Social innovation tries to alter the ways societies respond and prevent social problems. Regarding mental health, social innovation is far and few between because of the difficulty trying to diagnose the disease while also helping the individual cope with their symptoms. Education is main part of mental illness, trying to help society understand and advocate.

              During the workshops with schools, we address depression, treatment options and MINDFULNESS. We also touch on drug abuse. We started focusing on mindfulness because it attaches all of these different factors of mental health together. We started this philosophy because of a small school district in Fishers, Indiana. They created a new way of thinking to allow students to understand what they are feeling but also allow them to feel free to speak their opinions. Teachers and faculty recognized a rise in anxiety levels due to social media, the pressure to succeed and the fear of school shootings. To combat these issues, each teacher took an online mindfulness course that educated them about being mindful of yourselves and others. The principal, Danielle Chastain stated, “the goal was to find strategies to help our kids improve attention, reduce stress [and] increase empathy and compassion.” After this implementation, the teachers noticed a huge shift within the students, with less conflict between the students and overall less stress. (Levine, 2018)

             All of us here at Brave Mind, want to create mindfulness within all schools to allow students to prosper. We base our workshops and our mentality on our research of successes throughout the country.