Joe Mack | Founder of Mind In Motion

I grew up in a suburban neighborhood in NJ.  However, I was surrounded by death at a young age.  When I was 9, a friend of my brothers died of an aneurysm at age 20.  Over the next 14 years, 3 other people died young.  One committed suicide at 24, and 2 brothers died tragically.  One was killed while trying to cross a highway at age 26.  The other died in a drowning accident at age 25.  I was a friend with the last one.  I found out his death by looking at a newspaper and seeing on the front page the tragic article and the location where he died.  Years later, I lost 2 cousins in their 40s, as well as 3 childhood friends who died at 46, 52, and 54.  Ten years ago, a father and son died the same day, with the son committing suicide after his Dad died.  They both worked at the funeral home where I attended many of these funerals, including several for my relatives who died.

These experiences helped shape my life and make me a stronger, more capable individual. I have found happiness in my life where so many have not. Because of this, I decided to create a tool that would help people who suffer from mental illnesses to find what I have found. I may not be rich or own a big mansion but I have found happiness. And so many people who suffer from mental illness just want to be happy.