Turning mental health awareness into action

about sadie

At 14, I was in the depths of severe depression and anxiety, spending a year and a half in intensive treatment programs after exhausing my local mental health resources. Those experiences taught me what actually works: evidence-based interventions like DBT, highly skilled clinicians, and the reality that healing isn't a quick fix—it's continious, compounding growth.

But here's what frustrated me: The tools that saved my life existed, but most people my age would never access them. The gap between what psychology knows and what Gen Z actually does is massive.

So at 15, still in treatment, I started She Persisted with one goal: share the skills that actually work, so no one else has to feel as lost and isolated as I did.

Now, as a University of Pennsylvania graduate and depression researcher working toward my doctorate in psychology, I see it everywhere—Gen Z talks about mental health constantly, but we're still struggling in unprecedented ways. We're drowning in oversimplified advice, wellness trends that don't work, and therapy speak without the actual tools.

With She Persisted, I bridge that gap. I take proven psychology and translate it into clear, doable steps you can actually use.

Because mental health isn't just about awareness anymore. It's about action.

You deserve more than just talking about mental health. You deserve the tools to actually live it.