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Happiness Expert, Organizational Psychologist & Host

Marissa Pei

Happiness

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Empower your audience to claim their right to happiness with Dr. Marissa Pei, organizational psychologist and talk show host. Marissa works with Fortune 500 clients across the US and globally, delivering keynotes on happiness, workplace wellbeing, and change management, with clients including Google, Johnson and Johnson, and Wells Fargo.

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PhD in Organizational Psychology with 25+ years consulting Fortune 500s
Host of the award-winning Get Balanced with Dr. Marissa
#1 bestselling author of 8 Ways to Happiness

Dr. Marissa Pei has spent more than 25 years making the case that happiness is not a soft topic. With a PhD in Organizational Psychology and a client list that spans Johnson and Johnson, Google, Toyota, Cedars-Sinai, Wells Fargo, and Mattel, she brings rigorous organizational science to the question of why people thrive, or don't, at work and in life. Beyond the stage, Marissa is the host and producer of Take My Advice, I'm Not Using It: Get Balanced with Dr. Marissa, a talk radio and TV show that has run for more than 13 years and 700 consecutive weeks on NBC News Radio station KCAA. It has over 4.2 million impressions and 500,000 downloads. Known for interviewing film and TV icons, Grammy winners, New York Times bestselling authors, and humanitarians, she has built one of the most consistent platforms in the wellness broadcasting space. The show earned a Top 10 Podcast of the Year Award in Health in 2016 and the COVR Visionary Award in 2019. Marissa's central premise is that pain in life is mandatory, but suffering is optional. Drawing on that conviction, she developed the 8 Ways to Happiness framework, which forms the backbone of her keynotes, workshops, and coaching programs. Her book of the same name hit eight bestseller lists, including a number one spot on Amazon, and received endorsements from Neale Donald Walsch, Michael Bernard Beckwith, and Laila Ali. On stage, Marissa customizes every talk to its audience, weaving together organizational psychology, humor, and audience interaction. Her corporate work spans change management, leadership effectiveness, valuing diversity, and interpersonal dynamics, always anchored in the conviction that more joy and less stress at work are achievable.

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Don't Worry, Choose Happy

Stress, burnout, and disengagement have become default settings for too many people at work, and the data behind that trend is hard to ignore. Dr. Marissa Pei draws on her PhD in Organizational Psychology and the framework from her number one bestselling book 8 Ways to Happiness to address why happiness is not a personality trait but a practice. Audiences leave with a set of evidence-based tools for shifting their baseline, managing the emotional weight of high-pressure environments, and choosing a different response to the unavoidable difficulties of working life.

The Path To Balanced Living

Overload is not a time management problem; it is a meaning problem. Dr. Marissa Pei takes audiences through the gap between working harder and living better, showing how individuals caught in cycles of busyness and burnout can reclaim a sense of purpose and control. Drawing on her work as an organizational psychologist with major corporations on both coasts of the US, she offers a practical reframe of work-life balance that replaces the guilt of doing less with the clarity of choosing well.

Taking The 'hang' Out Of Change Management

Change initiatives fail not because of poor strategy but because of the human reaction to uncertainty. Dr. Marissa Pei brings 25-plus years of organizational development experience to the challenge of getting people to move, from apathy to engagement and from resistance to commitment. Using tools drawn from her 8 Ways to Happiness framework, this talk helps leaders and teams find the meaning in disruption, reduce the friction of transition, and rebuild a culture where change is seen as an opportunity rather than a threat.

Why Can't We Just Get Along?

Most workplace conflict is not about the work. It is about the deeply human tendencies that follow people through every organization they join. Dr. Marissa Pei draws on her background as one of the first diversity consultants in the US, having designed organization-wide initiatives for companies including Mattel and the County of Los Angeles, to decode what creates friction between people and what resolves it. Audiences walk away with practical tools for moving from conflict to cooperation and building teams that actually function.

Why we recommend booking Dr Marissa

Dr. Marissa Pei is a strong fit for events where the happiness conversation needs to land with real credibility. With a PhD in Organizational Psychology and 13 years hosting a nationally syndicated radio and TV show, she brings a media profile and content depth that position her well for keynotes, panels, and conference emceeing alike.

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Testimonials

I asked her to speak to my entire group at our annual meeting and I have to say she was the highlight of a 3 day meeting. Clear, focused, and energetic, she left a big impact on the group, an impact folks still talk about often. I've referred people to Marissa when they've asked about speakers for events and never hesitate to give a glowing recommendation. Marissa's a terrific speaker who's carved out a very successful niche in an incredibly competitive speaking market.

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