​We believe we can move mountains towards a higher level of compassion and care for individuals who live with neurological diseases that are commonly misunderstood. Severe mental illnesses or SMIs, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, etc. carry a widespread negative stigma and misinformation that needs to change. ​Our goal is to reduce stigma, by educating the community and empowering caretakers. 

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SMIs are medical conditions like cancer, diabetes, and other illnesses. They are neurological diseases that are caused first and foremost, by inherited DNA and biological differences. These differences can have an impact on the human body, including metabolic and immune dysfunction, nutrient deficiencies, mitochondrial issues, increased oxidative stress and inflammation, etc. They are complex, chronic, and progressive illnesses. And they are treatable!

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In 1887, a German psychiatrist named Emil Kraepelin, was the first to describe the symptoms of what we now call schizophrenia. He used the term "dementia praecox", which translates to "early dementia". His first thoughts on this illness were that it was a progressive and irreversible brain disease that primarily affected young adults.