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Steve Cohen, RN, MSN, CHt, is a Registered Nurse, Keynote Speaker, and mental health educator who helps people reclaim clarity, resilience, and momentum one practical shift at a time. With decades of experience in frontline healthcare, Steve understands burnout not as a personal failure, but as a predictable nervous system response to prolonged stress.
He is the creator of Beating the Blues Today™, a science-informed, action-oriented framework that helps individuals and professionals interrupt emotional overload, rebuild energy, and restore meaning in their work and lives. His approach integrates neuroscience, movement, mindset, and habit-based strategies that are realistic for real-world demands, especially in healthcare and helping professions.
Steve’s message is shaped not only by clinical expertise, but by lived experience. Having navigated significant personal adversity earlier in life, he speaks with authenticity, humility, and credibility that resonates deeply with audiences. His presentations combine evidence-based insight, relatable storytelling, and grounded humor, leaving participants informed, encouraged, and equipped to act immediately.
Whether speaking to healthcare professionals, organizations, or community audiences, Steve’s core message is clear: you are not broken. You are overloaded, and small, intentional shifts can change everything.
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐑𝐍, 𝐌𝐒𝐍
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 | 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 | 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲™
Primary Topics: Mental Health • Emotional Resilience • Burnout Prevention • Sustainable Performance
Signature Program: 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲™
Practical, evidence-based strategies to reduce emotional overload, restore energy, and build resilience one small shift at a time.
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: Steve Cohen, RN, MSN, is a registered nurse and keynote speaker who brings clarity, credibility, and practical tools to conversations around mental health and burnout. With decades of frontline Healthcare experience, Steve understands the real pressures professionals face and why traditional “self-care” advice often fails.
Through Beating the Blues Today™, Steve translates neuroscience, movement, and mindset into realistic strategies that fit busy lives and high-demand environments. His sessions focus on small, actionable shifts that produce meaningful change without requiring more time, more motivation, or more willpower.
Steve’s message is grounded in both clinical expertise and lived experience, allowing him to connect authentically with audiences across Healthcare, human services, and leadership settings. His speaking style blends research, real-world stories, and grounded humor, keeping sessions engaging, relatable, and immediately useful.
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡:
Simple, science-backed tools to interrupt emotional overload
A clearer understanding of burnout as a nervous-system issue—not a personal failure
Practical strategies that they can apply the same day
Renewed energy, focus, and perspective
𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬
Healthcare professionals and leaders
Human services and behavioral health professionals
Caregivers and helping professions
Organizations seeking practical mental health solutions
Beating the Blues Today™ is a practical, evidence-informed guide for anyone who feels emotionally overloaded, mentally exhausted, or quietly stuck—but still showing up every day. Rather than offering clichés or quick fixes, the book reframes low mood, burnout, and emotional fatigue as understandable nervous-system responses to sustained stress. Readers learn a powerful truth early on: you are not broken—you are overloaded. And overload can be relieved.