The OFFICIAL SITE to Americas #1 Youth Motivational Speaker!
The OFFICIAL SITE to Americas #1 Youth Motivational Speaker!
Whether you are considering a mental health speaker for adults, teens, military, law enforcement, college campuses, or mental health conferences, consider Jeff.
Jeff speaks on mental health awareness, suicide prevention, suicide crisis intervention, or he’s often helping a school and community move forward after the loss of one of their own.
Having said that, you can rest assured, Jeff will make you a HERO and deliver exactly what you need. TWO AND A HALF DAYS, Jeff Yalden changed a community from despair to prominence. Another community, a suicide contagion, Jeff Yalden spent five days in Woodstock, Ontario, CANADA after the Canadian Mental Health Association called Woodstock, “A City in Crisis!” Not a teen suicide since Jeff’s visit. Many communities, all with different needs, have invited Jeff to help.
Jeff is not the savior, but he makes sense. He is real. He understands because he lives with mental illness and battles the challenges every day himself. Jeff speaks truth, gives hope, and gives answers to a very complex epidemic plaguing our youth today.
When you want a dynamic mental health motivational speaker for your conference, hire someone that lives with the symptoms we are talking about. Read about Jeff Yalden and see who he is and why he is who he is. You’ll be inspired and you’ll want Jeff to share his message with your people who are at the forefront of working with mental health in your communities.
Look no further for your next mental health speaker for your conference keynote or workshop presenter . . . Jeff Yalden will engage your audience with rave reviews.
Jeff Yalden is a motivator. He captivates, educates, and inspires professionals around the country with high-energy, hard-hitting, and interactive conference keynotes, workshops, and stand-alone training.
His excellent reputation and popularity as a speaker result from his passion, warmth, humor and unique ability to be a man who lives with mental illness. Jeff transforms complex information and research findings into interesting and easy-to-understand language. Audience members feel empowered once given real-world direction, validation, and new skills to use.
Jeff is renowned for his work with teen mental health – teen suicide prevention and intervention, teen depression, teen suicide training, teen mental health, and helping school communities move forward after the death by suicide of one of their students. If you are looking for a Teen Suicide Expert or Suicide Prevention Specialist that focuses on teens and mental health, look no further. Let Jeff Yalden come and train your teachers and share his theory on today’s teen suicide epidemic.
When a school community suffers a death by suicide of one of its teens, the school community knows that Jeff Yalden will answer prayers and make sense to parents about the speed of hurt for today’s teens. Jeff also is candid and appeals to teens helping them understand that suicide is not a solution – ever! Jeff relates to teens in a way mental health professionals can’t. They understand Jeff and Jeff understands them because Jeff has been there.
Hospitalized twice – Age 16 and 21 with feelings of suicide and adjustment disorder, Jeff had to figure things out. This is the age where Jeff and his message come from to where he is now. A riveting story of life and a search for meaning.
Jeff Yalden struggles with mental health challenges himself – depression, anxiety, bi-polar type 2, and PTSD. He says, “He’s one of those people!”, because of the stigma that is associated with symptoms above the shoulders.
After 17 years of marriage, Jeff will tell you his bi-polar and anxieties were the demise of his marriage. Though they are still good friends with great respect, Jeff realized things needed to change.
What makes Jeff special is the fact that he lives with Mental Health Conditions and accepts it, but has learned to cope with the triggers and invests heavily in his self-care and counseling. “Why I am the way I am makes me a special person.”, says Jeff.
For years, Jeff has been committed to his work with educators and parents talking about depression in teens. He is passionate about sharing his stories with his audiences. Whether it is teenagers and the challenges they’re facing in today’s world or inspiring teachers, coaches, and mental health workers to understand how important their work is to take the stigma away from those that suffer every day, Jeff Yalden talks candidly about his routine and how he deals with everyday triggers.
Jeff is real and genuine and knows that sharing his story makes him vulnerable, but he also knows that his story makes a difference in the lives of those that suffer, and those that help those that suffer, understand.
Jeff Yalden
Understand the stigma of mental health and you’ll have a clear perception of how people look at you. Mental Health does not define us, but how we act and how we deal with mental health is what defines us as people. Jeff Yalden shares his story of 25 years of counseling and anger management.
Jeff challenges his audiences to know that we all battle mental health issues in everyday life. You’ll be inspired by how simple Jeff takes mental health and turns it in to a life of gratitude and fulfillment. Dealing with mental health himself has taught him many lessons in life and those lessons, the wisdom, and experiences, Jeff shares with his audiences.
Stigma is when you are labeled or judged due to perception about your illness or disabilities. It’s often seen as a mark of disgrace. People judge you and believe negative stereotypes about you because they think you’re different. This often causes them to avoid, reject, and discriminate against you. When you don’t understand this then you feel inadequate and worthless. Stigma also exists when you judge yourself, believe negative things about yourself, and feel ashamed because you think you are different than everyone else. You can’t give Stigma the power over your own emotions. What happens when we don’t deal with the stigma of Mental Health? It’s a cycle of shame that leads to being silent. Being silent gets into your head and you become self-destructive in attitude and behavior. This not being dealt with could lead to suicidal thoughts or self harm. If one doesn’t get help, this process repeats itself and becomes and endless spiral downward of self-destruction and feelings of inadequacy.