Joshua Rivedal
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Joshua Rivedal

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Joshua Rivedal—educator/speaker, actor, playwright, author, standup comic—is the creator and founder of Changing Minds: A Mental Health Based Curriculum and The i’Mpossible Project. He has spoken about suicide prevention, mental health and nutrition, and diverse experiences across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia. He has a degree in organizational psychology from Southern New Hampshire University. He is trained in human capital management with an emphasis in coaching from New York University, community counseling from the Southern California Counseling Center, the teacher’s edition of emotional intelligence at Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence and is trained in suicide prevention modalities QPR and ASIST. His original coursework on suicide prevention is taught in Washington State to various professions such as dentists, pharmacists, and occupational therapists. As an actor, Joshua’s voice has been heard on U.S. national commercials like Dell, McDonald's, Dunkin Donuts, and Johnnie Walker; as well as on one of the Freckleface Strawberry Books, Cinderella Penguin, and as part of the award-winning voiceover cast of The Art of Secrets by James Klise. Joshua is the author of eight books, the ghostwriter of several other books, and a co-author of three scientific peer-reviewed journal papers, one on the trajectory of the survivor of suicide loss, another on the art of living with chronic illness, the third on surviving trauma. Joshua practices Taekwondo and achieved the rank of 1st degree black belt. He has a certificate in food, nutrition, and health from Community College of Philadelphia, and loves to cook elaborate meals and make homemade wine.
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