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Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
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http://www.TransformingStigma.com As a person who has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder for his entire life, Mike Veny shares some strategies and mindset changes that given him some reassurance. To illustrate how obsessive-compulsive disorder affects his life, he does two things:

* He obsesses over things, real or imagined, to a point where he cannot focus on work and relationships with other people. Sometimes it can be a song, a conversation he had with someone, an insecurity, or a sexual fantasy.

* He has certain rituals and routines that have become so automatic and habitual, that he doesn’t even notice them. For example, whenever he goes to the bathroom at home and washes his hands, he then reaches for his toothbrush and begins brushing his teeth. Towards the end of the day, he may or may not come to the realization about how many times he has brushed my teeth that day. And yes, brushing your teeth too much is just as much of a problem as not brushing your teeth enough.

One of the strategies that he has used to cope with this mental health challenge is to hack it and use it for his own good. In fact, this is a strategy that he has used to cope with all of his mental health challenges.

In the case of obsessive-compulsive disorder, he chose to not look at it as a liability, but as a strength. If he obsessed over the right things, like an upcoming presentation or music that he has to memorize, then he will be successfully prepared to present and perform. Also, if he chose to focus on habits that would help him become more successful, he could cultivate healthier routines and rituals in my life.

One of the tools that has truly help Mike Veny’s recovery is the use of checklist software.
Another tool that I learned to use successfully is visualization.

Although he has come a long way, he still has a long way to go. Watch this video for some obsessive compulsive disorder reassurance. And any additional ideas, tips, strategies, tools, and resources are welcome.

Learn more at http://www.TransformingStigma.com.
* Follow Mike Veny on Twitter – @MikeVeny
* Find Mike Veny on Facebook – Facebook.Com/MikeVeny

Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
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Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxbiqfNu8w

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http://www.TransformingStigma.com In this video, mental health speaker, Mike Veny, shares the story of how he met his personal trainer and nutritionist, Maik Wiedenbach. Maik has worked with him to develop a healthier lifestyle. Mike now has an exercise program and nutrition program that are both customized to the needs of his mental illness.

As a person living with mental illness, Mike Veny knows about the connection between mental health and physical health. In order to keep himself stable, Mike has routines, systems, checklists, and appointments that have forced him to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

To help with his depression, Mike takes coconut oil and fish oil in the morning. In addition, he makes it a point to exercise and get sunlight for at least a half an hour each day. As a mental health speaker, Mike is constantly on the road speaking at conferences and events around the world. Therefore, it’s imperative that he takes care of himself.

Mike Veny truly believes that connection between mental health and physical health is clear. However, focusing on your physical health alone isn’t part of a complete recovery. It’s important to constantly seek out professional help, too.

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” The WHO states that “there is no health without mental health.”

The Canadian Mental Health Association’s Ontario branch is leading in this area with two programs that target the connection between mental health and physical health.

Minding Our Bodies – a program aimed at promoting consistent exercise, sound nutrition, and health lifestyle decisions.

Diabetes and Mental Health Peer Support – program that supports people who have Diabetes and serious mental illness.

* Follow Mike Veny on Twitter – @MikeVeny
* Find Mike Veny on Facebook – http://www.Facebook.Com/MikeVeny

Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxbiqfNu8w

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http://www.TransformingStigma.com/nervous-breakdown.html In this video, mental illness speaker and stigma expert, Mike Veny, describes what it’s like to live life with mental illness during his Transforming Stigma™ presentation.

As quoted by Veny:

“Picture a stove! A really BIG restaurant stove. There are 4 burners, each set to high heat. 3 of the burners have a frying pan on them and one has a stock pot on it. Each frying pan contains boiling lard. IT’S HOT!

* In frying pan #1, my obsessive-compulsive disorder is cooking. You said something to me a few years ago, and it’s still on my mind. I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s triggering frying pan #2.
* In frying pan #2, my anxiety is cooking. I can feel it in my chest right now. It’s getting worse and triggering frying pan #3.
* In frying pan #3, my anger is cooking. NOW I’M ANGRY!
I then take each frying pan, one by one, and pour it into the stock pot. I close the lid on the stock pot as the combination of my obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and anger cook on high heat. Watch it! This pot is about to boil over.

As I look around my kitchen, the walls are covered in mirrors. There are mirrors everywhere, of all different sizes and shapes. Some are tilted and some are curved – kind of like mirrors in the fun house at a local amusement park. Wherever I choose to look, everything is about me and it’s distorted.

WAIT! The stock pot is about to boil over, but I can’t protect myself from it…because this kitchen is locked.

It’s locked permanently.

I can’t ever get out.

Even as I speak to you right now, I’m stuck in this kitchen. It sucks. It’s annoying. It’s inconvenient. It’s painful.

It is what it is and I guess I just have to accept it.”

* Follow Mike Veny on Twitter – @MikeVeny
* Find Mike Veny on Facebook – http://www.Facebook.Com/MikeVeny

Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxbiqfNu8w

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http://www.TransformingStigma.Com In this video, Mike Veny talks about the importance of keeping the subject of mental health in everyday conversation and your community. This is the key to transforming the silence that accompanies mental health stigma.

There’s no right or wrong way to have conversations about mental health. Mike Veny tried an experiment for an entire year. He decided to go around and introduce himself to every single person he met and let them know that he was mentally ill. To his surprise, no one got scared and ran away from him. He actually developed deeper relationships, got hired for more work, and more women showed interest in him than ever before.

Here are some tips for developing your own conversation starters and questions.

1. Recognize that this is an uncomfortable conversation and you don’t have to be an expert to talk about it. If it were an easy conversation, you wouldn’t be watching this video or reading these words. The only way that we, as a society, will develop this into an easy conversation, is to simply have it.

2. Learn healthy, appropriate, respectful, and “people first” vocabulary. This simply means that when you talk about it, put the person before the mental health challenge in your language. For example, avoid saying “the mentally ill”. Instead say, “people who live with a mental illness.”

3. Take the lead by asking others how you can support them and LISTEN! When someone you know is struggling with a mental health challenge, it’s CONFUSING! People who struggle aren’t always looking for answers or to vent. Most of the time they are looking for empathy. Even if you can’t comprehend what someone is struggling with, do your absolute best to see it from their perspective and validate that.

Learn more at http://www.TransformingStigma.Com.

Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxbiqfNu8w

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http://www.TransformingStigma.Com/effects-of-stigma-on-mental-illness.html In this video, Mike Veny, is speaking about the stigma surrounding mental health and mental illness to raise awareness for professionals at a conference. Mike Veny is a mental health speaker and the founder of http://www.TransformingStigma.Com.

Examples of stigma include thinking that mental illness is correlated with violence. Statistics show that people with mental illness are more likely to have a violent crime committed against them than committing a violent crime. In addition, people who live with mental illness experience employment discrimination.

Search online to learn more about the survey results of mental health provider-based stigma and understanding the experience of clients and families. We need to have more discussion regarding this issue. It’s time to change our cultural paradigm and campaign to transform stigma.

Australia and Canada are setting the example for transforming stigma. In Canada, the company Bell is doing a incredible job of increasing awareness through it’s “Let’s Talk” campaign. Bell is setting a good example for how business can help transform stigma.

Mental health stigma is in the military (and is experienced by veterans), in the media, at work, in healthcare and just about everywhere in America. Believe it or not, it exists in social work, too. In fact, it affects everyone including mental professionals.

In the United States of America, stigma is a huge problem in the black community. African Americans are experiencing difficulties in having conversations about mental health with each other. Despite these challenges, there is hope. NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is working hard to address the stigma surrounding minority mental health as a whole.

This issue spans across cutures, too – mental health stigma is in the Muslim community, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and China.

Check out this video a unique definition and some good quotes about stigma. Also, be sure to check out the Transforming Stigma blog.

http://www.TransformingStigma.Com/blog

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Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxbiqfNu8w

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Today you’re going to learn EXACTLY how a corporate drumming event can help facilitate leadership and team building within your organization (step-by-step).

In fact, in this video, I’m going to show you exactly what happens at one of my corporate drumming workshops.

With that, here’s a quick overview of what’s in the video:

Engagement often spells the difference between success and failure when it comes to corporate team building events. But, it can be tricky to get a room full of people with different personalities, interests, and skills to engage in the same activity. However, this is exactly what I focus on accomplishing through my corporate drumming events.

While your employees work together throughout the corporate team building activities and games they are also learning important leadership development lessons. By using the drums I’m able to talk with your group about important leadership topics like building an environment of trust, handling confrontation, communication, the importance of listening, and cooperation. The games and activities that I take the group through allow them to put these skills into practice with each other right off the bat.

You’ll get an understanding of the level of interaction and engagement that takes place during the team building session. This video is proof that a drumming event is not your regular boring old team building event. And, you don’t need to worry about your group having a love for music or any prior drumming experience because this event allows anyone and everyone to participate.

In short, this video will show you actionable ways that your team will benefit from a corporate drumming event in 2019.

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AND I’M ISSUING YOU A ***CHALLENGE***, FRIEND!

1) Film yourself sharing the #1 thing you look for in a corporate team building activity. (on Instagram Stories or YouTube or any other platform you prefer).

2) Send it to me or tag me on social media @mikeveny

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MAKE 2019 THE YEAR YOU CHANGE THE TEAM CULTURE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. For more information contact:

Paul D. Kreiter, M.Ed., Senior Vice President
American Program Bureau, Inc.
Email: pkreiter@apbspeakers.com
Phone: (617) 614-1642

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Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
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http://www.TransformingStigma.Com Mike Veny is a hard worker, trouble maker and mental health speaker. His personal history with mental health issues is the inspiration for his work as a children’s mental health speaker, and gives him greater insight into what it takes to overcome some of the biggest hurdles life throws at us.

Mike is passionate about helping leaders connect with the truth about mental health. The hard truths, not just the stereotypes. From anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder to anger, Mike shares his powerful understanding of what it feels like to not be able to connect with other people through his work as a children’s mental health speaker.

Through Transforming Stigma, Mike works hard to alter the way that professionals and health care workers view children who are struggling with mental health issues. Instead of stigmatizing them as “bad seeds” Mike believes it is time to transform the way we view those who suffer from mental health disorders.

Today, Mike Veny has shared his insights and his empowering talks with some of the biggest names in the health care industry. Some of his current clients include Family & Children’s Association, Florida Council of Community Mental Health, Florida Alcohol and Drug Use Association and the Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumer’s Association.

In addition to the powerful message he imparts, Mike exudes charm and personality that inspires his listeners to take action to transform their own stigma surrounding mental health. Being young and struggling with depression and anxiety is a lot to take on. However, by giving a child a safe and loving environment they can thrive no matter what they are experiencing.

Mike’s work as a mental health speaker has enriched hundreds of conferences around the world, and has won him several national television spots as well. If you are looking for a speaker for your upcoming event, consider contacting Mike. He is guaranteed to inspire and engage your audience.

* Follow Mike Veny on Twitter – @MikeVeny
* Find Mike Veny on Facebook – http://www.Facebook.Com/MikeVeny

Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxbiqfNu8w

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http://www.transformingstigma.com/book-mike-veny#feelings Putnam Northern-Westchester BOCES Arts in Education Program – Enjoy this video of the students in Croton-on-Hudsons’s Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School drumming with Toca Percussion artist, Mike Veny. For 3 weeks each student in CET, from kindergarten through the fourth grade participated in a hands on workshop with Mike Veny as part of the music class with music teacher, Marlena Peters.

This program wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School Parent Teachers Association, music teacher Marlena Peters, principal Kelly Maloney, Putnam Westchester BOCES,Toca Percussion, and most importantly, the CET students! As a special thank you to the CET PTA, Mike hosted a free drum circle event exclusively for the parents.

In addition to rhythms, games, history, education, Mike brings the 3 B’s to Unleash Your Groove™ into every classroom: Belong, Bonding, and Believing. Every student wants to feel that they belong. Once they feel like they belong, they are open to bond with one one another. After they learn to bond, they will automatically believe in themselves more, and the group as a whole.

Mike Veny’s Unleash Your Groove™ drumming program can be brought to any school in New York State through BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services). This includes BOCES programs in Capital Region, Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming, Cayuga-Onondaga, Champlain Valley Educational Services, Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego, Dutchess, Erie 1, Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus, Franklin-Essex-Hamilton, Genesee Valley Educational Partnership, Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery, Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego, Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida, Madison-Oneida, Monroe #1, Monroe 2 Nassau, Oneida-Herkimer-Madison, Onondaga-Cortland-Madison, Orange-Ulster, Orleans-Niagara, Oswego, Otsego-Delaware-Schoharie-Greene, Putnam-Northern Westchester, Questar III, Rockland, St. Lawrence-Lewis, Schuyler-Chemung-Tioga (Greater Southern Tier), Steuben-Allegany (Greater Southern Tier), Eastern Suffolk, Western Suffolk, Sullivan, Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga, Ulster, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex, Wayne-Finger Lakes and Southern Westchester.

Visit Mike Veny’s website at http://www.UnleashYourGroove.Com

Follow Mike Veny on Twitter at http://www.Twitter.Com/mikeveny

Like Mike Veny on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/mikeveny

Also, check out this video: “Anger Management: How to Control Anger – 2019 – (Actionable!)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxbiqfNu8w

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http://www.TransformingStigma.Com In this video, Mike Veny details the birth of Transforming Stigma™. This short speech was recorded as part of a panel on overcoming challenges at the 2014 National Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (C-E-O) Conference at the Hyatt Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida.

First, Mike shares about filing bankruptcy in 2005 and building a career as a drummer after that. Then in 2011, Mike had a mental health breakdown. After reaching out to a friend from the New York State Department of Mental Health for help, she responded with an invitation for him to speak at her conference.

After that first speech, Mike was traveling around the country within a few months, opening up mental health conferences as a keynote speaker. Transforming Stigma™ was born. In the spirit of overcoming challenges, Mike reminds us that sometimes our biggest challenges are our greatest opportunities. Sometimes that thing that you are struggling with can inspire the perfect business idea. The key is being aware and open to it.

Entrepreneurship was always in Mike’s blood, but he never would have thought he’d be marketing the toughest thing of all – his own issues. Although, he never dreamed of being a mental health speaker (who does?), Mike is honored to do this work to help others who are like him. Mike knows what it’s like to feel a lost sense of hope. Mike knows what it’s like to feel pain. Mike knows what it’s like to be scared. This is why he does this work in mental health.

Your greatest challenges can be your greatest opportunities.

Follow Mike Veny on Twitter at http://Twitter.Com/MikeVeny