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Alec Kassin

Alec Kassin

The Injured Athlete's Comeback Coach | Best-Selling Contributing Author | Founder @ Pain Free Comeback | Ex-LinkedIn Manager

San Francisco, California, United States

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PAST CLIENTS INCLUDE: Airbnb, Coca-Cola, ThermoFisher, Medable, PSL Group, & more!

"Alec is a fantastic speaker. I’ve worked with him since 2019, when he led LinkedIn’s Mindfulness & Compassion workshops in Europe. Alec consistently receives rave reviews from audiences in the US and Europe for his events." - Scott Shute, Award-Winning Author & Speaker & Former LinkedIn Global VP

"Alec is a fantastic facilitator and joy to work with! He gracefully translates personal experience into engaging and meaningful workshops." - Jennifer Leslie, SVP @ PSL Group

"Alec has a gift as a healer and coach. I am profoundly grateful for his help." - George Hoffmann, Kona Ironman Triathlete & Marketing Director @Medable

ABOUT ME: At age 18, I was a semi-pro cyclist diagnosed with a ruptured spinal disc.

Over two years, severe back pain ended my cycling career, pulled me out of college, left me partially bedridden, on strong painkillers, depressed, and with suicidal thoughts.

I tried every treatment I could find, but still endured constant pain - my recovery was uncertain.

Thankfully, I've been pain-free and unrestricted for over a decade.

Yet here's the thing: That ruptured spinal disc is still visible on my MRI.

The pain wasn’t 'all in my head.' It was real, severe, and in my body.

But the problem wasn't my disc. And the solution wasn't to fix it.

I’m not alone, either. More people are learning that some of the best athletes in the world with nagging injuries and structural abnormalities like bulging discs, torn meniscuses, and torn rotator cuffs have become pain-free without fixing their bodies.

I'm an Injury Comeback Coach, and I demystify how to do this for my clients and my audiences, empowering them to break through pain and injury, perform with a competitive advantage, and feel like themselves again.

I've trained with renowned chronic pain specialists, sports medicine physicians, and psychologists from Cedars Sinai, Michigan State, and Wayne State.

I've helped Kona triathletes, state champion cyclists, marathon runners, actors, American Ninja Warriors, and those who just want to enjoy movement again get back to their favorite activities in the face of scary injuries and persistent pain.

I've travelled around the world to present for the better part of a decade - from San Francisco, to Dublin, and Paris to Hong Kong. I've shared my story with organizations all over the world such as Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Medable, PSL Group, Esusu and LinkedIn, been featured on over a dozen podcasts, written for publications like RealGM, and co-authored the 2024 Best-Selling Book Leading with Self-Awareness.

Seeing so many people who thought they’d never recover make amazing comebacks has revealed an unshakable truth: Your biggest setback can become your greatest comeback.

Area of Expertise

  • Business & Management
  • Finance & Banking
  • Health & Medical
  • Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Media & Information

Topics

  • healing chronic pain & illness
  • sports
  • Team building and culture
  • resilience

Rewiring Pain: Solving the Chronic Pain Epidemic

With tremendous progress in medicine, why is there a chronic pain epidemic? In this broadly applicable talk, learn groundbreaking new research about the brain’s involvement in chronic pain, and how new treatments are giving hope to the 2+ billion people worldwide who suffer from it.

60 minutes preferred (+/- 15)

MONEYBALL 2.0: Transforming Injury Recovery Into Competitive Advantage

Sport Psychology revolutionized competitive athletics. Now, learn how neuroplastic approaches to injury are doing the same by helping teams and players get healthy, save money, and win.

Starting Your Pain Free Comeback

Injured athlete? Begin your comeback by learning why relief from conventional treatments doesn’t last, the surprising science linking the brain and physical pain, and explore a proven path to healing. You’ll never see pain the same way again.

The Power of Your Brain: Moving from Fear to Empowerment

It's been said that what we think, we become. And it's the brain that makes that transformation possible. During our time together, we'll demystify the immense power of our brains with cutting-edge research, build thought-provoking awareness of the ways we unconsciously limit ourselves, and learn practical tools to feel empowered.

We'll build awareness and skills around recognizing the brain's power to create real physical changes in our bodies, understand its role in emotional creation and how we can influence the process, and learn how to change our perspective to change our experience. Whether it's a stressful sprint at work, a difficult situation with a partner, or getting your life unstuck, you'll see how the brain can either consciously help you or unconsciously hinder you.

This isn't a boring lecture about the structure of your brain. It's an engaging, practical roadmap for how to use it to wake up to your own power.

Relevant for any audience looking for an uplifting and empowering session

Building Resilience

In this powerful and engaging experience, we'll discuss the science behind why staying focused and present is so important, yet difficult, and learn how we can hack our own internal systems to be more present. We'll also learn ways to shift our mindset, build skills to navigate life’s challenges, and practice the skill of seeing opportunity even during setbacks.

Skills Acquired:
● Being present and training our attention
● How to shift our mindset toward growth, optimism and reframe challenges
● Practical ways to navigate anxiety
● The power of gratitude
● How to create a system to make real change in our lives

Workshop; 1 - 3 Hours; 10 - 50 participants

Compassion in Action

In this workshop, we’ll learn the basics of compassion, and how to make
it flourish in our jobs and our lives, promoting our own and others’ well being. Learn how moving from a ‘self-centered’ mindset to a ‘we-centered mindset’ can make you happier and more successful at work and life. Learn how your own misperceptions and habits sabotage your intentions.

Skills Acquired:
● Capacity: Build our ability to live compassionately and serve our customers
● Awareness of Others: Hone our ability to understand and better serve others
● Mindset: Move from a self-centered to a we-centered mindset for more
happiness and success
● Action: Develop specific strategies for incorporating compassion into daily life

Workshop; 1 - 3 Hours; 10 - 50 participants

Alec Kassin

The Injured Athlete's Comeback Coach | Best-Selling Contributing Author | Founder @ Pain Free Comeback | Ex-LinkedIn Manager

San Francisco, California, United States

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