Dr. Kiana Dancie

​Dr. Kiana Dancie is a force of nature, where laughter meets healing, and purpose meets power.

She’s an award-winning comedian, transformational speaker, actress, best-selling author, certified emotional intelligence coach, and proud believer in Christ. For more than 15 years, she’s been helping people laugh through their pain, own their stories, and rise from what tried to break them.

She’s the founder of Baggage Claim™, a global women’s empowerment conference and movement that’s been called “a safe destination where women can claim, heal, and release the emotional baggage we all carry.” Through powerful storytelling, humor, and heartfelt connection, Kiana shows women how to unpack their past and make space for healing, wholeness, and joy.

She’s also the creator of Laugh Therapy™, a game-changing wellness experience where comedy meets emotional intelligence. Rooted in her signature 3R Framework™—Recognize, Release, Realign, Laugh Therapy helps leaders, teams, and everyday people let go of stress, build emotional resilience, and reconnect with themselves and each other—through the healing power of laughter.

At the heart of everything she does is her faith. Kiana doesn’t just talk about healing—she lives it. Her story is one of restoration, grace, and bold obedience to the call on her life. As she often says, "God didn’t just deliver me from the weight—I was called to help others drop theirs too."

From The University of Oxford to BET, from boardrooms to brunches, Dr. Dancie’s message reaches far and wide. She’s a TEDx speaker, Forbes Business Council speaker, and a featured presenter at the 2025 University of Oxford World Literacy Summit. Her nonprofit, B.A.G.S. (Becoming A Guiltless Survivor), connects women with the mental health resources they need to truly heal and thrive.

In entertainment, Dr. Dancie is magnetic. A former co-host of the nationally syndicated TV One talk show Sister Circle Live, she’s lit up stages and screens on BET’s Off the Chain and Who’s Got Jokes?, and starred in films like One Crazy Christmas and SEXTUPLETS with Marlon Wayans. She’s performed alongside legends like Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Katt Williams, Earthquake, Kountry Wayne, and Jess Hilarious.

She’s also the CEO of 3D Media Entertainment Group and the creator of The Dr. Kiana Dancie Show—a bold, uplifting talk show that fuses transformation with entertainment.

Dr. Dancie is a four-time Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and a Harvard-certified mental health and anxiety advocate. Whether she’s on stage, on screen, or in service to others, one thing is always clear—Kiana doesn’t just speak. She shifts the room.

Her mission is simple and spirit-led: to remind you that you are not the bags you carry. Through faith, laughter, and truth, she helps you release the weight and walk fully in your divine right to be happy, healed, and whole.