The Vagal Method
Keynotes, workshops, and immersive retreats.
Nervous system science your team will actually feel.
The Real Problem
Burnout isn't a time management problem. It's a nervous system problem. When the vagus nerve is chronically dysregulated, performance drops, decision-making suffers, and no amount of productivity training fixes it.
Most corporate wellness programs teach people to manage stress. The Vagal Method teaches people to reset the nerve that controls how stress affects them in the first place. That's a fundamentally different outcome.
The vagus nerve controls your heart rate, your focus, your gut function, your emotional regulation, and your recovery. When it's working, your team is sharp. When it's not, the entire system is running at a deficit.
Michael brings the science and the tools to fix this. Not another lunch and learn about work-life balance. A nervous system experience your team won't forget.
Formats
From a single keynote to a multi-day immersive. Every format delivers real results.
Keynote
45 to 90 minutes
A high-impact talk on the vagus nerve, human performance, and nervous system regulation. Your audience leaves with a new framework for understanding how they perform, recover, and lead. Not a lecture. An experience.
Conferences, annual meetings, leadership summits, industry events
Workshop
2 to 4 hours
Deeper than a keynote. Your team learns the science, then applies it. Live breathwork, the vagal reset protocol, and hands-on tools they can use Monday morning. Active participation. Measurable shifts.
Team offsites, training days, department workshops
Lunch & Learn
60 minutes
A focused, accessible introduction to the vagus nerve and nervous system regulation. Practical tools. Zero fluff. One lunch break that shifts how your team thinks about stress. Ideal as a first engagement or a standalone benefit event.
Company all-hands, benefits programming, ERG events
Immersive Team Retreat
Multi-day
The deepest format. Breath, heat, and cold as a shared team experience. Leaders go through the Vagal Reset Protocol together. The science becomes embodied. Teams leave connected in a way that meetings never produce. Results show up Monday morning.
Executive leadership retreats, board offsites, high-performance team building
Signature Topics
Science-first. Jargon-free. Immediately applicable.
SIGNATURE TALK
The foundational Vagal Method talk. One nerve controls stress, sleep, focus, mood, gut health, and recovery. Most people have never heard of it. This talk changes that. Audiences leave with one tool they can use immediately and a framework they'll carry for the rest of their career.
PERFORMANCE
For teams that operate under pressure. Sales floors, trading desks, ERs, courtrooms, fire stations. Built specifically for high-stress environments where regulation is a competitive advantage. Practical. Rigorous. Zero wellness-speak.
LEADERSHIP
Burnout is a biological problem with a biological solution. This talk reframes the conversation entirely, giving leaders a new model for sustainable high performance. Built for C-suite audiences, senior leadership teams, and HR and wellness decision-makers.
FIRST RESPONDERS
Built for law enforcement, firefighters, military, nurses, emergency responders, and anyone who absorbs other people's crises for a living. The nervous system science behind trauma response and the practical tools for recovery and resilience.
WORKPLACE WELLNESS
For HR leaders, wellness program managers, and benefits professionals building the next generation of employee health programs. A science-forward case for why nervous system regulation belongs at the center of any serious wellness strategy.
QUICK RESET
The most accessible entry point. Shorter format, higher energy, immediately actionable. Audiences do the reset live. Everyone walks out having experienced the tool. Best suited for wellness days, kick-off sessions, and audiences who are new to this space.
Ideal Audiences
Corporate & Business
Public Service
Events & Conferences
Why Michael
Ciara I., REMAX
Start with a 15-minute call. We'll match the right format to your event, your team, and your goals.