Female Military Vet & Mental Health Recovery Speaker
Angie Peacock
If you want to hear from someone who is authentic and vulnerable in sharing their lived experience and is proof of what it looks like to make it to the other side of healing and recovery, look no further than Angie Peacock.
She inspires, motivates, and helps audiences feel hopeful about what they can achieve as she talks about what it takes to find and harness your inner strength, how to be the best and bravest version of yourself, and how to lead the life you desire. She combines practical advice with real-life experiences and turns every room she speaks to into a magical container of transformation.
Angie is a dynamic facilitator who proves grit and determination can help you feel empowered in finding your way forward and lets others know they can conquer anything that comes their way and accomplish the mission they set their minds to.
Making Mental Health a Topic Of Conversation
A core part of our work includes speaking engagements and appearances, which allow us to deliver our message of promoting informed choice and encouraging empowered action to improve patient outcomes in the mental health industry at large and at scale.
Angie Peacock is a sought-after mental health speaker and a dynamic force on stage for her inspirational talks about leadership, fighting the good fight, and finding the courage to challenge the status quo, all while healing from trauma. She isn’t afraid to spark a dialogue around important topics like psychiatric drug use and withdrawal and veterans’ mental health.
Her story has been featured in three documentaries, one Emmy-award-winning piece on PBS SoCa Connected, and in numerous major press pieces on CBS, BBC, NPR, and CNN.
Mental Health/Psych:
You can rebuild after trauma.
Healing allows you to thrive in your life, and not just survive it. When you take control of what’s been lost and find the freedom to explore what’s available to you, you believe in what’s possible, and the fear of not having a say in your care and your choices being taken away dissipates. Healing doesn’t just change your life for the better—it saves your life.
Healing doesn’t happen alone; it happens in community.
Be gentle with yourself; saving lives takes time.
There’s life after trauma; think about how you’ll live it.
Addiction/Recovery:
Recovery looks different for everyone.
Navigating the road to recovery is a unique and individual journey for every person. The most important part is finding what practices work for you and employing those practices to heal and regain control over your life. While you are ultimately the one to heal yourself, you can find support along the way.
Recovery is learning how to heal from life’s trying times.
Resiliency is a cornerstone of recovery because it keeps you inspired and gives you reasons to keep going.
How you navigate the road to recovery is up to you.
Military/Veteran:
Learn how to access your inner warrior.
Transitioning back into civilian life can feel near impossible, but it is doable when you learn how to not only come home to your country but come home to yourself. You can work through the mess, figure out life in spite of the odds, and forge your own path forward, being completely yourself.
Fight the good fight and fulfill your potential.
Find the will to win the battles that you face.
Come home to yourself and lead a legendary life.
Transform your pain into passion and fuel for life.
Women’s Empowerment:
You get to choose your destination.
Everyone needs support, and we can go further together. When our lives feel out of control, we have the capacity to course correct, take control of the journey we’re on, and choose our ultimate destination—you get to take control, create options, and find freedom on the path you carve out for yourself.
Your life is yours to lead—the path is up to you.
The answers you need already reside within you.
Take up space and be a wild and dynamic force.
Life is meant to be lived boldly and fearlessly.
We believe that it’s important that we bring transparency to the modern mental health industry so that we can open up more honest dialogues
And Ignite Real Change.
Read Angie Peacock’s Speaking Bio
Angela Peacock has made it her personal mission to change the narrative and reshape the culture around mental health in America and abroad. Angela’s story starts with her service in the U.S. Army as a signal specialist. She served her country for seven years, including a deployment to Iraq, before being discharged because of a life-threatening illness and post-traumatic stress. While Angela was treated for her illness, she ended up being overmedicated—she came home a proud veteran only to find herself a patient in need. With patience, persistence, and determined resiliency, Angela was able to recover and discontinue all medications, release her identity as a patient, regain the majority of her health, and rebuild her life after enduring trauma. Angela found the strength to turn her pain into a passion for healing. Today, she works as a psychiatric drug withdrawal consultant and healing coach for individuals, families, and organizations, teaching harm reduction and deprescribing from psychiatric drugs.
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She is a fierce advocate for informed consent and transparency in the modern mental health industry. Angela’s story of finding hope in recovery has been depicted in detail in the documentary, “Medicating Normal,” and in the process of doing outreach for the documentary, Angela has reached more than 180 audiences worldwide, engaging them in open dialogue and discussions around psychiatric drug use and withdrawal and the importance of veterans’ mental health. Angela is a dynamic force who has dedicated her life to serving others—first as an army veteran and now as a champion and support system for individuals who have found themselves navigating the complex process of recovery alone—this is Angela’s next chapter of service. Angela has a Bachelor’s of Psychology and a Master’s in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. Her achievements at WashU made history as she was the first veteran since World War II to be inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa.
Angela was the driving force in the St. Louis Student Veterans of America community, playing a pivotal role in building and expanding three chapters and organizing a consortium of chapters across the region—demonstrating her determination and leadership in fostering a collaborative network. Angela was also a Veterans of Foreign Wars Legislative Fellow, a Wounded Warrior Project Courage Award recipient, a key member of the WWP National Campaign Team, and a finalist for Student Veteran of the Year with Student Veterans of America. Her past roles include serving as a board member with World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day, a veteran liaison with Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, and a team member at the Inner Compass Initiative.
Today, you can find Angela living fully and freely as she travels the U.S. in her campervan with her service dog, Raider. For Angela, van life is filled with what she calls “road magic”— unexpected acts of kindness you experience on the road that remind you that you’re on the right path. Angela chooses to take the road less traveled these days giving her the freedom and space to continue on her healing journey, not inside a doctor’s office, but on the open road. She transitioned back into civilian life on her own terms, took control of her physical and mental health, and transformed what she endured into her lived experience she is proud to share. It’s her honor to help others access their inner warrior, find their fight, and reach their potential on this journey we call life. As Angela continues her advocacy work to improve the mental health care system for veterans and civilians, she is leading by example and sharing the message that when life gets messy, you have the capacity to course correct, take control of the journey, and choose your destination—you have the power to choose how you navigate the road to recovery.
