Dr Olivia Lee Ong -The Heart-Centered Doctor

Dr Olivia Ong, known as the Heart-Centred Doctor, is a pain physician with 15 years of clinical experience and an expert in resilience and burnout. After a severe car accident in 2008 left her a paraplegic, Dr Ong was told she would never walk or practice medicine again. Dr Ong found out exactly what it’s like on the other side of the healthcare system. She spent years as a patient in hospitals an

d rehab facilities in Australia and US in an attempt to regain some of the capabilities that were torn away from her. Little did she know she was going to get a whole lot more than she’d bargained for. After an intensive three-year recovery process, she walked again. Among other things, coming out the other side of such dark period in her life inspired Dr Ong to start a business to address the unspoken toll that doctors bear when they don’t find the support they need. As a high-performance leadership coach and mentor for doctors over the past two years, she runs programs helping doctors transform their lives, moving from burnout to balance. Being able to speak from her own unique life experiences gives her presentations a deeply authentic feel, and her warm approach has made her a sought-after speaker and online educator. She is the author of The Heart-Centred Doctor, which features a foreword from one of her mentors Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Dr Ong has been privately trained by personal development role models such as Jack Canfield, Vishen Lakhiani, founder of Mindvalley, Ajit Nawalkha, founder of Evercoach in Mindvalley, Benjamin Harvey and Cham Tang, founders of Authentic Education, Mike Kim, author of You Are the Brand and Rich Litvin, co-author of The Prosperous Coach. Her vision is for her company “The Heart-Centred Method Institute Pty Ltd” to be the leading global personal growth and professional development company for physicians and clinicians in healthcare so that they can be well rounded, heart-centred healthcare workers. Dr Ong has been featured in and written for Thrive Global, Yahoo Finance, International Business Times Singapore and Australian Business Journal. Dr Ong has regular appeared in media such as Sky News, Studio 10 and Ticker TV, as well as speaking at industry leading events including Australasian New Zealand College of Anaesthesia and Faculty of Pain Medicine, where she talks about physician burnout and how mindfulness and self-compassion can transform chronic pain. Originally from Singapore, Dr Ong now resides in Melbourne with her husband and two young children. Her forthcoming book Radical Resilience is due to be released in early 2024. For more details, visit drolivialeeong.com