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Addressing Suicide Risk On Site Can Save Lives On Your Team

You've watched good men withdraw, go quiet. You've felt that weight, knowing something's wrong but not knowing what to say. You're not alone in that. And there is a way through it.

  • You don't have to wait for a crisis to start the conversation.

  • One conversation, done right, can bring a man back from the edge.

  • This work comes from loss. And it's built so your guys stay safe.

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Just One Conversation to Reduce Suicide Risk In Your Team

True, one conversation on a job site does what no poster or EAP program ever could. This is what shifts. When the Right Conversation Happens.

You Finally Know What to Say
No more silence. Your leaders walk away with language they can use that same week.

Your Team Talks Now
Not a checkbox. A real shift in how your crew looks out for each other before things break.

Frameworks Built for your Job Site
No jargon. No theory. Frameworks your foremen will actually trust and use on-site.

Mental Health Is Part of Your Safety Now
The construction industry understands risk. This widens the lens to include mental health risk, too.

The Numbers Your Safety Program Is Not Talking About

Construction has one of the highest suicide rates of any industry. These are not abstract numbers. They belong to real men on real job sites.

2x Higher

Suicide rate for male construction workers vs working men overall.

5.5x

More construction workers die by suicide than by on-site fatalities

6,000

Construction workers died by suicide in 2022

40%

Of men have never spoken to anyone about their mental health

83%

Construction workers who reported struggling with mental health

1 Conversation

Is all it takes to change the direction of someone's life

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No Complicated Rollout. No Lengthy Onboarding.

Just three steps. Real impact. Support that does not disappear when the talk ends.

Step - 1

Book a Free Call

One honest conversation about where your
team is and what they actually need. No
pressure. No pitch.

Step - 2

We Build the Right Program

Keynote, workshop, or ongoing training. Built
around your crew, your culture, and your specific goals.

Step - 3

Your Leaders Walk Away Ready

Not inspired and forgetful. Ready. Real tools. Real language. A clear next step they can use that same week.

I checked in with my guy the morning after the talk. First real conversation we had in three years.

Construction Leader

Post-Keynote

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Where Other Engagements Fail, Mine Has
a Lasting Impact

Your crew has sat through talks before. Here is what was missing, and what makes this different.

A leader who freezes when someone
goes quiet


Mental health is outside your safety
culture


A crew that suffers alone because
nobody asked


Young men at home or in the trades
with no direction and no words


One talk that everyone forgets by
Monday


Leaders carrying the weight of their
crew with no training to back it up


You know exactly what to say before the moment passes


Mental health becomes part of every
toolbox talk and safety meeting


A team that genuinely watches out for
each other before things break


Simple tools that work on a job site
and around a kitchen table


Ongoing reinforcement so the culture
keeps building after I leave


Confident leaders who act early
instead of waiting for a crisis

Every Other
Speaker


You walk out inspired with no idea
what to actually do


Two separate conversations that never
connect on site


A room that clapped and went back to
work unchanged


Content built for a general audience
that lands with nobody specific


A speaker who packed up and never
looked back


Good intentions with nothing real to
stand behind them

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In Their Own Words

See what attendees are saying about how my trainings and keynote speeches have helped them
heal, grow, and reduce risk.

★★★★★

I think it is great home he shares what he learned from his terrible experience. In hopes that others can look for the signs.

-Don Buhro

★★★★★

I found your presentation difficult at times but nessesary. I have been impacted by suicide and the words you said made me sad but helped me look at my trama differently. Really encouraged me to put this at the top for our organization.

-Attendee

★★★★★

Extremely well done and well thought out - a great mix of inspiration, hope, and actionable items.

-Attendee

Hi, I'm Ethan Getchell. And Losing My Brother to Suicide Changed Everything.

If I had to be honest…

Most people in this space have a story or a credential. I bring both, the lived experience and clinical tools that actually work.

In fact, I didn’t just read about construction. I grew up in it. I know the long days, the pressure, and the silence men carry without words.

I lost my brother to suicide. That pain could have destroyed me, but it pushed me forward. I trained in social work and psychiatry to understand what happened and to make sure another family doesn’t have to go through the same loss.

Everything I bring to a job site comes from that experience. I’m not teaching theory. I’m sharing what I’ve lived.

I don’t just try to inspire. I give crews words they can use, frameworks their foremen can follow, and steps they can start immediately.

This work started in construction, but it travels. Fathers, young men, anyone who sees themselves here is welcome.

Things People Ask Before They Book
& My Honest Answers

  • Because most talks are built to inform. This one is built to change what people actually do. Your leaders will not leave with a feeling that fades by Friday. They will leave with specific language, a clear framework, and a next step they can take before the week is out. The goal was never inspiration. It’s behavior change that sticks on the job site long after I leave.

  • This is not generic mental health content dressed up for construction. It is built from the inside by someone who grew up in a multi-generational construction family. The language is the same. The culture is understood. The pressure, the silence, the way men on a job site communicate, and the way they go quiet. That is not research. That is lived experience. That is exactly why it lands where other talks do not.

  • Keynote speaking, half-day and full-day workshops, and ongoing team training programs. The right format depends on where your team is right now and what you are trying to build. That is exactly what the first call is for. No pressure. Just an honest conversation about what your crew actually needs.

  • That is the right question, and most organizations never think to ask it. A lot of speakers deliver a keynote and disappear. The impact fades by Monday, and nothing really changes. That is not how this works. Follow-up tools, reinforcement resources, and practical next steps are provided so the conversation keeps building long after the event ends.

  • Yes. Every engagement is purpose-built around your specific team, your culture, and your goals. You are not getting a packaged program pulled off a shelf and handed to whoever shows up. You are getting frameworks designed specifically for your crew, delivered by someone who understands your industry from the inside and stays invested in the outcome after the event.

  • That is exactly who this is built for. Not people who are already comfortable. Leaders who carry real responsibility for their crew but freeze when it matters because nobody ever gave them the words. That discomfort is not a barrier. It is the starting point. And it is exactly where the work begins.

  • Construction is the primary focus because it is the industry I know from the inside and the one carrying the most urgent need right now. But the frameworks travel. Fathers have used them at home. Young men have used them to take the first step they had been putting off for years. If something on this page resonated with you and you are not in construction, you are still welcome to reach out.

  • If someone on your team needs immediate support, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. This work is focused on prevention and early intervention. Building the conversations and the culture that catch people before they reach that point. But if someone is already there, please reach out to 988 right now.

  • First, the fact that you are asking this already matters. Most companies stay silent after a loss. You are not doing that. Your team is grieving and they are watching how you respond. They do not need a perfect response. They need to know someone is holding this with them. Whether you are leading a team or carrying this yourself, the grief is real and the silence that follows is heavy. You do not need the right words yet. You just need to know there is a way through it. Reach out. We will figure out the next step together.

Your Crew Deserves More Than a Poster on the Wall.

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Keynote and Workshop
Support Beyond the Talk

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