Podcast appearances and mentions of mettie spiess

Mettie Spiess, global workplace mental health expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and the Founder of A World Without Suicide, joins us to talk about how employers can support their employees' mental health during this pandemic.

Mettie Spiess is a global workplace mental health expert who is a Nationally Certified Health Coach and the Founder of A World Without Suicide.  Twenty industries across seven countries have successfully utilized her process to proactively support employee mental well-being, reduce turnover, and increase team productivity. In fact, in 2016, the National Alliance on Mental Illness awarded Mettie the Education Advancement Award for her work to end the stigma associated with mental illness. In this episode, Mettie discusses the devastating personal reasons behind why she started her company, the signs that your light is starting to dim, how she’s handled the complex emotions that come with being a suicide loss survivor, how to know when it’s time to seek the help of others and how to go about doing that, her advice for starting a conversation with someone in your life that might be struggling, why companies should open up mental health conversations even if they might be afraid of potential liability issues, why just opening the conversation within your company isn’t enough, how to find the balance between supporting yourself and supporting others, and more!

Have you ever met someone who stopped you in your tracks? Someone who made you think about and appreciate life more fully? That happened to me when I recorded this week’s podcast episode. This week, I’m talking to an incredible woman who has an appreciation for life that is unmatched by almost no one I’ve ever met. And, if you know me, you know how big of a statement that is. Mettie Spiess lost two brothers to suicide. Now, as you can imagine, these two events shook her family to its core. However, Mettie did something that many of us probably wouldn’t do. Rather than shutting down, she channeled her love for her brothers into a movement to remove the stigma around mental illness to rid the world of suicide. I won’t lie, this episode is a heavy one. However, more than that, this episode is one of hope. Mettie delivers such a powerful message about how precious life is and how important it is that we love and support one another. Sign up at www.aprilseifert.com to get instant access to April's Life Blueprinting tool! Gain clarity on the areas of your life that are most in need of improvement and start to make changes to design your best, most joyous life! Leave me a rating or a review on iTunes by clicking here!

Mettie Spiess is an international mental health speaker, nationally certified corporate health coach, and the founder of A World Without Suicide. She is known as a “tiny but mighty” and a “stigma-crusher” by clients nation-wide.  Mettie shares her practical (Voice. Value. Vigilance.) leadership process with companies to effectively support employee mental health and increase the effectiveness of their wellness programs. We start off the interview with Mettie telling her personal story, the fears and stigma around mental health at the workplace what signs do you look for and what if there are no signs? She shares her framework of Voice. Value. Vigilance. which is extremely tangible. Let’s talk about mental health. People are struggling and at the very least, we’re in the position to highlight mental health resources available to our population. For links mentioned in today's episode visit https://redesigningwellness.com/ To join the Redesigning Wellness Community, visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/rdwellnesscommunity/

Mettie Spiess is on a mission with passion: to build a culture of voice to crush mental health stigma. WELCOA’s Director of Strategic Initiatives, Sara Rauch, sits down with Mettie to discuss the very important topic of employee mental health and safety, and how organizations can eliminate the stigma.

Mettie will be at FVTC on Monday the 14th for a presentation on suicide prevention for students.

Mettie will be at FVTC on Monday the 14th for a presentation on suicide prevention for students.

Mental health and suicide are not comfortable topics that we naturally gravitate towards. Which is all the more reason why we should. October is Mental Health month in Australia and on the podcast today I am chatting with Mettie Spiess, an award-winning mental health educator, international keynote speaker and full-time stigma crusher. Mettie empowers students, educators, and parents with skills to safely support individuals who are in crisis to prevent suicide. In this episode Mettie shares her story of how she lost both of her brothers to suicide, how she dealt with battling her own demons, and how we need to help stop people from suffering in silence. Mettie shares tips for parents and the importance of noticing the warning signs, how to help yourself mentally, and dealing with the inner critic and self-talk. This is a powerful episode with a beautiful woman, making it her life’s work to prevent suicide and to crush the stigma around mental health. I hope you enjoy x www.liveimmediately.com

Mettie shares her story of loss to suicide, and the ways in which that grief is different from others.