05/22/20 #SameHere Hero: Jack Riggins
Today’s #SameHere Hero: Jack Riggins from @riggins_jack, a 20 Year Navy SEAL Veteran! I’ve always had the utmost respect for those who’ve served our country, and in Jack we have a larger than life hero for so many reasons even beyond his service. Often when we hear about mental health and military service the story […]
05/16/20 #SameHere Hero: Traci Pincus
Today’s #SameHere Hero: @traci_pincus_lazzarini Traci is an awesome human, simply put. She cares immensely about others. Hers is a story with a tremendous background in epigenetic and inherited predispositions that have manifested in many difficult challenges. Her openness is awesome but perhaps my favorite part of this story is, how much she cares to help […]
04/10/20 #SameHere Hero: Harrison Potvin
Today’s #SameHere Hero: Harrison Potvin from @thementalcornee. What I love about Harrison’s story is that his reason for sharing so openly, stems from his own experience of knowing how lonely and isolating it can feel to struggle. He shared to let others know they are far from alone! Please welcome Harrison. “I’ve had my fair […]
01/09/20 #SameHere Hero: Tobias Vincent
“Life is short, life is hard. My struggles have made me who I am today. A successful family man, and business owner. I chose to continue life in the hardest times, and I will continue to do so. January 18th, 1995. I was born. My life was about to be the largest struggle I’d […]
01/08/20 #SameHere Hero: Jason Shapiro
“In 1998 my younger brother who I mistreated growing up was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia. In 2006 I unexpectedly found out my childhood best friend took his life. Then in 2013 my father was killed in car accident down the street from his house. Even though years separated each devastating instance, it felt like […]
01/07/20 #SameHere Hero: Tim James
“I have rewritten this a few times with each recollection bringing up an older event in my life. From the earliest nights I can remember laying in bed covering myself with pillows and stuffed animals pretending I was trapped in a spaceship wreck or under debris not being able to get out. I remember spending […]
01/06/20 #SameHere Hero: Chris Bruton
“Growing is in Canada and working to be a pro hockey player, I fell into some of the worst head spaces, habits, injuries and depression I ever thought imaginable. I evolved into an identity I didn’t have the strength to let go of. I hit rock bottom in my career and life. It was […]
01/05/20 #SameHere Hero: Janessa Holland
“Growing up, I lived in an incredibly explosive home. My Dad, and Mom had their own demons growing up and unfortunately it trickled down to my brother and I. I was always extremely unique as a child. I lacked the ‘normal,’ attention span of most kids. I had horrible headaches that were paralyzing. I […]
01/04/20 #SameHere Hero: Sabriya Dobbins
Today’s #SameHere Hero: Sabriya Dobbins Your typical high high achiever, grade A student, perfectionist. Everything had to be just so, & as that pressure grew, while her path she KNEW she needed to be on – becoming a veterinarian, fell through, she felt lost. That perfect world couldn’t be controlled be her anymore. […]
12/14/19 #SameHere Hero: Jake Newton
Today’s #SameHere Hero: Jake Newton, the newest member of the Influencer Alliance. Jake was a stellar hockey player growing up, being drafted by the Anaheim Ducks & spending some time in the Colorado Avalanche organization. All sounds like the perfect life, right? Except that for over 2 yrs of his life as a child, […]