To empower individuals, families, and groups with the tools and knowledge necessary to navigate everyday life challenges, fostering resilience and promoting emotional well-being. Our upstream strategy is to raise the consciousness of proactively managing issues before they escalate into major problems.
To disrupt the current reactive mental health ecosystem of downstream service delivery models, and becoming the leading resource in resiliency education, making a proactive and positive impact on the lives of those we serve.
Explore how our videos provide simple, weekly reminders that make mental health a priority and build resilience.
Connecting with other resources shines a light on how to handle the impacts of everyday life and coping with stress to lead healthier lives.
Here are the innovative and accomplished professionals who help support our Mission and Vision every day.
Creator and Founder of Emotional Vaccines®
Dr. Mehra created Emotional Vaccines® as a resource designed to build individual, organizational, and community wide resiliency in a manner that is scalable and leads to meaningful outcomes for emotional well-being. By training, Dr. Mehra is a Board-Certified Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist, and has been in practice in the Tampa Bay area for over 35 years. He has held multiple physician executive leadership positions such as Medical Director of Gracepoint Wellness, Directions for
Living (Clearwater), Joshua House, and Children’s Home Network as examples. His direct patient work has focused on children in foster care for over 25 years and assisting professional athletes in football, baseball, and soccer with life’s challenges. Dr. Mehra has lived a life of dedication to serve others and as such has received numerous awards for community service. Dr. Mehra’s passions lie with faith, family, and friends. He is joyfully married to his wife, Cathy, and has two daughters, and two precious granddaughters.
Favorite story about Emotional Vaccines®: We rolled out a series of parenting content videos in a local early childhood learning center. This led the parents to establish a PTA for themselves to support and educate each other!
Personal fun facts: Dr. Mehra has been to all 7 continents. His favorite things to do are traveling, exercise/playing tennis, finding “hole in the wall” eateries, and learning from his grandkids.
Why do you brush your teeth everyday? To prevent tooth decay.
Why do you have your child wear a bike helmet? To prevent head injuries.
Rahul N. Mehra, M.D.
CEO and Chief Physician Executive
Rahul N. Mehra, M.D. is the creator and founder of Emotional Vaccines®, a library of videos available through subscription and licensing. The proactive strategy behind the video content is disruptive to the existing mental health ecosystem. By, training, Dr. Mehra is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry. He has been in practice for over 30 years in the Tampa Bay area. Twenty-five of those thirty years were spent serving children in the foster care system. Dr. Mehra’s experience spans physician executive leadership roles for community mental centers, healthcare insurers, and building innovative service delivery models to better serve our community needs. In May of 2018, he gave the medical keynote address for the first-ever “Beyond the Physical: A Symposium on Mental Health and Sports”. This event was hosted by the NFL, NFL Players Association and Cigna. Dr. Mehra also has experience with Major League Baseball and professional soccer. Dr. Mehra has been recognized for his heartfelt service to others with numerous community-generated accolades.