Dr. Anna Thomas is a physician, author, TEDx speaker, and workplace wellbeing strategist whose work focuses on caregiving, wellbeing, leadership, and the future of work. She is board-certified in internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine.

Dr. Thomas brings together a physician’s clinical experience, a caregiver’s lived experience, and a leader’s strategic perspective. Through speaking, writing, education, and conversations, she helps people and organizations understand how health challenges, caregiving, stress, and other life demands influence wellbeing and the ability to thrive at work.

Dr. Thomas works at the intersection of caregiving, wellbeing, and the future of work. Her work explores how the realities of people’s lives shape their health, their capacity, and their experience at work.

Her areas of focus include:

Workplace wellbeing and workforce resilience

Working caregivers and the impact of caregiving on employees

Leadership, organizational culture, and employee support

Burnout, stress, and the pressures people carry beyond work

Aging, dementia, and family caregiving

The human side of the future of work

As a physician trained in internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine, Dr. Thomas has supported patients and families facing serious illness, complex decisions, and changing care needs. She has also led clinical teams working in demanding environments.

These experiences gave her a close view of how health challenges and caregiving affect not only patients, but also families, colleagues, and organizations. She brings that perspective to conversations about what people need to remain connected, supported, and able to contribute through life’s challenges.

Caregiving is part of everyday life for many employees. People may be supporting an aging parent, a spouse, a child with complex needs, or another loved one while continuing to meet their responsibilities at work.

Dr. Thomas helps leaders recognize that caregiving can influence an employee’s time, energy, health, and ability to remain engaged at work. She encourages organizations to understand the experiences of working caregivers and consider how leadership, culture, communication, and available resources can provide meaningful support.

Dr. Thomas views workplace wellbeing through both a human and organizational lens. Her approach recognizes that employees bring their health, family responsibilities, and experiences to work with them.

She helps leaders look beyond individual self-care and consider the role of workplace culture, leadership practices, awareness, and access to support. Her central belief is that when organizations care for their people, they create a stronger foundation for wellbeing, resilience, and performance.

Workplaces That Care is Dr. Anna Thomas’s work focused on helping leaders and organizations build workplaces that support employee wellbeing and respond to the realities of work and life.

It is also the title of her book, Workplaces That Care: A Playbook for Building Resilient Workplaces That Support and Retain Employees. The book offers a way for leaders to explore how caring for people connects to building stronger organizations.

LifeCare LeadHership is Dr. Anna Thomas’s caregiving education initiative. It helps caregivers navigate the responsibilities, decisions, and changing needs that can arise when caring for someone they love.

Through education and resources, Dr. Thomas encourages caregivers to approach their role with greater clarity, confidence, and support.

Dr. Thomas speaks and writes about caregiving, workplace wellbeing, leadership, resilience, and the future of work. Her presentations and content explore questions such as:

How can leaders support employees balancing work and caregiving?

What do people need to navigate stress and rising life demands?

How can organizations create cultures that support wellbeing and performance?

What can caregivers do to navigate their roles with greater clarity and confidence?

Her work combines clinical insight, real-world experience, storytelling, and practical strategies.

Dr. Thomas speaks to and works with a range of audiences, including business and association leaders, HR and benefits professionals, workplace wellbeing teams, healthcare organizations, employees, and family caregivers.

Her work is relevant to organizations seeking to better understand the people behind their performance, as well as individuals navigating caregiving and life’s demands.

Yes. Dr. Anna Thomas is available for media interviews, podcasts, and expert commentary on caregiving, working caregivers, workplace wellbeing, leadership, aging, and the future of work.

As a physician and experienced speaker, she can help audiences understand the connections between health, care, and the changing realities of work.