Hi! I'm Mona
I'am a business and leadership coach, speaker, and former engineer dedicated to helping individuals and organizations get extraordinary results by unlocking their unique “brain” potential, and creating continuous progress towards meaningful goals.
Mona Johansson
Mona Johansson delivers powerful, research-driven keynote experiences that help individuals and organizations navigate change, unlock high performance, and build resilient mindsets.
Mona’s expertise lies in Brain Science and Cultural Evolution. She explains how the dynamics of connections, relationships, and cultures emerge from individual brains, and shows how people can achieve their goals by tapping into the power of their own minds.
She has founded Dynamic Mindset to systematically and effectively help her clients strengthen goal setting, decision-making, and foster continuous growth with high impact.
We don’t just manage change,we become it.
Early life
I was born and raised in Iran post revolution 1979. My entire life was lived under this authoritarian government, which dictated who I was supposed to be, first as a girl and then as a woman in society. I was an energetic healthy child who loved to be outdoors, play, dance and laugh out loud, all of which were not allowed simply because of the body I was born into.
My mom was an energetic and ambitious woman whose career was compromised after the revolution. The very department she was heading, which was nothing but the Scout organization, was closed down, recognized as "Western". I knew very early in life that my life could be limited unless I had been successful in education.
I loved learning and that passion for learning kept me going despite the limitations on being able to move freely, dancing or doing gymnastics which I loved. None of these ever could take the dream of freedom away from me.I held the longing dream inside but outside I only had the opportunity to train my brain with science, and that is how I learned to live in my head space. I had a half life disconnected from the rest of my energy that was trapped in my body. .. That is how I forgot about the most important part of life: “Being Me”..
Career life
Deeply inside, I held onto the belief that I would one day be a successful career woman and a dancer. I continued my studies hard and with focus and graduated with my engineering degree, my head held high, and a lot of dreams to impact society as a powerful determined intellectual woman.
My dreams of an exhilarating career in the oil industry were short-lived, shattering almost immediately when starting my professional journey. I brought my head and my intellect to the workplace only to understand that I was nothing but a woman being looked upon as a vessel of production. The body I had been forced to deny all my life was the only thing that mattered in the environment.
The seven years I worked for the National Iranian Oil Industry are still among the toughest years of my life. Yet, all of these challenges strengthened my focus: I was determined to prove myself.
I worked hard everyday to make others believe in what I could bring to the table but after many years achieving great results and making an impact I was never treated as an equal human being. After 5 years, I knew I needed to leave and pursue my life elsewhere.
Immigration and Restart
Through one full year of self study to understand myself and personal development I had come to realize that the life choices I had led me to a place I didn't want to be, I was in a marriage I did not feel happy, was working in an environment that was draining me and people who treated me unfair. I knew I needed to make different decisions, most of them probably tough and rebellious to really change my life.. But I did not believe I was ever able to do so.
Reversing those choices as a woman, especially a woman in Iran, is extremely costly both in economic and emotional currencies.
The move landed me my first job contract and became the starting point of a series of changes in my life that gave me challenges and hope simultaneously.
I came to Europe on a working visa to search for a job. At the same time, I was going through a divorce, a process where, as a woman from Iran, I had no rights to, meaning I had to buy myself out of my marriage. This process cost me absolutely all my belongings in addition to being banished by my family. These challenges made my progress incredibly painful and slow but I kept dragging myself because by then I had grown a belief in my heart that there was hope to experience a better life.. I kept telling myself every single day, "I only need one chance to be able to make it."
Rising
Every step seemed like I was planting one seed, not knowing that when one of these seeds grows into becoming a tree, I will not get one fruit back - This is what I did not know at the time, but when my efforts started to give back results I found myself surrounded by opportunities I did not imagine..
In a very short time—less than two years—I was able to quickly advance to a leadership level at Siemens Energy in Norway. Having access to empowering networks, opportunities, and being trusted gave me the foundation I needed to rebuild a whole new life starting from scratch.
I felt happier, healthier, more successful and wealthier and I kept asking myself, what was I simply lucky? Or had I actually cracked the code of success?
I was determined to find out how all of this happened in such a short time?
Building Business
I kept learning about human performance, change and success in many different areas of study. My favorite ones being “Cognitive Neuroscience”, “History of human evolution” and “History of evolution of systems and cultures, languages, ethics” among others.
By 2021, after collecting solid information about how the brain works, I knew for fact that the changes in my life were not based on luck - it was built on all those tiny steps I had made during the journey. I had learned which steps were right and which had not helped me and I was ready to embrace my true calling, helping others to achieve what I had achieved in the shortest time and least pain possible. I stepped away from corporate leadership to focus on personal development and community building. As a social media influencer with over 50,000 followers on my Instagram vlog, I now shared insights on mindset transformation and personal growth, drawing from the latest findings in neuroscience.
Seeing the results and impacts I was making for my followers, I was ready to take my passion one step further and develop my career by fully engaging to help individuals and organizations achieve better results by unleashing the power of their brain. In 2022, I began building the blocks for a new passion and a new business.
With my background in leadership and innovation — and a deep passion for bridging the gap between research and real life — I built Dynamic Mindset to be more than just a business. It’s a movement, a platform for transformation where science meets everyday experience, and where individuals and organizations are empowered to grow with authenticity, balance, and purpose.
My journey of self-discovery has been both challenging and rewarding. Through this work, I champion multidimensional growth, empowering individuals and organizations to achieve their goals while staying authentic and maintaining work-life balance. Grounded in scientific principles from psychology and neuroscience, Dynamic Mindset is dedicated to helping others lead fulfilling lives and manage their teams with clarity and confidence.
I was once in your shoes
I know what it’s like to wake up to a job that drains you—wanting change but fearing the bills, the doubts, and the anxiety that keeps you stuck. But every shift begins in your brain. Rewire those signals, and you’ll see fear turn into energy and possibility
I felt all alone - but was I?
The first book I read to understand myself was suggested by a friend who saw me in pain.. The first time I realized I had a right to live the life I deserved, was because another person reminded me of that.. I only needed to believe in the first step and take it.. That is what I did and then I met other supportive people. I could never have made it alone. I have worked with mentors and coaches to build up courage to take the next step.. And finally I was strong enough to be helping others!
Through our applied expert mentorship, me and my team help you recognize your potential and gain ownership of your own destiny.
Are you ready to crack the code?
Every human is a journey of becoming. And the ownership of the journey is with the unique “human”.. I do not know your destination - But I cracked the code of paving the path and it got me to get where I am today.. And continuously gets me to better destinations. What we help you in Dynamic Mindset is how to read the compass and take the steps. We help you in your journey of becoming
We teach you how to command and shape your life effortlessly.
I was once in your shoes.
I’ve been where you are, anxious that if I left academia there’d be no turning back, or that if I didn’t use my education, I’d be labeled a failure. But I learned that I don’t have to hinder my personal and professional growth because of society’s limitations. Through my applied coaching and expert mentorship program, my team and I help you break free from your own golden handcuffs so you can feel fully empowered to complete your life's purpose.