THI student fights for the mental strengthening of teenagers

Tatjana Bittner, a student in the Bachelor's degree programme International Management at THI Business School, together with her sister Lorena, has created a digital platform for the mental strengthening of young people. Under the name "JUST – Jugend stärken", the two young women give teenagers advice on mental health as well as on self-confidence and personality development - topics that are often not explicitly taught at school, but which strongly move teenagers. The sisters use a website as well as an Instagram channel with videos, motivational speeches or podcasts. There, they interview experienced mental coaches and psychologists, but also teenage role models such as influencers, actors or athletes, who talk about their challenges in life and how they have mastered them.

By now, a health insurance company and the children's charity organization Children for a Better World e.V. support Tatjana and Lorena. They also scored points in the THI's ideas competition in the 2020 summer semester - their idea made it to first place.

The next step for Tatjana Bittner and her sister is to find sponsors to further support young people in their self-discovery with lectures and events.