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Mike Veny
Mental Health
Workplace Wellbeing
Resilience
Drive emotionally healthy workplace cultures with Mike Veny, Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist® and mental health authority. Mike helps organizations reduce stigma, prevent burnout, and strengthen belonging through immersive drumming experiences and practical wellness strategies. Trusted by Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and Salesforce, and honored with the 2025 Global Excellence Award for his impact on corporate wellbeing.
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Personal Wellbeing
High Energy
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Inclusion
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Personal Development
Burnout
Mental Health Awareness
Interactive Keynote
Mike Veny is a Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist® and workplace mental health authority known for combining lived experience, rhythm, and evidence based strategies to improve emotional wellness and organizational culture.
Mike leads Lovely Refinement, a women's mental health brand that includes Training Refinery, offering continuing education programs. He hosts the podcast Coffee With Mike: Mental Wellness & Belonging for Leaders and authored Transforming Stigma: How to Become a Mental Wellness Superhero. His work has appeared on ABC, NBC, and CBS News. His recognitions include Acquisition International Magazine's 2025 Global Excellence Award, Corporate LiveWire's Innovation & Excellence Awards, and PM360's ELITE Award as one of healthcare's 100 most influential people.
Drawing on a background as a professional drummer and his own lived experience with mental health challenges, Mike delivers authentic programs that create measurable organizational change. His CEU-accredited sessions help companies build emotionally healthy workplaces, bridging generational divides through inclusive storytelling and interactive drumming experiences.
Organizations gain practical frameworks for reducing stigma, supporting employee wellbeing, and fostering cultures where people feel safe discussing mental health. Audiences learn specific stress management techniques they can apply immediately, strategies for preventing burnout while maintaining productivity, and methods for creating belonging through authentic conversation. Mike's programs combine movement, rhythm, and actionable tools that participants use long after his presentation ends.
Book Mike to energize your team with wellness strategies that stick and transform your workplace culture from the inside out.
Topics, sessions and talks
Mike Veny delivers a high-energy talk that empowers attendees to thrive amid rapid change and pressure. His practical strategies and relatable stories provide tools for navigating stress, building resilience, and transforming uncertainty into growth opportunities. Participants will gain insights into current consumer sentiments, learn effective stress management techniques, and discover ways to foster positive change in uncertain times. This engaging session promises to enhance emotional wellness and inspire confidence for the future.
Mike Veny transformed his mental, emotional, and behavioral challenges into strengths and now helps others do the same. In this dynamic session, attendees will learn to overcome the limitations of labels, silence, and shame, using them as catalysts for growth and resilience. Participants will understand how stigma hinders help-seeking, discover self-care strategies to prevent burnout, and engage in meaningful conversations. Ultimately, attendees will gain the tools to empower themselves and others, fostering a sense of belonging.
In this engaging keynote, Mike Veny combines drumming and movement to present effective strategies for navigating chaos and uncertainty. Attendees will discover how to quiet their minds, ground their spirits, and achieve balance amidst life's challenges. The session offers practical tools to transform stress into clarity and cultivate calm confidence. Participants will learn the importance of stress management, three quick techniques to alleviate stress, and strategies to cope with loneliness and grief, leaving them centered and empowered.
In this empowering workshop, Mike Veny addresses the inevitability of change and how it can be managed without draining energy or passion. Attendees will gain practical tools and energizing strategies to enhance their resilience, prioritize self-care, and transform change into growth opportunities. They will learn stress management techniques, anxiety relief exercises, and strategies to cope with loneliness and grief. Participants will leave recharged and inspired, equipped to thrive through any life transition.
Mike Veny invites attendees to an electrifying, hands-on experience that uses rhythm to foster connections and creativity. No prior drumming skills are needed; participants should come with energy and an open mind. This engaging session will demonstrate how making music together builds trust, teamwork, and a sense of belonging. By the end, attendees will learn to cultivate a welcoming culture, develop intentional connections, and identify teamwork strategies to navigate change effectively.
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Mike Veny structures his sessions around interactive drumming and movement, using rhythm as a physical anchor for stress management techniques that attendees can apply immediately following the session.
Mike Veny's sessions cover stress management and resilience in uncertainty, mental health stigma reduction, and inner peace through drumming and movement. He holds the Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist® designation and was named one of PM360's 100 most influential people in healthcare, with media coverage across ABC, NBC, and CBS News.
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