Brian & JoAnna Dickinson is a Christian, mission-driven speaker listed on Sent Speakers. Brian & JoAnna Dickinson speaks on Leadership, Marriage & Family, Mental Health & Faith, Crisis Management, Preaching & Teaching. Available to speak in person and virtually. Churches, conferences, and organizations can send a booking request directly from this profile.
Faith, Resilience & Healing — Christian Speaking Couple
Brian and JoAnna Dickinson bring together firsthand survival experience and professional counseling insight to share a message of faith, resilience, and healing. Brian Dickinson served six years in the U.S. Navy as an Aviation Rescue Swimmer, including two deployments to the Persian Gulf. On May 15, 2011, he solo-summited Mount Everest; when snow blindness took his vision at the summit, he descended alone for seven hours to high camp — the highest solo blind descent ever recorded. He is the bestselling author of Blind Descent and co-author of Calm in the Chaos, and hosts the Calm in the Chaos podcast. His individual keynotes on leadership and resilience serve corporate, military, and university audiences. JoAnna Dickinson is a Christian counselor (MSW) whose work centers on mental health, marriage, and spiritual recovery. As co-author of Calm in the Chaos, she brings the counselor's roadmap to Brian's survival story: what healing after trauma actually involves, and how faith carries people through it. Their joint program, Faith, Resilience & Healing, is presented to churches, faith conferences, Christian universities, and corporate faith programs. Brian is also the author of Bloodline of Redemption. As a keynote speaker for Focused Ascent, LLC, he speaks on leadership, resilience, overcoming adversity, teamwork, faith, and performing under pressure. Brian's main site is https://briandickinson.net
The full Everest story: the solo summit, going snow-blind at the top of the world, and the seven-hour descent that followed — translated into leadership, resilience, and decision-making frameworks for organizations facing their own high-stakes moments.
LeadershipLessons from Navy rescue missions and the Everest Death Zone on staying clear-headed when circumstances are uncertain and the stakes are real. At home at a corporate leadership summit, a military command event, or a university lecture series.
LeadershipBrian and his wife JoAnna — Christian counselor (MSW) and co-author of Calm in the Chaos — share a message of resilience, faith, and healing after trauma, pairing firsthand survival experience with professional insight into mental health, marriage, and spiritual recovery. For churches, faith conferences, and any audience where faith is part of the conversation.
Mental Health & Faith
