Josh is the creator and chief architect of the nonprofit Pivot Adventure, which provides resiliency training courses for teens (and their families) struggling with depression, anxiety, and suicide ideation.
Josh started this nonprofit to make a dent in the teen mental health industry, where access and costs have gotten out of hand. Josh raised over three-quarters of a million dollars without a marketing budget to help over 750 teens who struggle with depression, anxiety, and suicide ideation participate in the Resiliency Training Course he designed. Graduates from this 8-week course saw an improvement in connectedness, happiness, perseverance, optimism, and engagement. In addition, Josh has run many workshops for thousands of teens in residential treatment programs, adults in rehab, and multiple school district leadership teams to help change their narrative about themselves and how they see the world.
Read
A selection of blogs and e-books I've written:
JoshAllred.blog
8 years of daily blog posts of breaking false limits and leveling up.
How Far Will You Go?
This free eBook, written in collaboration with the talented artist Caleb Ceran, was written during the pandemic to inspire families we were helping with Pivot Adventure.
Where Are You Going To Put The Tired?
Josh's workbook for Pivot Adventure is now available for free online to download.
Breaking Dogma:
The Search For Meaning In A Post-Industrial World
Josh is currently 225 pages into his first book about finding meaning in a world that continues to stamp out our humanity.
Media
A selection of talks, videos, podcasts interviews, and editorials I've been involved with:
TedxSalt Lake City
Community Ambassador's
Award
Emotional Intellegence
Nuria's Mastermind Podcast
Fly higher
Summit Speaker Series
Fear will never go away
Hope on the Hill
Inner Resiliency
Dreamer's Foundation
Ignore the loon noises
Introducing Pivot Adventure
Innovation
1 Million Cups
Cultivating resiliency
Eccovia Solutions
Teen mental health
Eccovia Solutions
Past Projects
Utah Valley University
Evaluation
Evaluating classes and their effectiveness for Outdoor Recreation Management students.
Canyons School District
Speaking Engagement & Workshop
Hired to speak to the Student Wellness Leadership Team and help the department generate new innovative policies that would positively affect 35,000 students in their district.
Midvale City
Development
In conjunction with the mayor's office, the first recreation department in the city was developed.
American Foundation of Suicide Prevention
Speaking Engagement
Spoke to teens and their parents in an online mental health education course.
