Justin Brien
Keynote Speaker | Cochrane, Alberta
Mental Health Advocate & Life Coach
Addiction Recovery & Resilience Expert
Justin Brien Expertise Nutrition & Fitness, Work Life Balance, Mental Health, Addictions & Substance Abuse, PTSD & Trauma, Stress Management, Suicide Prevention, Health Performance and Lifestyle & Health.
About Justin Brien
Justin Brien is a mental health awareness expert, transformational life coach, and inspirational, TEDx speaker whose story inspires change. Having lived through the challenges of suicide, addiction, ADHD, anxiety, and depression, he now shares powerful strategies that help others build resilience and purpose. His journey from struggle to strength equips him to connect deeply with audiences, offering tools that are both practical and empowering. Justin’s mission is to break stigma and spark honest conversations about mental health, guiding people toward self-discovery and renewed hope. Through his speaking and coaching, he champions the belief that everyone has value and the ability to live a meaningful life. His story reminds individuals that purpose can be found in the hardest moments—and that they matter.
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JUSTIN BRIEN BIOGRAPHY
Justin Brien is a mental health awareness expert, transformational life coach and inspirational TEDx speaker. His raw and painful journey into and back out of the depths of addiction and suicidal depression have afforded him powerful insights into the mechanics of effective and enduring life strategies to live his best life.
Justin Brien grew up in Salmon Arm, BC where he enjoyed a promising early career as a hockey player, later playing throughout the province for various teams within the BC Junior B hockey leagues. Despite his athletic success, Justin Brien was dogged by seemingly unshakeable insecurities. His low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence found him seeking validation in any available form. Inevitably, drugs and alcohol provided a vicious quick fix to the inner turmoil he was experiencing. Unwilling, unable and afraid to ask for help from a world that told him mental health issues were for the weak, Justin spiraled into a shadowed life. By age 21 his hockey career was over after a series of concussions, despite his attempts to hide his medical condition, his depression and his addictions. His life had become a blur of working nights as a bartender, after-hours parties and depression-laden mornings of guilt, shame and remorse and months-long bouts of suicidality. And it only got worse from there.
Not long after his first child was born, Justin Brien experienced a powerfully motivating and transformational moment as the result of asking himself a series of transformational questions. In a terrifying moment of facing two options – end it all or ask for help – Justin asked for and accepted help.
Justin’s discovery of his WHY is a driving force behind the mightily motivating and guiding work he does to help others realize their own WHY and to translate it into effective strategies, tools and daily practices. A passionate inspirational speaker, best-selling author, transformational life coach and mental health awareness expert, Justin immediately engages his audiences with his highly relatable story told with emotion and humour, passion and energy.
Now five years sober, Justin Brien enjoys an inspired and motivated life with his wife, son and daughter. He is now a fulltime life coach, inspirational speaker and works as the mental health liaison for Mr. Mike’s restaurant chain. He is the host of The Stronger You Project podcast, featured on Spotify and is an Amazon best-selling author with his recent book Chasing Shadows: Fighting The Monster Within. His solid understanding of the foundations for a good life helped him and his wife lead their family in successfully navigating the challenges of the birth of their beautiful daughter, born with Down Syndrome, and the resulting barrage of complications and surgeries their little fighter faced.
His direct experience in facing life on life’s terms offers audiences a captivating and motivating message that affirms no matter one’s circumstances, past experiences or even current feelings and emotions, a better and brighter future filled with happiness and belonging is possible. And he invites you to follow his lead by transforming your own life with practical and efficient strategies to realize your own best life. Justin Brien firmly believes there is a magic in each and every one of us and through the power of sharing his story and passing along of his knowledge to others in support and understanding of what they are going through, he helps to defeat negative stigmas that hold us back from getting the help we need and to champion for mental and physical health.
Justin Brien Topic Presentations
Justin Brien Cochrane, Alberta, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.
Finding Your Why: The Foundation of Resilience and Purpose
Breaking the Stigma: Honest Conversations About Mental Health
From Rock Bottom to Recovery: Building a Life Beyond Addiction
The Stronger You: Strategies for Lasting Mental Resilience
Leadership Through Vulnerability: The Power of Sharing Your Story
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