One conversation has the capability to change your life. Just one. Detailing his lived experiences battling depression, anxiety, suicide attempts, psychiatric hospital visits, and loss of loved ones… to graduating college, becoming a published author, speaking across the country, and starting a family, Greg gives us a new way to look at hope; through conversations. Ordinary, everyday conversations, like the ones that unexpectedly happened to him… A conversation with a high school Spanish teacher that changed the course of his mental health journey. A conversation with his dad on the living room couch that changed his prospects for college. A conversation with a man on an airplane that changed what faith means to him. And a conversation with a girl on a cruise ship…who later would turn out to be his wife. The stories told through Greg’s speech will give students hope, encouragement, and confidence by providing the following truths embedded throughout the presentation:
- Current circumstances don’t define our future.
- The greatest change can happen at our worst times.
- We can have struggles and live a life of joy and purpose.
- We are not alone in our thoughts, feelings, experiences, or circumstances.
- We must give ourselves permission to experience two emotions at the same time; joy and sadness, confidence and doubt, excitement and fear, among others.
- We all have the intangibles that are necessary to have courageous conversations with others that can impact their life, and we will talk through how to have those conversations.
- One conversation can change or even save someone’s life.
