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We are the people’s movement for mental health & well-being. Join us in the fight to push our leaders to take action and end the crisis.
We Are: Bipartisan Civic Engagement, Awareness, and Direct Action
The Good Life Movement (GLM) is taking on the mental health crisis by creating an organized voice for the people. Together, we will pressure our leaders to take action and hold them accountable for how they vote on mental health & well-being legislation.
This essential work of mental health legislative accountability is not being done right now. GLM will build the key infrastructure to help thousands of Americans express their voice for mental health. This is how we pass new legislation.
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We're in the midst of a mental health crisis in the United States. This crisis impacts all Americans — from veterans to indigenous peoples, farmers to LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, young boys to new mothers, and so many more. Each of us have our own unique story. Unfortunately, the numbers are so bad that “Deaths of Despair” are attributed as one of the main causes of America’s declining life expectancy.
How can the richest nation in the history of the world be so unwell?
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Americans Have
an Illness
1000%
Increased
Rates of Depression
500%
More Deaths
from Drug Overdose
9th
Leading Cause
of Death is Suicide
82%
Increase in
Youth Suicide
1/5
Americans Have
an Illness
1000%
Increased
Rates of Depression
500%
More Deaths
from Drug Overdose
9th
Leading Cause
of Death is Suicide
82%
Increase in
Youth Suicide
1/5
Americans Have
an Illness
1000%
Increased
Rates of Depression
500%
More Deaths
from Drug Overdose
9th
Leading Cause
of Death is Suicide
82%
Increase in
Youth Suicide
70%
Of Counties Have
No Child Psychiatrist
#1
Cause of Years
Lost to Disability
10x
Veteran Deaths by
Suicide vs. Combat
10x
More Patients in
Jails vs. State Hospitals
40%
Of Americans
Are Lonely
70%
Of Counties Have
No Child Psychiatrist
#1
Cause of Years
Lost to Disability
10x
Veteran Deaths by
Suicide vs. Combat
10x
More Patients in
Jails vs. State Hospitals
40%
Of Americans
Are Lonely
70%
Of Counties Have
No Child Psychiatrist
#1
Cause of Years
Lost to Disability
10x
Veteran Deaths by
Suicide vs. Combat
10x
More Patients in
Jails vs. State Hospitals
40%
Of Americans
Are Lonely
2x
Likelihood of Minority
Groups to be Denied Care
3x
Rates of Attempted
Suicide LGBTQ Youth
44%
of youth feel
persistent sadness
21%
of police time is spent
on mental health calls
22%
of americans say
their job is meaningless
2x
Likelihood of Minority
Groups to be Denied Care
3x
Rates of Attempted
Suicide LGBTQ Youth
44%
of youth feel
persistent sadness
21%
of police time is spent
on mental health calls
22%
of americans say
their job is meaningless
2x
Likelihood of Minority
Groups to be Denied Care
3x
Rates of Attempted
Suicide LGBTQ Youth
44%
of youth feel
persistent sadness
21%
of police time is spent
on mental health calls
22%
of americans say
their job is meaningless
Mental Health Is Common Sense, Bipartisan, and Resoundingly Popular
Mental health is bipartisan. When voters were asked, across the aisle, if our politicians should be doing more to support our mental health. The response was an absolute 'yes' from all sides.
This shocks none of us. As people, we know it is common sense and obvious that 'how our mind is doing' is essential.
92% of
Democrats
Support MH
92% of
Independents Support MH
94% of Republicans Support MH
Despite the unprecedented support, mental health remains one of the most institutionally under supported causes in society.
Yet we have not seen major reform from our leaders.
Where is the plan? Where is the urgency?
"Mental Health is the most neglected health issue on earth."
The World Health Organization (WHO)
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A Plan to Fix Care, Reduce Costs, and Increase Access
The mental health crisis is like a house on fire — and with mental health care the way it is, it's like we haven't even built the fire department. Strong societies take care of the sick. We must fix (build) the system.
While there is more research and innovation to be done, we know more than enough to improve outcomes. Therapy, medications, neurotherapeutics, and urgent care facilities can save lives tomorrow. There are three buckets we can invest in right now.
Stop Criminalizing Mental Illness: Invest in 988 & Urgent Care
Our lack of investment into behavioral health centers has created an unjust pipeline of sick Americans into jails and homelessness. It's costing us billions— and thousands of lives.
Stop Insurers From Discriminating, Adding Costs & Blocking Access
Insurance companies do not treat mental health equally. They drive up costs and create disparities of access with our most vulnerable communities. This is illegal and we must hold insurers accountable.
Save Our Youth: Invest In Our Kids & School Mental Health
Our children are suffering and we can help them. Our schools need more mental health professionals, mental health first-aid training, and life skills like decision-making, self-management and relationship skills.
To Truly Heal, We Must Stop Individualizing Societal Problems
Fixing the care system and improving treatment is essential, but we must acknowledge that the root cause to so much of our crisis is that our society puts profits and money over people. In the name of GDP and market growth, people are squeezed and separated from meaningful and healthy lives. In an attempt to keep up, people lose much of what constitutes a life well-lived. In these vulnerable states, when difficult life events hit us, our mental health slides farther than it should. It shouldn't be that way.
Mental illness is a medical problem but our solutions must go beyond medicine. We must rebuild our communities and put people first.
View our full vision below where we advocate for a new measurement of social progress, and present a comprehensive vision of whole-person, whole community policy solutions.
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We Need Thousands of People Taking Action
The dearth of legislative change is because the mental health field has never built the infrastructure for a movement. As a result, the people have not organized into a single voice that holds our leaders accountable and pressures them into action. This is a major reason we have not had the change we want.
There are hundreds of life-saving mental health bills on the desk of legislators right now. Sadly, only a handful of these bills have been given real attention.
We can change this by organizing the people together into one clear group — a mental health voting bloc. As a 'voting bloc' we can create coordinated campaigns that exercise power by only voting for who supports our cause.
The Good Life Movement promises to help build this solution. We will deliver on the essential infrastructure to help thousands of Americans make their voice heard for mental health. Here is what we do:
How You Can Help
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We need 10,000 individual donors to wake up the political establishment and legacy institutions.
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Our movement is just beginning. We are building to mobilize in the 2023/2024. Sign up to help us build and make calls.
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