Karen Owoc, ACSM-CEP, ACSM/ACS-CET
Wellness Educator · Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Helping organizations, clinical teams, and community groups improve movement, metabolic health, and healthy aging.
I deliver practical, science-based sessions that help people move better, feel better, and live younger longer — in ways that fit the realities of busy adults and modern workplaces. My programs make complex health science simple, approachable, and actionable, so participants leave with tools they can apply immediately.
Speaking Services
Fireside Chats
A conversational, interview-style format where Karen hosts and guides leaders, executives, clinicians, or internal subject-matter experts through meaningful discussions on health, performance, and longevity at work.
Drawing on her experience hosting televised interviews and appearing in more than 240 live TV health segments, Karen creates warm, insightful conversations that feel candid, relevant, and easy to engage with. Designed for workplaces that want a dynamic, real-talk session without slides or formality.
➜ Learn more about Fireside Chats
Speaking Formats
Team Building Sessions
Collaborative, energizing activities — such as wellness challenges, scenario-based problem solving, or group health strategy exercises — designed to strengthen connection and spark fresh thinking around well-being and performance. Fun, structured, and highly memorable.
Interactive Sessions
Live, applied-learning experiences where participants think, choose, or respond to realistic scenarios. These sessions feel active without putting anyone on the spot — blending science, practical insight, and light engagement that fits professional audiences.
Workplace Wellness Workshops
A structured, content-rich format focused on practical, evidence-based strategies employees can use immediately. Clear guidance, simple frameworks, and actionable tools tailored to the needs of busy teams, clinical staff, or hybrid workplaces.
Signature Speaking Topics
1. Healthy Aging at Work: Functional Longevity Strategies
Help employees preserve strength, mobility, balance, and long-term musculoskeletal health. Includes movement snacks, anti-stiffness strategies, energy restoration, and hybrid-worker ergonomics.
2. Metabolic Health & Blood Sugar Basics
Clear, lifestyle-driven tools to improve glucose regulation, reduce inflammation, stabilize energy, and support healthy weight changes across adulthood.
3. Heart & Brain Health for Busy Professionals
Evidence-based strategies that protect cardiovascular function, cognitive resilience, emotional well-being, and long-term vitality — without rigid routines or extreme diets.
4. Stress Reset for the Modern Workplace
Simple nervous-system practices to reduce tension, sharpen focus, and strengthen emotional resilience — even between meetings.
5. Lifestyle as Medicine: Daily Habits That Transform Health
How small, realistic decisions shape metabolic, cardiovascular, and brain health — and how to make behavior change feel doable, not overwhelming.
6. Nutrition Science Made Simple
Food Flips, meal strategies, and everyday nutrition guidance that support metabolic, gut, and brain health without perfectionism or restrictive rules.
Why Organizations Book Karen
• Clinically trained — Accredited Clinical Exercise Physiologist with experience in cardiac rehab, metabolic health, stress physiology, and healthy aging
• Effective educator — Translates evidence-based concepts into simple, encouraging, real-world guidance
• On-air communicator — TV health expert (KRON4, ABC10, NBC11) skilled in keeping large audiences engaged
• Workplace-ready content — Designed for hybrid teams, clinical staff, conferences, and employee wellness programs
• Fully customized programs — Tailored to the needs, goals, and environment of each organization
Clinical Expertise & Specialty Training
• Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist — American College of Sports Medicine
• Certified Cancer Exercise Trainer — ACSM / American Cancer Society
• Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist — American Council on Exercise
• Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist — American Council on Exercise
• Certified Balance Training Specialist — ZIBRIO Balance Research Institute
• Certified Living Strong Living Well Instructor — Stanford School of Medicine
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation — AACVPR Certificate Training
• Memory & Brain Health Strategies — UCLA Longevity Center–trained
• Preventive cardiology, cardiac rehab & metabolic health
• Balance, mobility & functional longevity
• Lifestyle medicine & healthy aging
• Corporate wellness & workplace ergonomics
Footnote:
Credentials listed above represent a combination of current certifications, prior certifications, and formal certificate-based specialty training. UCLA Memory Training (Brain Boot Camp) certification was previously held but is not currently renewed; however, the training received continues to inform Karen’s evidence-based cognitive health approach. Pulmonary rehabilitation reflects certificate training through AACVPR and practical experience in clinical settings.
Trusted By & Featured With
Stanford Health Care · UCSF · Kaiser Permanente · Palo Alto VA Health Care System ·
Emory Healthcare · Southern California Occupational Health Nurses Association ·
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association · Disabled American Veterans ·
Mended Hearts · Engineering & technology teams · Employee wellness departments · Community organizations
Programs are available for clinical audiences, corporate teams, community groups, hybrid workers, and wellness events.
Booking Information
Whether you’re hosting:
✔ A corporate wellness event
✔ A clinical education session
✔ A conference workshop
✔ A community health program
✔ An online or hybrid series
Let’s design a program that supports your team’s health, performance, and long-term well-being.