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Strong Minds
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A movement to proactively create environments that cultivate strong minds, not just reactively manage problems.
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cultivate strong minds
A movement to proactively create environments that cultivate strong minds, not just reactively manage problems.
Having a strong mind means being fully capable of navigating the stresses and challenges of life and functioning productively.
You’re worried about what the modern environment is doing to our minds. Whether it's social norms, technology, food, or something else entirely. If you're ready to do something about it in your family, classroom, school, program, or team, join the Strong Minds Community to experiment, measure, and learn together what really moves the needle.
If you are committed to building an environment in your home, classroom, program or school that cultivates strong minds — from smartphone policies to healthy food and a strong sense of social belonging — this is for you.
Use the MHQ to benchmark your group's mind health, track change over time, and pinpoint the specific areas — like belonging, stress, or screen habits — where a small shift could make the biggest difference.
Browse a growing directory of organizations offering programs, curricula, and services aligned with your goals, so you don't have to build everything from scratch.
Explore summaries, briefs, and visual breakdowns of the latest mind health research — translated into practical takeaways you can act on right away.
Access ready-to-use lessons, discussion guides, and activities designed to spark conversation and build buy-in among the people you work with.
Connect with other leaders and change-makers to swap what's working, ask questions, and get practical tips from people tackling the same challenges.
The world is changing fast. New products and tools constantly reshape our physical and cultural environment and how we live — often in ways that quietly harm the health of the human mind, long before we notice the damage.
The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary decline in the wellbeing of adolescents and young adults that extends to all aspects of mental function — emotional, social, cognitive, and physical. From smartphones to ultra-processed food, this shift tracks closely with profound changes in our social, technological, and chemical environments. Because this decline is so recent, we know thriving in the right environment is possible — and we now know how much different environmental factors contribute to the problem. We simply can't accept this as a new normal.