About HopePath

HopePath Mental Health Directory was created in honor of my mother, Elizabeth Moore, formerly Elizabeth Cardin.

Growing up, my family was deeply affected by my mother's serious mental health challenges. As a child, I did not fully understand what she was going through. I only knew that my mother was suffering, and our family was suffering with her.

She could not help what she was facing, but the impact on our family was very difficult. When I was 13 years old, my parents divorced, and our family structure changed dramatically.

One of the saddest parts of that season of life is that we never truly had the chance to know our mother the way children hope to know their mom. Mental illness affected her life, our family, and the relationships we all wished could have been different.

As I got older, I began to understand something important: people struggling with mental health conditions need more than general advice. They need the right kind of help, the right type of treatment, and support that is better matched to what they are actually facing. Families also need education, direction, and somewhere to turn when they do not know what to do next.

That is why HopePath Mental Health Directory was created.

— Loren Cardin, Founder