Mental Health and Wellness Keynote Programs

Keynote

Thriving Through Uncertainty: Tools and Strategies for Today’s Challenges

In an era marked by economic instability, political upheaval, and rapid societal changes, many individuals are experiencing heightened stress and uncertainty. This presentation will equip participants with practical tools to navigate these turbulent times effectively. By understanding current consumer sentiments and learning actionable strategies, attendees will be empowered to manage stress, build resilience, and influence positive change in their personal and professional lives.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Understand current consumer sentiments and their impact
• Develop and apply practical tools for managing stress and building resilience
• Learn strategies to influence positive change amidst uncertainty

Keynote

Transforming Stigma® Into Strength

During the next year, one in four people will experience a mental health challenge, and 1.5 million people will attempt to die by suicide. The stigma surrounding mental health is a significant barrier to seeking treatment and receiving needed help. Here’s a proven solution: Transforming Stigma®. This high-energy keynote presentation, based on Mike Veny’s bestselling book, Transforming Stigma: How To Become A Mental Wellness Superhero, performs double duty as an educational experience and entertainment for your audience. This presentation can be customized for workplace and classroom environments.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Understand how stigma keeps people from asking for help.
• Learn self-care strategies to avoid burnout, build resilience, and diminish feelings of shame.
• Determine how to engage in productive conversations.
• Empower people who are struggling by cultivating a sense of belonging.

Keynote

How To Find Inner Peace In Times Of Uncertainty

There has never been a more important time in history to focus on your mental wellness. Finding inner peace is crucial to your health and safety. This important presentation will revitalize you. First and foremost, you will learn to shield yourself from stress. Next, you will learn to put your mind at ease and reduce your anxiety. Last but not least, you will learn to take advantage of golden opportunities to cope with loneliness and grief. Don’t miss this unique opportunity.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Identify the importance of prioritizing stress management.
• Identify three simple techniques to handle stress in minutes.
• Practice three exercises to relieve anxiety and manage obsessive thinking.
• Identify three inspiring strategies to cope with loneliness and grief.

Training

Fill Your Cup: Emotional Wellness For Exhausted Educators

You’ve heard the saying: You cannot pour from an empty cup. As an educator, your cup may be empty, or close to it. After pouring yourself into your job and your students, there is often little left in that cup for you, your family, and others. It may have led you to question your career choice and possibly even your true passion and purpose in life. Filling your cup can be challenging, but it can be done. This presentation will provide educators with tools and strategies for protecting and promoting their emotional wellness while supporting the wellbeing of their students. First, you will learn how to let go of worry and get control of your time. Next, you will learn how to take care of yourself. Finally, you will learn strategies for supporting your students’ emotional wellness.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Identify strategies for spending your time and energy efficiently, productively, and peacefully.
• Identify strategies for managing stress and preventing burnout.
• Identify strategies for supporting students’ emotional wellness, including having conversations about mental health.

Workshop

Thriving Through Change: Building Resilience and Preventing Burnout with Self-Care

There has never been a more critical time to focus on your mental wellness and resilience. Self-care might seem daunting or trivial, but it is essential to differentiate it from mere escape activities. During this interactive workshop or breakout session, you will explore what self-care truly is, identify practical self-care strategies, and learn how these can help you build resilience, combat burnout, and maintain overall wellness—especially amidst change.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Identify the importance of prioritizing stress management.
• Identify three simple techniques to handle stress in minutes.
• Practice three exercises to relieve anxiety and manage obsessive thinking.
• Identify three inspiring strategies to cope with loneliness and grief.

Workshop

Unleash Your Groove® Drumming Workshop: Belonging and Team Building

This live and interactive program is designed exclusively as a team-building workshop for employees. Through guidelines that support respect for each other, participants quickly learn to embrace a sense of belonging and teamwork. Engagement often spells the difference between success and failure in corporate team-building events, and this program excels at uniting a room full of people with varying personalities, interests, and skills. Unleash Your Groove® focuses on using corporate drumming events to achieve this cohesion. While employees collaborate during the activities and games, they also learn valuable lessons in leadership. By utilizing drums, the workshop addresses crucial topics such as building an environment of trust, handling confrontation, communication, the importance of listening, and cooperation. Moreover, the games and activities are designed to help groups practice dealing with change, enhancing their adaptability in the workplace. From the outset, participants put these skills into practice, fostering a strong sense of belonging and an effective, cohesive team dynamic.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Cultivate a welcoming culture that fosters belonging through team building.
• Develop intentional connections with others to enhance belonging.
• Identify teamwork strategies to achieve a larger vision and deal with change.