This Is My Brave

Website: thisismybrave.org

This Is My Brave, Inc. is a national nonprofit dedicated to mental health storytelling. Through our flagship program, This Is My Brave - The Show, we invite individuals to share their personal stories of overcoming mental illness and/or substance use disorder using poetry, essay, original music and comedy on stage in front of a live audience in order to break down stigma and let others know they are not alone. Since 2014, we have produced over 100 shows and featured the stories of 1000 storytellers. All our shows are professionally videotaped and uploaded to our YouTube channel.

We also encourage storytelling through virtual events and platforms, like Brave the Storm 5K, Teen Mental Health Month, Jay Walkers, and our blog.

This Is My Brave is a movement built on community. We have collected evidence to show that each time a story is shared, stigma is reduced and minds and lives are changed. There’s strength found in people coming together to move a mission forward which is why we created our organization. One day we will live in a world where we won't have to call it "brave" for talking openly about mental illness and substance use disorder. We'll simply call it talking.

If you like the sound of that, we invite you to Be Brave with Us! Sign up for our newsletter, like and follow us on Facebook or Instagram, or Share your Story!

#StorytellingSavesLives