Speaker series

End Workplace Abuse’s The Truth About Work Series is a four-part, survivor-centered journey that:

• Exposes the hidden dynamics of workplace abuse
• Explores the emotional and psychological toll on targets
• Provides practical strategies for protection
• Connects individual experiences to the urgent need for systemic and legislative change.

Through powerful storytelling, trauma-informed insights, and actionable guidance, this series equips participants to recognize abusive patterns, rebuild after harm, and join a growing movement committed to creating workplaces grounded in dignity, accountability, and true psychological safety.

Psychological safety is the foundation of a healthy workplace — yet many people work in environments where speaking up leads to punishment, questions are treated as threats, and toxic behaviors quietly take hold. This session breaks down what psychological safety really means, how to identify whether it exists in your organization, and the red flags that signal an unsafe or abusive environment. You’ll learn the core elements of psychological safety, why its absence enables bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, and how psychologically unsafe cultures allow workplace abuse to thrive.

Our workplaces are making us sick from pressure, chaos, and people. Psychosocial hazards are the invisible forces that chip away at our health, confidence, and sense of safety at work. In this talk, Dr. I. David Daniels will explore how everyday dysfunctions like unclear roles, impossible deadlines, toxic leadership, and chronic instability don’t just feel abusive — they are harmful.

In the aftermath of chronic workplace abuse, many targets experience a deep emotional numbness—often labeled as apathy. But apathy isn’t the absence of care; it’s a protective mechanism, the body’s intelligent response to sustained harm. In this talk, Lindsay Raé Perry explores apathy as a survival strategy born from betrayal, burnout, and systemic silencing, particularly within marginalized communities. Through personal narrative and somatic insight, she offers a pathway to healing that begins not with pushing through but with listening to what our numbness is trying to protect.

In her new book The Gaslit Brain, Dr. Jennifer Fraser explores how gaslighting manipulates the brain—both in how it’s used and how it harms. Through neuroscience and psychology, she reveals how manipulators exploit trust, status, and credibility to distort reality, erode mental clarity, and even cause physical brain damage. As gaslighting infiltrates both personal and public life, understanding its effects has become essential for psychological safety.

Many people who experience unfairness and injustice at work hold onto resentments without realizing the resentment holds them back from fully recovering their confidence, trust, and positivity. In this session, you’ll learn how letting go of resentment can help you fully recover your strength, bring you hope and peace, and return you to building a brighter future.

Laughter might not fix toxic workplaces—but it can help us survive them, outwit them, and occasionally throw some seriously elegant shade. In this interactive session, we’ll explore how humor builds resilience, restores composure, and helps us walk back into the boardroom (or HR meeting) with our heads high and our wit sharp. From mental health boosts to shared inside jokes about the absurdity of workplace drama, this is your invitation to heal, laugh, and reclaim your spark.

We are experiencing a burnout crisis from harmful work practices that are harming American families. Burned-out parents are more likely to abuse and neglect their children creating more adversity in childhood. At a time when 50% of managers and 44% of employees are burned out, we need to find solutions that solve workplace dysfunction, overwork, and harm. Adverse childhood experiences are the largest unaddressed national health crisis facing our nation. Workplaces contribute to them and must be part of the solution to address this crisis.

Employers sidestep accountability for creating safe and respectful workplaces. From systemic flaws to behind-the-scenes maneuvers, this session will provide invaluable insights into the challenges workers face in holding organizations accountable. Learn:

Practical advice for navigating and protecting yourself within a system that often prioritizes profit over people

How laws governing workplace safety are created, implemented, and enforced

The backdoor conversations and strategies that occur at the highest levels of organizations to deflect responsibility

Ever wonder why some workplace conflicts feel more calculated than random? Welcome to Bully Intelligence — your guide to decoding the tactics that workplace bullies use to undermine their targets. Like a chess player who can anticipate their opponent’s moves, understanding these patterns gives you the power to protect yourself and others. This eye-opening presentation pulls back the curtain on workplace bullying.

Targets of workplace abuse from 26 states plus Washington, DC, have stepped up as Workplace Psychological Safety Act bill directors to take on holding employers accountable for ensuring psychologically safe workplaces. To prevent others from suffering from betrayal from their employers as they did, bill directors use their personal pain for political action. In this talk, hear from some of our bill directors, who will reveal what it’s like for them to use their voices to both build collective power and take back their personal power to continue to heal.

Leaving a toxic work environment is rarely the end of the story. In fact, sometimes it feels like the beginning of another nightmare. We are often not aware of the full extent of the physical, mental, and emotional health harm that has occurred until after we leave. Feeling like our old self seems like an insurmountable task. We want to get our lives back on track and feel better but don’t know where to begin. Workplace abuse involves deep betrayal. We don’t feel safe. Our trust has been violated. Sometimes we don’t even trust ourselves. Our belief in a just world has been completely shattered. We find ourselves sick and unemployed. It does take time, but we CAN feel better. Recovery is possible for those who suffer from institutional betrayal. Knowing a roadmap for recovery can help.

Every year, millions of U.S. workers experience life-threatening, traumatic workplace abuse. The phenomenon has been dubbed a silent epidemic and is the largest employee exploitation to occur in the U. S. since the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was enacted. End Workplace Abuse has brought thousands of formerly and presently targeted employees together to speak out against these cruel and inhumane workplace practices. The more of us come forward and speak out publicly, the safer we all are. Telling your story can help with the healing process and also serve as a powerful advocacy tool for yourself and others. Ready to go public with your story and/or get out the word about workplace abuse? Kim will give you a step-by-step guide on framing your personal story of workplace abuse and cover actionable advice for those looking to publish in the press and/or be a podcast guest.

Often times when we experience workplace abuse, we lose focus on who we are as people — in and out of the workplace.

Employers do not have the power to rob us of our dignity unless we give them that power. Learn how to navigate back to joy and all the vibrant ways we can dance with dignity. You’ve worked hard at work. Now it’s time to work hard at joy. Joy can come in many forms. Don’t lose hope. Bet on yourself.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is highly affiliated with workplace abuse yet sadly, PTSD is often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed by medical and mental health professionals not familiar with the dynamics of workplace abuse. Left untreated, trauma can have a lifelong impact. Please join trauma focused LCSW Amy Ebbeson and learn how to: 1) identify the symptoms of PTSD, 2) detach from the pain, and 3) learn ways to cope in the aftermath of workplace abuse. The good news: there is life beyond abuse.

There’s a big difference between what employers say their rules are and what actually happens inside organizations. Whether you are in a toxic work environment or in between jobs preparing to re-enter the workplace, don’t miss this opportunity to fill your employee toolbox.

Dan Goodman is a fierce employee advocate who focuses on employment agreements, restrictive clauses, severance, performance improvement plans (PIPs), and more. He’ll answer your questions about the unwritten corporate rules so you know what’s really going on with your employer.

He combines a unique approach of business acumen, negotiating, and strategic coaching to help employees navigate the landmines of the corporate landscape to support and empower them to stand up for themselves.

“There is extensive neuroscientific research on how ALL forms of bullying and abuse can and usually do physical harm to the brain. It can be seen on brain scans.”
— Dr. Jennifer Fraser

The workplace is rife with bullying and abuse, which can cause invisible brain injuries. Yet because our brains are remarkably adept at repairing all kinds of traumas and injuries, we can heal our scars and restore our health.

In The Bullied Brain, Dr. Jennifer Fraser shares evidence from doctors, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, and neuroscientists that shows:

How you can heal your neurological scars and restore your health.

The harm done by bullying and abuse to your brain