<p>Mental health CEO and entrepreneur Johnny Crowder tackles one of the most pressing strategic concerns in business today—employee wellbeing—and reveals keys to creating a better sense of belonging, headspace, and heartspace in the workplace. </p><p>The founder and CEO of the globally-utilized, positive psychology startup Cope Notes, Johnny Crowder gives audiences practical self-care tools and mental health strategies that people can start using now to improve their emotional health and wellbeing. With infectious positivity, humor and authenticity, this trauma survivor and Certified Recovery Peer Specialist shows audiences why talking about mental health topics is key to coping, and why the most resilient organizational cultures proudly prioritize and support mental health for all.</p><p>Whether he’s discussing ordinary, everyday struggles or challenges like anxiety, depression, addiction, burnout and compassion fatigue, Johnny Crowder confronts the myths that keep people stuck. As he explains in the TEDx talk that garnered over one million views and brought him to the public’s attention, good mental health is like physical health—quick fixes and miracle cures don’t work. Instead, Johnny gives audiences a toolkit of self-care and wellness practices they can start using immediately to re-wire the brain for greater equilibrium and positivity over time, together with a blueprint for prioritizing wellbeing in the workplace.</p><p>Johnny’s own personal experiences of poverty, childhood abuse and trauma, his deep knowledge of psychology, and his remarkable ability to explain complex topics in an easy-to-understand way make for presentations that are both powerful and practical. His refreshingly vulnerable and candid perspective has attracted praise from hundreds of outlets, including Upworthy, CNN, and Forbes. Even when commanding a virtual stage or touring with his metal band, Prison, his firsthand experiences with OCD and other diagnoses as well as his infectious positivity, humor and authenticity never fail to resonate and inspire. </p>
Mental Health, Resilience, and Company Culture Expert; Founder & CEO of Cope Notes
<ul><li><strong>Beyond Coping: A Candid Conversation about Resilience, Connection, and Happiness in the Workplace</strong></li><li>Crippling burnout. Chronic absenteeism. Rampant resignations. The multi-headed monster of compassion fatigue, longer working days and employee isolation are damming up the rivers of productivity at thousands of companies, and employers are concerned. Leveraging insights from his own decade-long mental health journey, Johnny Crowder shows audiences why talking about mental health should be as straightforward as talking about physical health, even in the workplace. And he shares the hard-won strategies for emotional wellbeing that led to the creation of his science-based breakthrough mental and emotional support app, Cope Notes, which is now in use in more than 90 countries. His fast-paced and actionable keynote program delivers proven steps to:<ul><li>Build work cultures that proudly prioritize and support mental health for all</li><li>Rethink and reframe challenges as they arise</li><li>Process mental and emotional distress in a way that builds relationships, confidence and happiness</li></ul></li><li><strong>Lessons From a Mental Health Entrepreneur: Unlocking the Key Mindsets Behind Success in Any Business</strong></li><li>By embarking on any entrepreneurial journey, you are likely signing up to fail – at least, that’s what the statistics say. So what do you actually need to beat the odds? Outside capital? Industry know-how? Friends in high places? If that were the case, today’s Fortune 100 companies couldn’t tout the famous garage-to-NASDAQ stories that inspire scrappy self-starters to pursue innovative new ideas. Johnny Crowder built a global mental health company without a business degree, a business plan, or even a desire to build a business in the first place. So how did Cope Notes® become a worldwide force for good? In this relatable and tactical presentation, Johnny peels back the startup veil to teach your audience how to:<ul><li>Differentiate between the nice-to-haves and the essentials for a successful venture</li><li>Identify and foster the types of mental strength that entrepreneurship demands</li><li>Apply self-care, focus, and resilience strategies that build stamina and sustainable success</li></ul></li><li><strong>The Surprising Productivity of Self-Care: Using Mindfulness to Combat Burnout and Compassion Fatigue</strong></li><li>48% of the U.S. workforce struggles with compassion fatigue. The result? Burnout, absenteeism, mental and emotional distress, poor sleep, unhealthy diets, and high turnover, particularly in caring professions. Empathetic and compassionate people are invaluable on any team. But when compassion makes it feel as if the weight of the world is on your shoulders, genuine empathy can devolve into unhappiness, unproductivity, and an inability to help the very people you care about in the first place. Mindfulness is one of the simplest and most practical tools for self-care, and Johnny shows audiences how to gradually make it an important part of anyone’s daily routine. Your audience will learn how to:<ul><li>Identify the sources and symptoms of compassion fatigue</li><li>Rethink the assumptions that trigger impostor syndrome and guilt</li><li>Implement self-care strategies that drive a renewed sense of energy and purpose in the workplace and beyond</li></ul></li></ul>