MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Every Tuesday as part of our Greater Memphis on a Mission series, we highlight organizations making Memphis better. This week, we caught up with a group that believes in being kind to your mind. Racheal Shantel is the founder and executive director of Mane Up Memphis. A non-profit organization that helps empower youth and families through mental health services and financial literacy programs. "If you take the first two letters in Memphis, it's me," Shantel said. "So mane up me. Empower me to become who I'm comfortable with. Because, at the end of the day, you are the only person you're with 100% of the time." Their mane mindscape mental health programs offer critical intervention, cognitive behavioral therapy, crisis intervention, life skills, parent group, and parent-child co-parenting. "Really make sure a person feels valued and heard. To understand how they're going through life and understand what makes them who they are. And then, you teach them to love yourself, be comfortable with who you are, and then that's how you get to it," Shantel said. They understand that one stress of mental health is financial literacy and financial decisions. That's why they also offer mane steps to financial freedom. "We go through the differences between financial institutions and credit unions," she said. "Then we go through how to do credit management and debt management. Then we talk about how to avoid predatory lending, and payday loans. And so we go through this by real-life scenarios." Non-profit teaches Memphis boys the healing power of horses They believe that any mental load carried together becomes lighter for all. "Mental health is not talked about in our communities, black and brown communities a whole lot," said Jasmine West-Hunter, a volunteer coordinator for Mane Up Memphis. "We're teaching people how to self-address before you turn that outward and spill over into the community. And, we're teaching you how to navigate through this journey with togetherness." That is why Brown Missionary Baptist Church and the Mid-South Genesis CDC donated $1,000 to Mane Up Memphis because when you grow personally, professionally, and financially, your community will do the same. Mane up Memphis has two upcoming events. Think outside the box when it comes to Your Money in April and in May their 2nd annual Your Mental Health Festival. If you would like to learn more about Mane Up Memphis, visit here.