A real-life campaign on a mission to grow resilience by offering practical ways to handle whatever life brings.

Hey, I’m Here spreads positivity and awareness for others along their mental health and recovery journey.

We do this by:

  • Supporting certified youth peer supporters by providing free, ongoing trainings in areas that matter most such as burnout prevention, storytelling, and community building.

  • Empowering our Resilience Squad through monthly peer-led sessions that focus on resilience building and shared lived experiences.

  • Bridging the online and offline worlds, using virtual spaces for training and organizing so that teens and young adults may go on to make a real impact in their local communities.

Peer Support

Research shows that peer-led spaces help reduce isolation, normalize struggles, and empower youth to take an active role in their own well-being. We provide a safe space for small group and 1:1 peer support.

What We Do

Social Impact

Young people are given the support and platform they need to become positive social media influencers, engaging with the digital world to make real-world impact. We also provide the funds and support for young people to organize offline and spread their impact locally.

Whole-Self Health

We emphasize mental health and recovery using a whole-self health approach that emphasizes six key impact areas: Health, Cognition, Identity, Meaning & Purpose, Emotion, and Social Connection. We’ve teamed up with partners such as Real Human Performance to provide trainings and support in each of these areas.

Our Impact Areas

Hey, I’m Here is focused on promoting mental health and recovery using a whole-self health approach that impacts a person’s: mental health, physical health, cognition, identity, meaning and purpose, emotion, and social relationships. Inspired by the Portrait of a Thriving Youth framework, we provide a safe space for teens and young adults to practice goal-setting, learn self-worth, hear from diverse perspectives, practice empathy, and discover their purpose.

  • Promoting psychological & social well-being by learning how to maintain our energy balance, regulate stress responses, foster a growth mindset, and develop sustainable habits for mental and emotional well-being.

  • Discussing ways to establish healthy physical behaviors including exercise, healthy eating habits, rest & sleep, and positive body image.

  • Acquiring the skills, knowledge, and abilities to achieve goals and objectives by fostering curiosity and critical thinking, self-reflection, and applying learning to new settings.

  • Developing a sense of internal consistency about who we are now and who we want to be based on multiple social contexts and establishing a sense of self-worth and positive self-image.

  • Exploring who we are, why we are here, and how to connect and contribute to the world by seeking a diversity of perspectives, exploring our interests, and tapping into a moral compass.

  • Practicing identifying our own emotions and the emotions of others, building the skills of empathy, persistence, courage, and acceptance.

  • Developing trusting, reliable relationships with peers and adults in diverse social contexts, including the management and navigation of social media.