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Being TOUGH is not enough. Our workshops will inspire and motivate your group to become radically resilient.
Chronic stress, relationship problems, work problems and health problems
are all related to the coping mechanisms learned in childhood.
We each have the power to reclaim our mental well-being, to break cycles of harm, and to create safe, supportive environments.
Glenn Evans is a powerful speaker with a big personality and a massive heart. His unique journey—from surviving his traumatic childhood to creating the thriving life he has today—has equipped him with valuable insights and strategies to inspire personal and professional breakthroughs.
With humor and the authenticity that only comes from lived experience, Glenn helps audiences:
- Break free from past limitations.
- Build resilience in the face of uncertainty.
- Cultivate a mindset of growth and possibility.
- Address the root cause of stress, burnout, health issues, substance abuse, and relationship problems.
- Develop compassion for themselves and others.
Get your audience fired up by booking Glenn today!
Glenn’s story is a great reminder that you don’t know what people have been through. On the surface, Glenn looks like a “normal” successful guy who pulled himself up out of poverty, working his way up the ladder in the trades. In reality, Glenn’s life reads like a survival story. Growing up in a remote Alaskan village, in a cabin with no indoor plumbing or central heat with an unreliable, unsafe mother, every day was a lesson in resilience.
Now, Glenn openly shares his journey with audiences, underscoring the unbreakable spirit within us all. Glenn is passionate about helping people find a way back to themselves. His message resonates with anyone facing adversity, feeling stuck, resentful, angry – and worst of all, feeling that it’s too late for life to be any different – that they’re broken beyond repair.
A Path Forward
Through GET Thriving’s speaking and coaching programs, people learn the truth: while no one else can “rescue” us, we hold the power to change our lives. Participants are led through proven strategies to foster psychological and physical safety, calm their minds and bodies, and nurture their capacity to accept love and support.
We believe self-mastery is the foundation for improved relationships, health, leadership, and personal fulfillment. Our programs guides audiences to let go of excuses, confront the past, and step into a more empowered future where each of us can make a positive impact in this world.
From resetting their career to transforming relationships, participants discover that mental fitness and well-being are the starting points to break toxic cycles and live life with purpose and confidence.
Speaker Themes
- Radical resilience
- Overcoming adversity
- Mental fitness / health
- Stress management
- Anger management
- Midlife reset
- Working in the trades
- Compassion fatigue
- Child abuse / CSA
Memberships
- National Speakers Association
- RAINN Speaker Program
Glenn’s Story
Glenn has a story many people relate to:
- Growing up in abject poverty
- Being raised by a single abusive mother with an alcohol problem
- Boot-strapping his way to successful career in the trades (HVAC)
- Becoming a young dad to 4 kids, and wanting a better life for them, but struggling with little money and no role model
- Feeling marginalized as a Native Alaskan who grew up in a village, yet never feeling white enough nor Indigenous enough
But Glenn also has a story that most people find hard to fathom.
Starting at age 4, Glenn endured four years of brutal violence and sexual abuse in the Los Angeles foster care system. When his mom regained custody, she brought them to his dad’s family home, a remote Native Alaskan village in deep interior with a population of 61 people.
However, his mom wouldn’t acknowledge the abuse they had suffered. Worse, she went back to drinking and adding to the abuse. Glenn essentially had to become the “man of the house” at age 9. Living in poverty in an old cabin with no insulation or indoor plumbing, every day was a struggle to stay alive.
With no safe adults in his life, problems snowballed.
Angry and rebellious, Glenn ended up running away. He and his two siblings were all on a path of self-destruction, running from the abuse they endured. Glenn was the only one to survive past age 40.
Somehow Glenn found slivers of hope to keep himself alive and moving forward. He found safety at school and seized opportunities to improve his life. Glenn found success in the trades, starting out in the HVAC industry as a technician, and moving up into sales and management.
Today, Glenn is ready to share what it took – and what it continues to take – to create a meaningful, happy life after so much trauma and turbulence.
Adrianne’s Story
Adrianne’s childhood was almost the polar opposite of Glenn’s.
- Grew up with two loving parents, who are still married and in love
- Surrounded by a close-knit community of friends and family
- Raised by cycle breakers, immersed in personal development from a young age
- Believed she could be or do anything she wanted to be
But even with good parents and a “good home,” life is never perfect.
Like many women, Adrianne’s story is strongly influenced by both the trauma and the healing journeys of the men in her life. Her parents were not perfect, but they were determined to break the cycles of abuse, neglect, and addiction they had experienced. She grew up around books, groups, and programs aimed at supporting healthy masculinity and recovering from addictions and codependency.
Yet that didn’t stop her from having her own experiences with toxic relationships and falling into unhealthy behaviors. Prior to doing the work, she would find herself repeating victim/martyr/rescuer roles – until she finally rescued herself. Adrianne is an advocate for what is possible when multiple generations decide to break cycles. She hopes her children will continue the mission.
Adrianne’s compassion is unbounded and she talks about LOVE being the answer to all problems – especially love for yourself. She’s lost friends and family to suicide; been front line support to heart-breaking tragedies; helped friends find their way out of the darkness. Her adventurous spirit has taken her all over the world. She’s been drugged in Mexico, ran from riots in Peru, stalked in Kuwait, and broke up bar fights in the USA. Along the way she’s made friends with people from every walk of life.
She’s been a speaker, coach and consultant for more than 20 years. While helping business owners launch their dreams is exciting and purposeful, she hopes helping people break cycles of generational trauma will be her legacy.
