Mental Health Speaker
Mental Health Speaker – Motivational & Inspirational
Named one of the 5 Best Speakers in Mental Health along with Brené Brown.
Mike combines his lifetime years as a person experience living with the stigma surrounding mental health and transforming it into a gift. He shares his account of living with depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder with his passion for music to deliver inspirational keynotes.
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Programs:
- Transforming Stigma
- Transforming Stigma® in the Workplace
- Transforming Stigma® in College
- Transforming Stigma® in the Classroom
- Transforming Stigma® in Youth
Past clients include:
Had the privilege & honor to listen to Mike Veny sharing his wisdom and experience concerning mental health. Mike, you are such a beacon of light for so many suffering in silence. Keep shining your amazing powerful light…and keep playing those badass drums. Such talent!”
Melanie Kiely, Sr. Corporate Counsel / Board Chairwoman – Women’s Leadership Network at T-Mobile
Approach
Mike combines his lifetime years as a person living with depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder with his experiences as a professional musician. He has the same vision for every mental health presentation: to add exceptional value to your event and offer practical tools to help your attendees solve problems. It’s that simple!
Promotional Resources
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- Rider / AV needs (PDF)
- Speaker Introduction (PDF)
- Bio
- Books
- Blog Posts
- HealthCentral Articles
Transforming Stigma® into Strength
This is a compelling keynote presentation guaranteed to engage your audience. 1 in 5 people will experience a mental health challenge during in the next year. The stigma surrounding the subject of mental health is the biggest barrier to people seeking treatment. Mike Veny shares his story about living with depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. He will then introduce The Stigma Cycle™: “Stigma starts with shame. Shame leads to silence. Silence leads to self-destructive behavior and suicide.” The process repeats, and it becomes an endless, downward spiral. Attendees will learn practical tools on how to transform stigma into strength and empower people in their lives to get the help that they need.
Through this engaging and entertaining keynote your attendees will learn tools to help:
- Transform shame through self-care.
- Transform silence through conversations.
- Transform sabotage, social injustice, self-destructive behavior and suicide through connecting with others.
CAS learning and development outcomes this workshop focuses on:
- Intrapersonal development
- Humanitarianism and civic engagement
- Practical competence
Presentation details:
- 1-hour keynote presentation.
- Includes the option to purchase a book and a workbook for each employee.
- Often used as part of an existing training.
- Download the Rider for logistics and room setup details.
“These performances are brave, but they are simultaneously vulnerable.”
– Pulse TMS
“After more than 10 years of coordinating conference speakers and keynoters, Mike was refreshingly easy to work with and flexible enough to structure his program to deliver exactly what we needed. I would recommend Mike as a keynoter to a wide variety of groups and situations. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!”
– Carla H. Falkenstein, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
“We invited Mike Veny to Mizzou to give his presentation, Transforming Stigma in College. He gave an engaging and unique perspective on a topic that can be hard to talk about. The entire audience was captivated by his passion for not only his own mental health but also the health of every individual he meets. Through his animated storytelling and unique history, he gave many insights into living with mental health struggles and provided tips and strategies to manage their own health.
As the keynote to our ‘Sincerely PHA’ week, Mike truly helped our community break the stigma surrounding mental health. His professionalism and approachability made him very easy to work with and offers many occasions for more collaboration. Many of our community members approached him for advice afterward and loved the opportunity to hear him speak. We are so happy to have worked with Mike and would consider having him back in the future.”
– Samantha Mahaffey, VP Member Education, Panhellenic Association, University of Missouri – Columbia
“He was engaging and has a unique gift of including his audience in a way that promotes healing through a shared experience. I believe he would be an asset to any community seeking to energize, focus and enlighten its members on a common goal. For our occasion it was mental illness, however, I believe his candor, humor, and transparency are applicable in a variety of corporate and community settings.”
– Sophie F. Clark, Executive Director, NAMI DC
“With humor, optimism, and quality interventions, he provided us with useful strategies to employ in our classrooms. Mike’s gift for working with children with special needs is apparent to all who had the privilege of listening to his message.”
– Cheryl Rosenfeld, Director of Westcop Therapeutic Nursery and Head Start
“He was so inspiring and real. He told it like it was and left us with ideas of how to work on the stigma. He not only shared information but solutions.”
– Event Attendee
“We had 602 participants from many of the mental health and substance abuse groups around the state of Arkansas. Our participants have to do more work with less money every year. What keeps them in the profession is caring for their clients and helping them have better lives. Your talk helped them see that their work has meaning and that their efforts count. There is always room for improvement in mental health counseling, but you helped them see this in a gifted way.”
– Charlotte Besch, Program Manager, MidSOUTH/UALR School of Social Work
“Students were better able to understand that depression is an illness that can be treated.”
– Jesicah Rolapp, Principal, Los Angeles Leadership Academy
“Our Chapter has hosted Mike Veny twice on our campus for his program titled “Transforming Stigma into Strength.” Each time we have brought Veny to our campus, he has received nothing but the highest of praise from our students, faculty, staff, and community members. As President of the Chapter, I have had the pleasure to receive a variety of feedback about Veny’s speech, personality, and professionalism. The most common feedback I hear is “His speech was incredibly inspiring!” or “I was able to really connect with him!” Veny has the remarkable ability to gauge his audience and deliver the best program possible. Not only that, Veny appeals to any aspiring musician or art professionals looking to make a career out of their passion. Because of his dynamic character, Veny is able to encourage students to continue striving to lead the most fulfilling life they can.”
– Jamie Mahoney, President, Active Minds at Elmhurst College
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