Stories & Lives

Stories from the Goodyear Foundation

These are not polished marketing stories. They're real experiences of loss, mental health, chronic illness, and quiet resilience — starting with my own and eventually including voices from across our community.

You don't have to relate to every detail. If one paragraph makes you feel a little less alone, or helps you understand someone you love a bit better, then this archive is doing its job.

Featured Story

My Dad's Story

Losing my dad to suicide at six years old, the ripple it created in my life, and how that loss quietly shaped everything from masculinity to mental health.

#suicide-loss#father#childhood

More stories from our community

As the foundation grows, this will become a living archive of grief, diagnosis, healing, and the small ways people keep each other going.

Impact Snapshots

Small, real moments from our programs — the kind you won't see in marketing materials.

One local teen told us he didn't know he was dealing with anxiety — he thought he was just 'broken.' After trying the breathwork tool, he said it was the first time he felt like he wasn't fighting himself.

Youth Programhopeful

We heard from a woman caring for her aging father who said the Family Script guide finally gave her language she didn't realize she needed. It kept their conversation from spiraling into fear.

Elders Programsoft

One family told us the Appointment Prep Guide helped them finally ask questions they were too overwhelmed to articulate during appointments.

CADASIL & Chronic Illnesshonest

A visitor said the 'Bad Day Reset' helped them get through a morning they thought was going to derail their whole week.

Wellness Toolshopeful

Want to share your story someday?

If something in these stories resonates with you and you feel like you might want to share part of your own journey — whether now or months from now — you can quietly raise your hand.

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Built in memory of one good man from small-town Kansas who didn't get to see this part.