1 in 5. 1 in 5 people have a mental health condition today. However, what you may not know is that if you are an athlete with a mental health condition, you are significantly less likely to seek help or treatment for your mental health condition. No one should go without help, but athletes face…
Addressing mental health issues is one of the most important issues facing today’s society. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans over the age of 18 live with some form of a brain disorder, making up approximately 20% of the United States population. In Oregon alone, that number increases to 25%, with the state’s suicide rate among…
This spring at the University of Michigan, it was more of a whirlwind than normal: our men’s basketball team made it to the final of the NCAA March Madness National Championship, and the campus was in a tumult of celebration and wild hope…until we lost to Villanova. Despite this, the Michigan head coach John Beilein…
Flawless Kindness By Sandy Goldstein Can we please each take a look within ourselves? Everyone is now focused on gun control and better mental health advocacy – two very important causes near and dear to my heart. These are both admirable long term goals and I applaud the enthusiastic support for both. But what can…
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mid-January is a sacred time in our nation as we pause to recognize the greatest Civil Rights leader of our time, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year in Chicago on the day following…
This post was first published on October 23, 2017. Behind all of our work at the Flawless Foundation is our core belief in the perfection of every person. Our perspective is always based on seeing our common humanity through the lens of light and love. And we know we aren’t alone. There is a growing…
Last month at Mental Health America’s Clifford Beers Awards Dinner — the event where individuals who’ve made a significant contribution in the area of brain health advocacy are honored — Brandon Staglin received a congressional citation of recognition. It was a poignant moment as leaders from all corners of the mental health movement stood to…
We’ve been writing a lot recently about the importance of collaboration in the mental health advocacy community. Real change, in both our culture and our systems, will require the power of our combined voices, across a wide variety of media and channels. One way we can do this is by leveraging the unifying effect of…
When I started my non profit, the Flawless Foundation, one of the first organizations I got to know was the One Mind Institute. In particular, One Mind’s founders, the Staglin family, went out of their way to help us get off the ground by introducing us to Patrick Kennedy and working with us on our…
We were so sorry to hear of the death of the talented musician Chris Cornell yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends, and all the many fans around the world who also mourn this loss. We hope that the openness with which his death is being discussed continues — shining…