RobertHarris
Improving First Responder Wellness at Work, Home, and Beyond.
Inspiring leadership and responders to be happier & healthier, at work & home,
during & after their career.
If you are looking for someone to transform your agency and help save your responders' lives, Robert is the answer for your next event.
Robert Harris – helping first responders protect their emotional and mental well-being to be happier and healthier at work and home, during and after their careers.
Inspiring leadership to prioritize mental health in their first responders to develop post-traumatic resilience: transforming stress into strength.
Robert uses his career as a first responder, his own experience with stress, trauma, and mental health, and his Ph.D. in psychology to help everyone from leadership to boots-on-the-ground responders protect mental wellbeing to survive and thrive during a career and beyond. Through his keynote speeches and workshops, you will gain education, motivation, and inspiration to help first responders survive, thrive, and retire happy. You will be inspired to be the face of change.
Imagine: no first responders ever making the news because of alcohol, drugs, inappropriate actions, or violence caused by the stress and trauma of the job. Imagine all first responders surviving the job, thriving every day, and being happy at work and home. Now imagine YOU are the driving force to make that happen.
A fellow first responder, Robert Harris, knows law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, emergency communicators, E.R. staff, and others are everyday heroes helping perfect strangers at the lowest points in their lives. While these heroes rush to action in the face of danger, addiction, and critical incidents to help others, it often comes with sacrifice leading to traumatic stress and poor mental health. However, mental well-being and happiness are needless sacrifices because systems exist to protect them. Leadership must prioritize, normalize, and incentivize mental well-being in first responders so they can survive, thrive, and retire happy.
You can be known as the person who improved mental well-being at your agencies, making employees happier and healthier, and saving lives!
About Robert
Dr. Robert Harris began his first responder career in the military and law enforcement over 25 years ago, protecting and serving others. Very early in his extensive career, Robert witnessed many first responders lose their friends, family, careers, freedom, and even their lives due to the stress and trauma of the job. He rose through the ranks at the sheriff’s department from Deputy to Captain while also earning a Ph.D. in Psychology. Robert also suffered from his own job-related mental health challenges for many of those years. Drawing on his expertise, personal experience, and passion for helping others, Robert took the stage to reach first responders and their leaders, aiming to protect their mental well-being from needless sacrifice.
Today, Robert’s talks and workshops educate, motivate, and inspire leaders to prioritize first responder mental health. He helps first responders unapologetically protect themselves by putting their own mental health first to be better peers, friends, parents, partners, and public servants.
Robert is a highly sought-after speaker and consultant for all leadership and first responders including police, fire, EMS, emergency communicators, and more. His message at conferences, academies, agencies, and programs inspires post-traumatic resilience - transforming stress into strength. He has helped leaders prioritize mental health in their organizations improving the lives of countless responders, saving them from the negative effects of stress and trauma.
If you are looking for someone to transform your agency and help save your responders' lives, Robert is the answer for your next event.
Robert's Signature Talk
If you are looking for someone to transform your agency and help save your responders' lives, Robert is the answer for your next event.
Post-Traumatic Resilience -
Transforming Stress into Strength
Happier and Healthier at Work and Home, During and After a Career
First responders are everyday heroes, helping perfect strangers at the lowest points in their lives. While these heroes rush to action in the face of danger, addiction, and critical incidents to help others, we often forget to help ourselves. This presentation will provide education, motivation, and inspiration to help first responders protect their mental health and be happier and healthier at work and home, during and after their careers. If leadership helps prioritize, normalize, and incentivize mental health fitness in first responders, they can survive, thrive, and retire happy.
First responders who are surviving and thriving with increased mental well-being are better peers, friends, parents, partners, and serve the public better.
- D. Murray
“Valuable information in a supportive and respectful manner. Offers relatable personal experiences which I appreciated. It takes courage to take on this issue amongst the law enforcement profession especially when sharing personal challenges. The strategies provided were realistic and offer optimism. Thank you for sharing and caring.”
Relevant to me and most first responders. Hits home surprisingly well.
- Paul (New Mexico)
Exactly where I needed to be today. I was meant to be here.
- Attendee
“Dr. Harris was insightful, he's a human being and Law Enforcement with history and may be able to help or assist others in mental health with and on the job.”
- Jasmine S.
(DWI/ Misd. Compliance Program)
Robert gave stories from his own experience that are relatable for first responders regarding mental health and how it can affect us over time and how we tend to bury our feelings until it may be too late. He goes on to explain how we need to take steps to break the common culture of "I'm fine" and work on our mental health more pro-actively.
- Donovan G.
“It helps open your eyes to what you’re going through. I know I have issues I need to deal with and I don’t tell my wife about it because of what she went through with her dad. This made me realize I need to let her know what I’m dealing with.”
- Roman L., New Mexico
Great class on mental health and the need for it.
– Serg (Carlsbad fire)
Impactful and eye opening to self-reflection!
- Anthony C.
I love the transparency!
- Marie P.
(Rio Rancho PD)
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If you are looking for someone to transform your agency and help save your responders' lives, Robert is the answer for your next event.
“We are saving others while needlessly killing ourselves.”
"Leadership must help first responders unapologetically prioritize and protect their own mental health first to survive, thrive, and retire happy"
