From a small-Utah pioneer town to internationally recognized suicide prevention expert. Mike Vanderplas is a true American Success Story.

Mike Vanderplas is recognized as one of the most beloved, sought after suicide prevention and motivational speakers and communication consultants in the world. He has been featured on multiple Moring TV shows and Podcasts, Authored the International Best Selling Book, Stay Strong, and even awarded a Guinness World Record for Fire Breathing. Mike has delivered hundreds of trainings and presentations for colleges, universities, youth organizations, military personnel and leaderships, corporations, and entrepreneurs worldwide and can speak to groups from 10-10,000. Mike created his business after decades in the healthcare field as a life saving ICU and Psychiatric Nurse to thousands of patients.

Mike is the behind-the-scenes, go-to mental wellness advisor for many top health care professionals, military leadership, business professionals, entrepreneurs as well as teachers, and stay-at-home parents. He is recognized as a leading mental wellness innovator; teaching anyone who wants to live a life of purpose and make a difference in the lives of those around them by mastering their influence through effective verbal and non-verbal language patterns.

“Nobody cares more about his audience than Mike” –

Mike has been featured on multiple ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Globo, & Telemundo Moring TV shows, Radio programs and Podcasts and shared moments of interaction with such thought leaders as Dr. Jordan Peterson, Ed Mylett, Jeff Hoffman, Kevin Harrington, Ulysses Soares, James Malinchak, Nick Unsworth, as well as consulted local and Brazilian government legislators, international businessmen and women, and military leaders.

Volunteering and serving are important parts of Mike’s life and he has donated his time, money, and expertise for various medical missions in impoverished regions of the world.