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Kevin Hines — keynote speaker on Mental Health & Wellbeing

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Mental Health & Wellbeing keynote speakers

Kevin Hines

Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Speaker and Golden Gate Bridge Survivor

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  • Keynote · Virtual · Fireside chat
  • English
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Signature keynotes

What your audience walks away with

  • Outcome

    Be Here Tomorrow: A Story of Survival, Hope & Recovery

    His signature talk. Kevin tells the true story of surviving the Golden Gate Bridge and the instant regret that followed, and turns it into a message every audience can hold onto: that pain is survivable, that a crisis is temporary, and that the choice to be here tomorrow changes everything. Told with honesty, warmth, and unexpected humor, and always handled with care.

  • The Art of Wellness: How to Find, Live & Stay Mentally Fit

    Drawn from his book of the same name, this keynote gives a room practical, repeatable tools for mental fitness, the daily practices that build resilience and keep a person well. Kevin is clear that wellness is not a destination but a discipline, and he shows how anyone can start.

  • Workplace Mental Health & Wellbeing

    Built for corporate, HR, and leadership audiences. Kevin normalizes the conversation at work, teaches teams and managers how to spot the warning signs, how to ask the tough questions, and how to build a culture where people ask for help long before a crisis. A duty-of-care message that also protects performance and retention.

  • Resilience & Recovery

    Setbacks are not optional; how you rise from them is. Kevin turns his own impossible circumstance into an honest, repeatable model of resilience, the discipline of staying in recovery, separating a bad moment from a defining one, and getting back up "and again, and again."

  • Suicide Prevention & Bystander Action

    For clinicians, military, first responders, campuses, and community audiences. Kevin covers the signs, the questions, and the interventions that save lives, delivered by someone who has lived every side of the conversation and follows safe-messaging practice throughout.

  • Storytelling for Change & Brain Health

    How honest storytelling saves lives, and why caring for brain and mental health belongs at the center of every organization. Drawn from his films and his years of advocacy, this talk is ideal for events built around awareness, culture, and change.

The story

Who Kevin actually is

Kevin Hines is an American mental-health and suicide-prevention advocate, storyteller, best-selling author, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. Born in San Francisco in 1981 and diagnosed with bipolar disorder in his late teens, he survived a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000, at the age of nineteen. He is one of a very small number of people, well under one percent, to survive the fall, and by his own account the only survivor to regain full physical mobility. The instant his hands left the rail, he has said, he felt total regret, a reflection that has become the heart of his life's work.

In the two decades since, Kevin has reached millions of people worldwide, speaking to colleges and universities, corporations, healthcare and clinical audiences, the military, first responders, clergy, and community groups. His message is consistent and hopeful: that pain is survivable, that recovery is real, and that everyone can play a part in helping the people around them stay alive. His motto, "Be Here Tomorrow," runs through his talks, his books, and his advocacy.

He is the author of the best-selling memoir Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt (2013), followed by The Art of Being Broken: How Storytelling Saves Lives (2024) and The Art of Wellness: How to Find, Live, & Stay Mentally Fit (2025). As a filmmaker he directed and produced the multiple-award-winning documentary Suicide: The Ripple Effect (2018), seen by hundreds of thousands of people across several countries, and he is now directing a new documentary, Death Bridge, about the long fight to make the Golden Gate Bridge safer.

That fight is perhaps his most tangible legacy. Alongside his father and families bereaved by the bridge, Kevin campaigned for roughly twenty years for a suicide-deterrent net. It was completed in January 2024, and in its first year deaths at the bridge fell dramatically. He co-founded the Kevin & Margaret Hines Foundation, which funds teletherapy access and scholarships for future prevention professionals, and he has been honored with Mental Health America's Clifford W. Beers Award (2016), a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council for Behavioral Health, and recognition from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, among others. Kevin is candid that he is not "cured." He is in recovery, and he shows audiences, with honesty and hope, what that looks like every day.

The receipts

Books & publications

  • Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt

    2013

    his 2013 best-selling memoir and the foundation of his advocacy.

  • The Art of Being Broken: How Storytelling Saves Lives

    2024

    the 2024 follow-up, second in a three-book series, picking up where Cracked left off; honest about living in recovery rather than "cured."

  • The Art of Wellness: How to Find, Live, & Stay Mentally Fit

    2025

    his 2025 practical toolkit for building and keeping daily mental fitness.

Gravity

Career highlights & recognition

  • Milestone2000

    Golden Gate Bridge survivor

    who turned lived experience into a global suicide-prevention platform (2000; one of a very small number to survive, well under one percent, and the only one to regain full mobility)

  • Milestone2013

    Best-selling author

    of Cracked, Not Broken (2013), The Art of Being Broken (2024), and The Art of Wellness (2025)

  • Award2018

    Award-winning filmmaker

    who directed and produced Suicide: The Ripple Effect (2018), and is directing the new documentary Death Bridge

  • Milestone2024

    Golden Gate Bridge safety net advocate

    whose roughly two-decade campaign helped complete a suicide-deterrent net in January 2024, followed by a sharp drop in deaths at the bridge

  • Credential

    Co-founder of the Kevin & Margaret Hines Foundation

    funding teletherapy access and prevention scholarships

  • Award2016

    Clifford W. Beers Award

    Mental Health America (2016)

  • Award

    Lifetime Achievement Award

    National Council for Behavioral Health

  • Award

    Recognized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    and honored by SAMHSA (Voice Awards), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the San Francisco Police Department

  • Credential

    Host of the weekly HINESIGHTS Podcast

    and one of the most recognized lived-experience mental-health voices, with a large global following

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Can I book Kevin Hines for a virtual keynote?

Yes. Kevin presents virtual keynotes as well as in-person sessions. Virtual fees are typically quoted below a live keynote, so tell us your format for a precise quote.

What formats does Kevin offer?

Kevin is available for Keynote, Virtual, Fireside chat and Workshop engagements. We'll match the format to your audience and run-of-show.

What does Kevin speak about?

Kevin's keynote themes include Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Wellbeing and Resilience. Each talk is tailored to your audience and outcomes.

What languages does Kevin present in?

Kevin presents in English.

Where does Kevin travel from?

Kevin is based in San Francisco, CA and travels internationally for engagements; virtual sessions are also available.

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