Your people are carrying things they were never trained to talk about
PTSD. Depression. Burnout. Suicidal ideation. They show up. They do the job. And most of them will not say a word until something breaks.
Richard Pena has been that person. Marine veteran. 18 years in law enforcement. He carried it too, and he nearly did not make it. When he chose to stop pretending he was fine, it changed everything. Now he walks into rooms full of first responders and veterans and says the things nobody else is willing to say. And people walk out and make calls they would not have made before walking in.
If your department or organization serves people in high-stress professions, this training belongs in front of them.
What We Offer
Three formats. All of them built around the same thing:
getting honest about what high-stress work actually does to people, and what to do about it before it's too late.
1
Keynote
One hour. One room. Richard gets in front of your audience and says the things most people in that room have never heard anyone say out loud. Works for conferences, department events, and large-group gatherings where you need something that lands and sticks.
2
Seminar
A deeper session for smaller groups. More time means more room for the real conversation. This is where people start to recognize themselves, or someone they know, and walk out with a next step they did not have before they walked in.
3
Continuing Education
If your people need continuing education credits anyway, this is how to use those hours for something that matters. The course qualifies for CE credit in applicable professions, which means your department gets the training covered and your people get what they actually need.
Why Richard
He is not a therapist. He is not a motivational speaker. He is a Marine veteran and a retired police sergeant who spent 18 years in law enforcement, trained the next generation of officers, built school safety programs, and carried PTSD, depression, and anxiety the whole time without saying a word about it to anyone.
He nearly did not make it.
When he finally chose to stop pretending he was fine, something shifted. Not just for him, but for every person he has stood in front of since. Because when someone with his background walks into a room and says "I was not okay, and I did not ask for help, and it almost cost me everything," the people in that room hear it differently than they would from anyone else. They recognize it. They see themselves in it. And some of them decide, for the first time, that they might need to make a call.
That is what makes this training different. It is not a curriculum delivered by someone who studied the problem. It is the problem, explained by someone who lived it, who came back from it, and who built something out of it so others do not have to find their way alone.
Master Peace Officer · Field Training Officer · TCOLE Instructor · Certified ALERRT Instructor · 18 Years Frontline Law Enforcement · United States Marine Corps Veteran
What Happens After
99%
of participants rate this training good to excellent.
Those numbers come from surveys sent after every session. Not pulled to make this page look a certain way.
They're what the people in those rooms said when they had a chance to answer honestly, most of them in professions that don't exactly reward admitting something got to them.
The number that matters more is this:
Every seminar and keynote Richard has delivered has ended the same way. At least one person walked out and reached out for help, or recognized that someone they cared about needed it, and did something about it.
Not some of them. Every single one. Without exception. That is what this training does.
"I loved the vulnerability Mr. Peña had and used towards and with the group... It was amazing because of how we connected."
"It was eye opening… that getting help is a good thing and not a sign of weakness."
"My wife teaches... she heard your presentation this year and she said she could barely hold it together because she could see me in your story."
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