Sally Spencer-Thomas
@sspencerthomas.bsky.social
Psychologist, Keynote, Podcaster, Pres United Suicide Survivors #ZeroSuicide #MentalHealth #WorkplaceWellbeing #ConstructionWorkingMinds #SuicidePrevention #SuicideGrief #HOPECertification #WorkplaceSuicidePrevention #HeadspaceForTheWorkplace #psychsky
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Construction #MentalHealth Award nominations close December 3rd!
We’re accepting nominations for:
🔹 Visionary Organizations (Large, Mid-Size, Local)
🔹 Cutting-Edge Researchers & Applied Science Teams
🔹 Journalists & Media Outlets Elevating Mental Health Stories
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We’re accepting nominations for:
🔹 Visionary Organizations (Large, Mid-Size, Local)
🔹 Cutting-Edge Researchers & Applied Science Teams
🔹 Journalists & Media Outlets Elevating Mental Health Stories
form.jotform.com/252824048013...
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Construction #MentalHealth Award nominations close December 3rd!
We’re accepting nominations for:
🔹 Visionary Organizations (Large, Mid-Size, Local)
🔹 Cutting-Edge Researchers & Applied Science Teams
🔹 Journalists & Media Outlets Elevating Mental Health Stories
form.jotform.com/252824048013...
We’re accepting nominations for:
🔹 Visionary Organizations (Large, Mid-Size, Local)
🔹 Cutting-Edge Researchers & Applied Science Teams
🔹 Journalists & Media Outlets Elevating Mental Health Stories
form.jotform.com/252824048013...
So many children impacted by suicide are searching for ways to express what they cannot yet explain. Ryan’s work reminds us that creativity helps us travel through grief w/o feeling alone or unseen
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#HopeIlluminated #SurvivorDay #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#HopeIlluminated #SurvivorDay #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So many children impacted by suicide are searching for ways to express what they cannot yet explain. Ryan’s work reminds us that creativity helps us travel through grief w/o feeling alone or unseen
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#HopeIlluminated #SurvivorDay #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#HopeIlluminated #SurvivorDay #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay
The International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day is November 22 -- a day when people around the world gather to remember, share stories, and honor those we’ve lost. afsp.org/internationa...
Podcast on how to help kids: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#SurvivorDay #ISOSL #SuicideGrief
Podcast on how to help kids: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#SurvivorDay #ISOSL #SuicideGrief
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day is November 22 -- a day when people around the world gather to remember, share stories, and honor those we’ve lost. afsp.org/internationa...
Podcast on how to help kids: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#SurvivorDay #ISOSL #SuicideGrief
Podcast on how to help kids: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#SurvivorDay #ISOSL #SuicideGrief
Bittersweet week in Dallas.
After 5 yrs working with the UA, we passed the torch on a #mentalhealth initiative for 400,000 members across the US/Canada.
We trained UA members to lead this work and make it their own w powerful stories & lived expertise.
They’re ready & will keep making it better.
After 5 yrs working with the UA, we passed the torch on a #mentalhealth initiative for 400,000 members across the US/Canada.
We trained UA members to lead this work and make it their own w powerful stories & lived expertise.
They’re ready & will keep making it better.
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Bittersweet week in Dallas.
After 5 yrs working with the UA, we passed the torch on a #mentalhealth initiative for 400,000 members across the US/Canada.
We trained UA members to lead this work and make it their own w powerful stories & lived expertise.
They’re ready & will keep making it better.
After 5 yrs working with the UA, we passed the torch on a #mentalhealth initiative for 400,000 members across the US/Canada.
We trained UA members to lead this work and make it their own w powerful stories & lived expertise.
They’re ready & will keep making it better.
Rural behavioral health studies tell us this clearly: when your work is your legacy, asking for help can feel like failure.
Naming the pain is the first act of courage.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#FarmStress #HopeIlluminated #RuralMentalHealth #AgrarianImperative #FarmStateOfMind
Naming the pain is the first act of courage.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#FarmStress #HopeIlluminated #RuralMentalHealth #AgrarianImperative #FarmStateOfMind
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Rural behavioral health studies tell us this clearly: when your work is your legacy, asking for help can feel like failure.
Naming the pain is the first act of courage.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#FarmStress #HopeIlluminated #RuralMentalHealth #AgrarianImperative #FarmStateOfMind
Naming the pain is the first act of courage.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#FarmStress #HopeIlluminated #RuralMentalHealth #AgrarianImperative #FarmStateOfMind
We’re committed to making the #ConstructionMentalHealth Conference (Feb 25-26) accessible to people who are shaping the future of this movement: apprentices, students, lived-experience leaders, early-career professionals, etc.
Scholarship applications are open!
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Scholarship applications are open!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We’re committed to making the #ConstructionMentalHealth Conference (Feb 25-26) accessible to people who are shaping the future of this movement: apprentices, students, lived-experience leaders, early-career professionals, etc.
Scholarship applications are open!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Scholarship applications are open!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
What a great day in Fort Collins. Business leaders gathered for the final session of our 4-part workplace wellbeing series.
H.O.P.E. Certification is a program of @unitesurvivors.org International. People with lived experience are co-designing the strategies and overseeing implementation.
H.O.P.E. Certification is a program of @unitesurvivors.org International. People with lived experience are co-designing the strategies and overseeing implementation.
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What a great day in Fort Collins. Business leaders gathered for the final session of our 4-part workplace wellbeing series.
H.O.P.E. Certification is a program of @unitesurvivors.org International. People with lived experience are co-designing the strategies and overseeing implementation.
H.O.P.E. Certification is a program of @unitesurvivors.org International. People with lived experience are co-designing the strategies and overseeing implementation.
Deep in the heart of Texas 🇨🇱 this week for The International Association of Foundation Drilling Safety Summit 2025!
Powerful conversations were had about construction workforce leadership burnout & #suicideprevention.
#WorkplaceMentalHealth #ConstructionWorkingMinds #LeadershipBurnout
Powerful conversations were had about construction workforce leadership burnout & #suicideprevention.
#WorkplaceMentalHealth #ConstructionWorkingMinds #LeadershipBurnout
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Deep in the heart of Texas 🇨🇱 this week for The International Association of Foundation Drilling Safety Summit 2025!
Powerful conversations were had about construction workforce leadership burnout & #suicideprevention.
#WorkplaceMentalHealth #ConstructionWorkingMinds #LeadershipBurnout
Powerful conversations were had about construction workforce leadership burnout & #suicideprevention.
#WorkplaceMentalHealth #ConstructionWorkingMinds #LeadershipBurnout
PODCAST: Monica McConkey brings both lived experience & clinical expertise. She grew up on a farm in Minnesota & has spent 30+ years supporting farm families thru hardship, loss & healing.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#RuralMentalHealth #FarmStress #SuicidePrevention #HopeIlluminated
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#RuralMentalHealth #FarmStress #SuicidePrevention #HopeIlluminated
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
PODCAST: Monica McConkey brings both lived experience & clinical expertise. She grew up on a farm in Minnesota & has spent 30+ years supporting farm families thru hardship, loss & healing.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#RuralMentalHealth #FarmStress #SuicidePrevention #HopeIlluminated
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#RuralMentalHealth #FarmStress #SuicidePrevention #HopeIlluminated
There’s nothing quite like the Pacific Northwest. Mt. Rainier rising out of the fog like a ghost on Halloween.
Pt 1 #suicideprevention w Wash State Patrol
Pt 2 of the trip was soul food. Over a messy, glorious seafood boil (gloves on, laughter loud), Cal Beyer & I swapped wins, worries, and dreams.
Pt 1 #suicideprevention w Wash State Patrol
Pt 2 of the trip was soul food. Over a messy, glorious seafood boil (gloves on, laughter loud), Cal Beyer & I swapped wins, worries, and dreams.
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
There’s nothing quite like the Pacific Northwest. Mt. Rainier rising out of the fog like a ghost on Halloween.
Pt 1 #suicideprevention w Wash State Patrol
Pt 2 of the trip was soul food. Over a messy, glorious seafood boil (gloves on, laughter loud), Cal Beyer & I swapped wins, worries, and dreams.
Pt 1 #suicideprevention w Wash State Patrol
Pt 2 of the trip was soul food. Over a messy, glorious seafood boil (gloves on, laughter loud), Cal Beyer & I swapped wins, worries, and dreams.
Culture change doesn’t happen just because we care about mental health.
It happens when we systemize, embed, and normalize it—turning wellness from an afterthought into a daily operational standard.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
It happens when we systemize, embed, and normalize it—turning wellness from an afterthought into a daily operational standard.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Culture change doesn’t happen just because we care about mental health.
It happens when we systemize, embed, and normalize it—turning wellness from an afterthought into a daily operational standard.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
It happens when we systemize, embed, and normalize it—turning wellness from an afterthought into a daily operational standard.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
In my latest Headspace for the Workplace episode, Brandon Evans and I explore how wellbeing needs reps & recovery -- just like physical fitness.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#headspacefortheworkplace
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#headspacefortheworkplace
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In my latest Headspace for the Workplace episode, Brandon Evans and I explore how wellbeing needs reps & recovery -- just like physical fitness.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#headspacefortheworkplace
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#headspacefortheworkplace
This quote from my podcast guest Monica McConkey has stayed with me:
“Meeting people where they are means acknowledging their reality - not dragging them into yours.”
That’s what it takes to build trust in workplace mental health.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/76
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
“Meeting people where they are means acknowledging their reality - not dragging them into yours.”
That’s what it takes to build trust in workplace mental health.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/76
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This quote from my podcast guest Monica McConkey has stayed with me:
“Meeting people where they are means acknowledging their reality - not dragging them into yours.”
That’s what it takes to build trust in workplace mental health.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/76
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
“Meeting people where they are means acknowledging their reality - not dragging them into yours.”
That’s what it takes to build trust in workplace mental health.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/76
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
Exciting day in West Michigan!
We’re thrilled to bring strategic approaches to workplace wellbeing & hopefully the full H.O.P.E. Certification implementation program to this incredible region.
#workplacewellbeing #hopecertification #mentalhealthatwork @thementalelf.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to bring strategic approaches to workplace wellbeing & hopefully the full H.O.P.E. Certification implementation program to this incredible region.
#workplacewellbeing #hopecertification #mentalhealthatwork @thementalelf.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Exciting day in West Michigan!
We’re thrilled to bring strategic approaches to workplace wellbeing & hopefully the full H.O.P.E. Certification implementation program to this incredible region.
#workplacewellbeing #hopecertification #mentalhealthatwork @thementalelf.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to bring strategic approaches to workplace wellbeing & hopefully the full H.O.P.E. Certification implementation program to this incredible region.
#workplacewellbeing #hopecertification #mentalhealthatwork @thementalelf.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social
LOSS Team Conference in Omaha, Nebraska this week.
Felt good to connect back into my roots of suicide Postvention and grief/trauma support for people impacted by suicide. @thementalelf.bsky.social
Felt good to connect back into my roots of suicide Postvention and grief/trauma support for people impacted by suicide. @thementalelf.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
LOSS Team Conference in Omaha, Nebraska this week.
Felt good to connect back into my roots of suicide Postvention and grief/trauma support for people impacted by suicide. @thementalelf.bsky.social
Felt good to connect back into my roots of suicide Postvention and grief/trauma support for people impacted by suicide. @thementalelf.bsky.social
Exciting news! My latest Headspace for the Workplace episode features Brandon Evans of Fire to Light!
Brandon is a retired firefighter & fierce advocate for #mentalfitness.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#headspacefortheworkplace @jbsinger.bsky.social @firstresponders.bsky.social
Brandon is a retired firefighter & fierce advocate for #mentalfitness.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#headspacefortheworkplace @jbsinger.bsky.social @firstresponders.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Exciting news! My latest Headspace for the Workplace episode features Brandon Evans of Fire to Light!
Brandon is a retired firefighter & fierce advocate for #mentalfitness.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#headspacefortheworkplace @jbsinger.bsky.social @firstresponders.bsky.social
Brandon is a retired firefighter & fierce advocate for #mentalfitness.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/77
#headspacefortheworkplace @jbsinger.bsky.social @firstresponders.bsky.social
“If mental health is a human right… How are we protecting it on the job site?”
When someone is silently struggling, are they truly seen? Or is their situation treated as a personal issue, out of scope?
More on World Mental Health Day www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#ConstructionWorkingMinds @who.int
When someone is silently struggling, are they truly seen? Or is their situation treated as a personal issue, out of scope?
More on World Mental Health Day www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#ConstructionWorkingMinds @who.int
October 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“If mental health is a human right… How are we protecting it on the job site?”
When someone is silently struggling, are they truly seen? Or is their situation treated as a personal issue, out of scope?
More on World Mental Health Day www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#ConstructionWorkingMinds @who.int
When someone is silently struggling, are they truly seen? Or is their situation treated as a personal issue, out of scope?
More on World Mental Health Day www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#ConstructionWorkingMinds @who.int
I made it from Carlsbad, CA all the way to Louisville, KY.
Today’s meeting is packed w construction business owners and executives who are leaning in, asking the hard questions, and ready to move the needle on mental health in construction. #SuicidePrevention #ConstructionWorkingMinds
#SCOARMeets
Today’s meeting is packed w construction business owners and executives who are leaning in, asking the hard questions, and ready to move the needle on mental health in construction. #SuicidePrevention #ConstructionWorkingMinds
#SCOARMeets
September 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I made it from Carlsbad, CA all the way to Louisville, KY.
Today’s meeting is packed w construction business owners and executives who are leaning in, asking the hard questions, and ready to move the needle on mental health in construction. #SuicidePrevention #ConstructionWorkingMinds
#SCOARMeets
Today’s meeting is packed w construction business owners and executives who are leaning in, asking the hard questions, and ready to move the needle on mental health in construction. #SuicidePrevention #ConstructionWorkingMinds
#SCOARMeets
“AI isn’t here to replace the human touch. It’s here to spark the right words at the right time—so leaders feel less stuck when a tough conversation about mental health comes their way.” — Alex Willis
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#TechForMentalHealth #AI #HopeIlluminated
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#TechForMentalHealth #AI #HopeIlluminated
September 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“AI isn’t here to replace the human touch. It’s here to spark the right words at the right time—so leaders feel less stuck when a tough conversation about mental health comes their way.” — Alex Willis
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#TechForMentalHealth #AI #HopeIlluminated
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#TechForMentalHealth #AI #HopeIlluminated
Thrilled to feature Alexander Willis — a former NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers player turned leadership coach — on this week’s #HopeIlluminated podcast! We talk about #AI, #leadership, and #mentalhealth.
Tune in: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#WorkplaceMentalHealth @jbsinger.bsky.social
Tune in: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#WorkplaceMentalHealth @jbsinger.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Thrilled to feature Alexander Willis — a former NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers player turned leadership coach — on this week’s #HopeIlluminated podcast! We talk about #AI, #leadership, and #mentalhealth.
Tune in: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#WorkplaceMentalHealth @jbsinger.bsky.social
Tune in: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illumin...
#WorkplaceMentalHealth @jbsinger.bsky.social
On the most recent episode of the "#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace" podcast Corey Feist, JD, MBA of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation shared this insight: “Effective policy starts with listening to frontline workers.”
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#HealthcareHeroes @jbsinger.bsky.social
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#HealthcareHeroes @jbsinger.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
On the most recent episode of the "#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace" podcast Corey Feist, JD, MBA of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation shared this insight: “Effective policy starts with listening to frontline workers.”
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#HealthcareHeroes @jbsinger.bsky.social
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#HealthcareHeroes @jbsinger.bsky.social
J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, CEO of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation, reminded me in our #HeadspaceForTheWorkplace podcast conversation that “supporting worker wellbeing requires a multidisciplinary approach.”
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#SuicidePrevention #HealthcareHeroes
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#SuicidePrevention #HealthcareHeroes
September 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, CEO of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation, reminded me in our #HeadspaceForTheWorkplace podcast conversation that “supporting worker wellbeing requires a multidisciplinary approach.”
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#SuicidePrevention #HealthcareHeroes
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#SuicidePrevention #HealthcareHeroes
New episode! Corey Feist of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation joins Headspace for the Workplace to unpack why policy reform -- not just awareness -- saves lives at work.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace #WorkplaceMentalHealth
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace #WorkplaceMentalHealth
September 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New episode! Corey Feist of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation joins Headspace for the Workplace to unpack why policy reform -- not just awareness -- saves lives at work.
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace #WorkplaceMentalHealth
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/75
#HeadspaceForTheWorkplace #WorkplaceMentalHealth
One of Brad Anderson's key takeaways in our Headspace for the Workplace episode: “Get to know people in recovery and ask them about their journey.”
Hear more of Brad’s wisdom here: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74
#Recovery #Connection #WorkplaceMentalHealth #HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
Hear more of Brad’s wisdom here: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74
#Recovery #Connection #WorkplaceMentalHealth #HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
September 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
One of Brad Anderson's key takeaways in our Headspace for the Workplace episode: “Get to know people in recovery and ask them about their journey.”
Hear more of Brad’s wisdom here: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74
#Recovery #Connection #WorkplaceMentalHealth #HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
Hear more of Brad’s wisdom here: www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74
#Recovery #Connection #WorkplaceMentalHealth #HeadspaceForTheWorkplace
Brad Anderson, executive at IMA Financial Group, Inc. said something during our Headspace for the Workplace podcast interview that really struck me: “Experience recovery. Go where the miracles are happening.”
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74
#recoveryispossible #headspacefortheworkplace
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74
#recoveryispossible #headspacefortheworkplace
September 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Brad Anderson, executive at IMA Financial Group, Inc. said something during our Headspace for the Workplace podcast interview that really struck me: “Experience recovery. Go where the miracles are happening.”
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74
#recoveryispossible #headspacefortheworkplace
www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74
#recoveryispossible #headspacefortheworkplace