Heart On My Sleeve Movement is a not-for-profit community organisation with a vision to revolutionise the way we think about, talk about, and experience mental health within ourselves & in society. Our mission is to become the largest, most trusted, most constructive and most influential well-being community on the internet. We are not the cure, we are the catalyst. Our community is the place where people come to be real, be heard, and be themselves. We share our stories – both challenges & learnings- and find peace in knowing we’re not alone. Our hope is that people will be inspired and inspire others to live a life of authenticity… simply by knowing you are seen, held & worthy. This is the path & destination of true well-being and personal salvation. This Movement was founded on the belief that it's time to flip the conversation in mental health from thinking or being told "it's ok to talk", to actually believing it, owning our story, and sharing it when it may be helpful for others or yourself to do so. This brings the power back into the hands of the sufferer. Very few people are actually volunteering their story, or even when they do, they aren’t allowing the conversation to get a level that’s authentic or therapeutic, in fear of being judged. We want to take that next step, and give people the confidence to be vulnerable – not just for themselves, but for others. The only way we are getting through this mess and making a change is from the inside-out. And that starts with people leading by example who have had their own challenges with mental health. The Movement is led by Mitch Wallis who is a young man who has been victim to a lifetime of chronic mental illness, but also understands the mental health field from a clinical perspective as a Masters student of Psychology, and has had career in marketing & technology and knows how to create meaningful change through the power of storytelling. Since we launched in May 2017, we've reached over 1 million people, and featured on top news outlets including The Project TV, Sydney Morning Herald, Triple J, and have the support of many high profile individuals including: Matt Shirvington , Bernard Foley, Tash Sefton, and even Deepak Chopra. We have received thousands of individual comments, messages, emails, shares and personal stories from people all over the country explaining how the movement helped them feel truly understood for the first time and how they’re inspired to share who they really are. It is becoming the platform to that vulnerable conversation that otherwise may not have been had. We’ve even seen people get a tattoo of a heart on their arm to show their commitment to the cause, including Mitch's grandmother at 79 years old. The HOMSM is quickly becoming the most trusted platform in the country for sharing mental health stories in the social space.
