Hi. I’m Dr. Colleen Saringer

A blue-collar woman wrapped in a PhD package.

I’ve spent over 25 years working as an Organizational Health Leader serving global pipelines and energy companies, law firms, and professional services. However, nothing tops the workplace lessons I’ve learned growing up with parents who owned a sheet metal shop (I’m Construction-Bred), or those I’ve gained walking alongside my husband, the owner of an industrial roofing company (I’m also Construction-Wed).

And here’s the one consistent lesson I can’t ignore:

The way work is designed and led doesn’t just impact performance - it impacts people.

It impacts their mental health.

And in some cases, workplace conditions themselves can contribute to - and worsen - anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and suicide, whether or not someone has been diagnosed with a mental health condition.

This isn’t just research. I’ve lived it.

I learned it at 13, watching my dad struggle under the weight of the sheet metal business in ways that made him believe taking his life was the only way out.

In my late 30s, I found myself closer to this same edge than I ever expected all because my work environment surrounded me with several of the conditions that hurt people.

This is my Why.

I don’t want anyone to ever experience what my dad, or me, did all those years ago from work and/or our workplaces.

We’ve lost sight of the fact that work CAN be good for a person’s mental health. In fact, it can be lifesaving.

My keynote speeches and workshops can get you at least one step closer.