Helping leaders and teams thrive through brain health, wellness, and resilience.
Dawn helps organizations create healthier cultures through evidence-based brain health, leadership development, and wellness strategies that improve engagement, performance, and well-being.
With more than 30 years of executive business experience and thousands of coaching hours, Dawn Cortese, Founder and CEO of Healthy Goals Healthy Living, LLC, combines corporate leadership expertise with evidence-based brain health and wellness strategies to help individuals and organizations perform at their best.
WHAT DAWN DOES
Dawn’s mission began with a deeply personal experience.
After watching her older brother, a successful executive with no family history of Alzheimer’s disease, decline from early-onset Alzheimer’s, Dawn began asking difficult questions.
Could chronic stress, poor sleep, unmanaged health risks, and years of putting work before well-being have played a role?
The experience changed the course of her life.
Today, Dawn helps leaders and organizations prioritize the health of their brains, bodies, and teams because performance means little if you don’t have the health to enjoy it.
Success should not come at the expense of your well-being.
Unlike traditional wellness coaches, Dawn understands both sides of the conversation.
She has spent decades inside corporate environments while also coaching thousands of individuals through meaningful personal transformation. Her approach blends executive insight, neuroscience-backed wellness strategies, and real-life practicality, making her uniquely positioned to connect with both leadership teams and individuals alike.
Dawn Cortese lives what she teaches. She has first hand knowledge of the impact of why changing your habits can lead to a healthier, more productive and higher performing life.
Rekha Gibbons
Best-selling Author, Marathon Mindset
Dawn is killing it helping organizations like mine in advancing our healthy living goals across diet, exercise, mindfulness, and more.
Peter Sacco
CEO, PTS Data Center Solutions
Dawn has been my health coach for 18 months. Motivated me to lose 50 pounds and work out in the gym regularly. Checks in with me on a regular basis. I highly recommend her services.
Don S.
Thank you for leading the workshop at our headquarters. We received great feedback from employees on the practical ways to manage stress throughout the day without impacting productivity. We’re already using what we learned during the Stress Reset, and it’s helping us stay focused and perform better.
Diane T.
As a healthcare provider, I understood the importance of making healthy choices, but knowledge alone wasn’t enough. Dawn doesn’t simply coach you toward a goal; she helps you create meaningful, sustainable changes that become part of your life. It truly changed my life.
Laura Miller
Physician Assistant
I’ve known Dawn for several years, from our very first conversation she displayed a true passion to help others on their health journey, created a safe space to discuss my goals, no judgement only support and she comes from a place of love. Dawn is extremely professional and literally comes alongside you every step of the way. I am grateful I have been able to work with Dawn and her intense passion to create healthier people and healthier communities.
Dr. Jessie Ejiofor
Owner, ChiroLove Spine and Wellness
Burnout doesn’t happen overnight, and most professionals don’t recognize the warning signs until it’s already affecting their performance, energy, and health…
Whether you’re looking for a keynote speaker, corporate wellness partner, or personal coaching support, Dawn is here to help you take the next step toward lasting transformation.
