Anything but ordinary, “Officer” Hal does not simply stand and deliver a keynote address. He creates an engaging experience for the audience whereby he infuses energy, insights, and emotion into the room. His candid revelations about himself and experiences as a cop, combined with a brutally honest delivery, always evoke both laughter and tears from his audiences. In his keynote speeches, Hal explains how he rebuilt himself from a near suicidal recluse to someone who has become a leader in helping others dealing with trauma reclaim their lives.
If your goal is to have a memorable speaker who truly inspires, while giving tangible tools that your audience can take with them into their professional and personal lives, then Hal Hughes is a must have for your next event!
Videos Warning! This video is definitely rated R, and contains some language that may offend some.
Biography
Hal Hughes is a former MMA fighter who has served his province as a police officer for the last fourteen years. In the course of his duties, he sustained two separate severe traumatic brain injuries 5 years apart. These incidents also led to a diagnosis of PTSD, Bipolar, as well as “Officer” Hal fighting addiction. In his keynote speeches, Hal explains how he rebuilt himself from a suicidal recluse to someone who has become a leader in helping other first responders and military dealing with trauma reclaim their lives. In addition to being a married father of four, Hal is also a member of Mensa and is currently completing graduate work in psychology.
Speech Topics
Resilience in Your Professional and Personal Lives
While on the job serving and protecting the population, Hal suffered two events that caused him serious injury. Listen to how he learned to deal both physically and emotionally with these events and the outcomes. Hear the challenges they created and the impacts they made on his professional and family life. And hear how those two events were instrumental to his development as a person, leading him not only to become an advocate of those suffering from PTSD, but also bringing greater – and newer – meaning to both his professional and personal lives. Hal’s story will educate on the power of resilience in facing changing tides – especially those that are unexpected – in your career and your everyday life, and how even the most unimaginable scenario can be turned into the best thing that ever happened to you.
Testimonials
Excellent presentation for personal life and unique for the Symposium.
Inspiring
We all have hidden fear. Amazing, Powerful and Inspiring
Perfect speaker, especially for the afternoon
Exceptional presenter; very engaging and profoundly moving.
OMG – great experience. The best! Thank you! God Bless!
Excellent topic. Very much needed these days. Definitely lots to think about and put into action.
A very different style of presentations with interesting content.
Raw, honest, entertaining – refreshing! Excellent presentation. Very inspirational!
This was so different and so good. Please bring things like this as a young person the 2/3 days of being lectured at is not what we’re looking for. This was great.
