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meant to inspire and give hope - you are not alone...
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These conversations change people.
We hear it every single time...
After every session, the comments roll in. The emails arrive. Someone finds us afterward, voice quiet, saying "thank you" in a way that means something more.
We don't share these words to impress you.
We share them to impress upon you how important these conversations are.
What's perhaps most telling is what happens during the Q&A. People don't wait. In rooms full of colleagues — some of whom they've worked alongside for years — they begin to share with honesty that surprises even them. The session becomes the safe space before it's even over.
After one session, a man approached William — pulled him into a hug and said:
"If you can stand up there and share your story with all these people, then I can go ask for help."
He had never told anyone he was struggling. Not once.
In Their Own Words...
In the Room — Immediate Action...
"I already bought the book you recommended (Ezra's Invisible Backpack), and I'm on the betherecertificate.org website now!"
"I have two children and I've been trying to think about how to talk with them — you gave me all the tools I need to get started. Thank you!"
"I really didn't know exactly what this was going to be about but it's exactly what I needed today!"
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The Ripple...
"I've struggled with depression my whole life. My family doesn't support me going to therapy or taking medication, but I'm breaking that generational cycle because I want it to be different for my kids. Thank you for making me feel less alone."
"Different cultures and different families can sometimes really stigmatize talking about mental health. You've given me the courage to change that."
"You made me a better mother. Seriously. I heard your session months ago — so when my son approached me about his struggles, I didn't brush it off. I knew just how to respond. He picked me up and hugged me after we talked. He's never done that before."
"I was your son. I wish I'd had the support he got. Somehow hearing you talk today healed me. You may not be my mom, but your words made me feel seen all these years later."
"I told a friend about what we heard during your session. She called me today to tell me she was able to finally get her son to talk about what he was going through — and he's agreed to get help. You helped someone you don't even know."
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Why This Work Matters to Organizations...
"I had a skip with one of my teams yesterday following the session and the feedback was fantastic. The team felt it was highly valuable and really appreciated the practical advice. They all felt emotional — and they really valued the fact that you cared enough about them to put on a session about mental health."
"I'm in HR and until this presentation, I didn't realize everything we offer — or quite frankly, I may have seen the list before, but it hit me differently today following Tracy's story."
"Thanks for having Tracy share her story. I love that we had a great quarter and great numbers — but it's also nice to remember that there are people behind those numbers. And they all have stories."
"This was the BEST presentation I've attended in a very long time. Thank you for acknowledging that employees are not all revenue and sales numbers. We are human beings and have human emotions."
Support your team's mental health in a profound way
Talking about mental health at work is still quite uncommon. In recent years, some of us were running a business, a daycare, and a school from our homes, yet we still came to work with our brave face on trying to “white knuckle” our way through it all. That’s the façade we need to destroy; that’s the wall I want to tear down.
By sharing my family’s deeply personal journey through depression, I hope to reach someone who needs to hear our message of hope, to change the way people think about mental health, and to spark a conversation with family, friends and colleagues to talk openly about mental health. After my talk, an HR/Benefits representative talks about the offerings and resources the company has available to help their employees with their mental health.
When you make space for people to talk freely about mental health, they will be more willing to ask for help and utilize the resources and benefits that companies are heavily investing in. It’s one thing to tell your employees you care, it’s quite another to show them you truly do.