Bill’s TEDx talk was graduated to TED (ted.com), and now has over 1 million views.

Bill’s one-man comedy show, Becoming More Less Crazy, won Best of the Seattle Fringe 2017.

Bill elevates conferences and other gatherings by releasing the tension around discussing mental health and wellness. His unique voice makes the “inner life of people” feel friendly, familiar, and funny.

After living in mental and emotional darkness for decades, Bill set out to learn how to enjoy life more. He succeeded in easing anxiety and depression, recovering from addiction, losing over 100lb and keeping it off, overcoming social anxiety, and living well with bipolar condition. Many years later, he’s still surprised.

As a speaker, Bill entertains with authentic stories from his harrowing, joyful odyssey. He engages with practical insights from his personal transformation and toolkit. He amuses with hilarious examples of the absurd ways the human brain can work against its own goals.

Bill can give abbreviated or session-length talks. He has spoken often on:

• Connecting with depressed friends and family
• Surviving suicidal depression and loving life
• Thriving in the technology workforce with a mental health condition
• Overcoming severe social anxiety
• Breaking through addiction into recovery (14 years addicted, 10 clean)
• Losing over 100lb and keeping it off
• Living well with bipolar condition

Bill works with event coordinators to tailor each talk to your situation, context and audience. Audiences commonly include: health care providers, mental health care consumers and friends/family, tech workers, storytelling enthusiasts, and any group fascinated by peoples’ inner lives.

Bill lives and works in Seattle (director of product and content marketing, enterprise software company). Arrangements can be made for travel in the United States or internationally. Speaking fee reduced for mental health and non-profit organizations and events local to the Seattle area.

To bring Bill to your next gathering, contact Stay Awesome Media and let’s discuss your needs.

Have you ever changed something about yourself for the better? Maybe you’ve transformed (or are now)….

• depression into “not depression”
• fear of making a big change into courage
• bad habits into good ones
• addiction into recovery
• any of the infinite other possibles?

By crafting your story, you can process a difficult past and live more clearly. By telling it, you can show others in similar situations know that they are not alone and positive change is possible.

You have countless opportunities to tell your story on stage in Seattle every month! All you need is confidence and some simple storytelling savvy. That’s why Bill offers the half-day Storymorphosis workshop.

In this workshop, you will learn the three things that make a personal transformation story riveting and cause it to have  remarkable impact.

The workshop is guided be a really handy infographic you can take home. With interactive exercises, you’ll learn how to write, edit, rehearse, and tell your story.

You’ll come away ready to look and sound like an experienced storyteller your first time on stage. More importantly, you’ll have the knowledge and tools to actually get in front of people and tell it well.

Living your life is the tricky part. Telling stories about it should be easy!

Bill’s story “Oreo Relapse: was featured on The Moth Radio Hour, syndicated on over 200 NPR stations. It was also featured separately on Seattle’s KUOW.

Bill was certified as Living Proof Advocacy speaking coach in October 2018.

Level up your next presentation with a TED speaker and certified Living Proof Advocacy™ speaker coach. Bill offers one-on-one coaching to help you:

• Get your audience’s attention from the start and keep it
• Sound polished and confident even if you don’t feel like it
• Motivate people to take action based on your message

Bill can also write and edit your speech. He can create your talk from scratch based on your personality, subject matter, and objectives. He can add humor to an existing talk. Or help you revise a talk for greater impact. Coaching sessions can be done by phone, video chat, or in person. Coaching is available as packages of two, five, and ten hours. Corporate and non-profit coaching is available for small groups. Contact Stay Awesome Media to schedule a free 15 minute consultation to find out how Bill can help you nail your next talk.