Ryan Gallik is an award-winning international speaker, trainer & business consultant who works with organizations to build high-performing teams and organizations by building total employee health, which includes mental health. His inspiring keynotes, breakouts and workshops have helped thousands of leaders create a happier, healthier workforce, which lead to more productive and creative environments. He is also the author of Silent Mayday, The Clinician’s Guide to Working with First Responders.
He is the founder of Ryan Gallik and Associates, an occupational safety, health and wellness consulting firm, and the co-founder of The Mental Hygiene Project ®. Ryan conceived the idea for The Mental Hygiene Project during his long career as a Firefighter/Paramedic, where he experienced first-hand the toll that mental health injuries take on people, organizations and communities. He is committed to helping companies prevent mental health injuries through proactive mental hygiene programs.
Ryan has over 15 years of experience working with Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and Peer Support Teams. He has worked with many clinical professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed mental health counselors, and others to create initiatives and partnerships with industries, and refer individuals to clinicians that have the specific expertise (Cultural Competency) that one needs to recover and to even find post traumatic growth after trauma.
In June 2021, Ryan was appointed as Board of Directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Greater Orlando Chapter (NAMIGO). While he currently sits on the board, his first term begins in January 2022.
Ryan’s vision is to create a world where people experiencing mental health injuries like anxiety, depression, burnout, compassion fatigue and post-traumatic stress are treated with respect and dignity – and to influence people to go from the syndrome and into the strategy to being happy and healthy. Ryan’s work with corporations helps leadership teams have awareness, prevent, and mitigate the many forms of mental health injuries that have profound effects at all levels of society, business and families.
Ryan is also an avid and experienced traveler, having visited 6 continents, more than 30 countries, and all 50 states, most of them twice. He has a passion for people, culture, culinary arts and exploring the world through local cuisine, and the arts.
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