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Nothing Heals Like Sport Speaker Series

Nothing Heals Like Sport Speaker Series The Nothing Heals Like Sport Speaker Series brings together experts from mental health, education, philanthropy, and sport to explore how intentional sport environments serve as a powerful pathway for youth mental health. Megan Bartlett, CHJS Founder, hosts each conversation…

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Become a Most Valuable Coach

Too many young people are leaving sport. And it’s not because of the game. It’s because of the experience. Research is clear: the quality of a young person’s relationship with their coach is one of the strongest predictors of whether they stay in sport or…

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CHJS in Canada

OVERVIEW Yeah, We’re Here. And We’re Not Just Watching. CHJS has boots on the ground in Canada, and we are coming in hot! We’re working with schools, clubs, cities, and organizations to make sport safer, smarter, and more human. Science-backed? Absolutely. Human-centered? Always.   MEET…

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Sport as a Tool for NYC Mental Health: Join a Cohort

Already know you want in? Click here to sign up. – Join a dynamic community in New York City exploring how sport can be a powerful tool for building resilience, connection, and well-being. With support from the Carmel Hill Fund, this three-part learning cohort brings…

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Next Play Mentoring Initiative

Empowering Mentors. Strengthening Communities. The Next Play Mentoring initiative, powered by the NFL, equips coaches with the skills, relationships, and support they need to lead beyond the field. Community coaches are more than team leaders — they are mentors, role models, and catalysts for change…

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Free Healing-Centered 101 Coach Training

Join us for free, virtual trainings on healing-centered coaching. Every coach wants what’s best for their athletes. But in a system that emphasizes overall performance and wins, many coaches feel stuck using outdated methods that don’t match what we now know about how young brains…

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Sport: Where Young People Find Belonging

By Megan Bartlett, Founder of Center for Healing and Justice through Sport We’ve been treating the youth mental health crisis like an epidemic of anxiety. But what if it’s really an epidemic of loneliness? Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called social disconnection as deadly as…

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CHJS Expands to Canada!

November 2025 –  Canada’s kids are struggling. Nearly 1.2 million experience mental health challenges, fewer than 40% get enough daily physical activity, and one-third can’t access organized sport because of cost. At the same time, competitive programs tend to favor kids with prior experience or…

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Stop Treating Sport as ‘Extra.’ It’s One of Our Best Mental Health Tools.

By Megan Bartlett, Founder, Center for Healing and Justice through Sport World Mental Health Day. One day a year we pause to acknowledge what we already know: young people are struggling, resources are stretched thin, and everyone’s looking for solutions. But here’s the thing –…

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The Long Game

A Decade of Partnership in Action [WATCH “THE LONG GAME”] When we’re trying to make change across the city, it takes time. Change is only going to happen if you make the real investment. Today, we’re releasing “The Long Game” – what sustained partnership with…

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