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Improve Your Workplace Wellness With The #MikeVenyChallenge

Improve Your Workplace Wellness With The #MikeVenyChallenge

Does your workplace culture encourage and support employee mental wellness? How would your employees answer that question? If we follow the research, you may be surprised. Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, I am challenging employers to take action to transform their workplace culture to create a safe and enjoyable workplace for all. If […]...
How To Create A Stress-Free Environment At Work For Your Employees

How To Create A Stress-Free Environment At Work For Your Employees

It’s no secret that a happy employee is a productive employee. When employees are stressed out or feeling overwhelmed, it can be difficult for them to focus on their work. This can lead to decreased productivity and even burnout. The following blog will discuss how you can create a stress-free environment at work for your […]...
7 Ways To Stay Mentally Healthy As A Business Owner

7 Ways To Stay Mentally Healthy As A Business Owner

Knowing what you want to do as a career and starting your own business are both incredibly challenging and rewarding. But, as with any job or role, it can come with pressures and stressors that can be mentally taxing. If you’re a business owner, the pressures can be particularly intense; there are so many things […]...
How to Cope with the Pressure of Being a Leader

How to Cope with the Pressure of Being a Leader

When you become a leader, it can feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders. Suddenly, you have to worry about the well-being of your team and make sure that everything is running smoothly. Not to mention, you’re responsible for meeting deadlines and reaching goals. So it’s no wonder that so many […]...
How to Build Up the Courage to Attend Therapy

How to Build Up the Courage to Attend Therapy

Even thinking about attending therapy can be exhausting and scary, particularly if you have never done it before. As society has become more open regarding mental well-being – and its relationship to physical well-being – you have likely seen more and more embrace professional help. Despite this, you are still avoiding it. Not because you don’t feel […]...
Supporting Teachers’ Mental Health and Wellness

Supporting Teachers’ Mental Health and Wellness

As a mental health speaker, I give presentations—both in person and virtually—and talk to people all over the world. I’ve been in schools talking to educators, administrators, staff, and students, and I’ve seen the challenges you’re facing. Since the pandemic began, educators have been asked to fit more and more onto their already overflowing plates. […]...
Why I Became a Motivational Speaker for Mental Health

Why I Became a Motivational Speaker for Mental Health

I’m a motivational speaker for mental health who is busy delivering live and virtual presentations to a variety of events and organizations. One question I often get asked is, why did you become a motivational speaker for mental health? Since 2011, I’ve been a motivational speaker for mental health. It started as part-time work and quickly […]...
Back to School Brings New Anxiety in 2022

Back to School Brings New Anxiety in 2022

The back-to-school season has always been one that brought anxiety for some youth. The idea of a new classroom, a new teacher, and meeting new kids brings up anxiety for many children and youth. However, after the past couple of years, there is a new level of anxiety about going back to school, and it’s […]...