure of language, systems, and culture to accurately describe life after disruption. She is also the author of PANIC with Credentials: How Systems Survive by Making Failure Personal, which launched as the #1 new release in Organizational Design on Amazon.

Find Wendy at: https://www.bestguessistan.com/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestguessistan/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendylurrie

Substack: https://bestguessistan.substack.com/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Dry_Midnight_6742/

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