WHAT IF WE ALL FELT VALUED FOR BRINGING OUR AUTHENTIC SELVES TO WORK EVERY DAY…
… And as a result we felt more connected, supported, and productive?
Michelle E. Dickinson is a passionate mental health advocate, a TED speaker, and a published author of a memoir entitled Breaking Into My Life. After years of playing the role of child caregiver, Michelle embarked on her own healing journey of self-discovery. Her memoir offers a rare glimpse into a young girl’s experience living with—and loving—her bipolar mother.
Michelle spent years working to eradicate the mental health stigma within her own workplace by elevating compassion, causing more open conversations, and leading real change in how mental illness is understood in the workplace and within the first responder community.
She also knows first-hand what it feels like to struggle with a mental illness after experiencing her own depression due to challenging life events of her own. Michelle recently concluded her 19-year pharmaceutical career and she has emerged with a strong desire to positively impact the mental health landscape.
Michelle is also committed to improving the lives of youth. As a past volunteer with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), The Make A Wish Foundation, and serving as big sister with the Big Brothers / Big Sisters, elevating the wellbeing of our youth matters to her. Michelle’s volunteer work led her to create her own children’s program called Perfect, Just the Way You Are. This program was designed to help youth better understand how to Nourish the Body and the Mind and has reached over 2,000 children and their families in NJ, NY and PA over the past 5 years. The program recently evolved into a school-wide and student led mental health wellness fair. Her intentions are to touch as many children’s lives with this program so that children proactively develop a healthy relationship to brain health.
MICHELLE'S KEYNOTE TOPICS INCLUDE:
– Shifting our Relationship To Mental Illness
– How To Create A Culture Of Compassion In The Workplace
– The Courage To Share (Panel Discussion)
– Proactively Shaping our Youth’s Relationship to Mental Health
CONSULTING
Michelle specializes in helping organizations increase inclusion, presenteeism and retention while decreasing employee downtime by cultivating a culture of compassion in the workplace.
TESTIMONIALS
Michelle’s passion and commitment to mental health advocacy is notable. She is a subject matter expert due to personal experience, professional engagements and lifelong learning. The impact she has had on changing the way people think about mental health due to her speaking engagements, published memoir and advocacy work around the country is enormous, and I would like to thank her wholeheartedly for the numerous lives she has touched. Michelle’s story is raw, authentic and will lead you to take action.
Robyn Shumer
Founder, What’s Your Story USA
As a clinician, I appreciate Michelle Dickinson’s comprehension of mental illness. Through the sharing of her story, I have witnessed the real difference that she is having in elevating the mental illness conversation so that together we can remove the stigma.
Ruby C. Castilla
Puentes, MD, FAPA, DrPH, MBA