Speaker. Author. Advocate.
Speaker. Author. Advocate.
ABOUT MHLI
A more resilient workplace starts with better support.
The Mental Health Leadership Institute (MHLI) is a membership-based organization dedicated to empowering leaders by transforming workplace mental health support. We provide accessible, highly efficient, and cost-effective frameworks that proactively address daily psychological challenges, with measurable, positive impacts and sustainable well-being for every member of your organization.
OUR STORY
About
Larry
Larry is a mental health advocate with a long history of integrating pet therapy and animal assisted interactions (AAI) into wellness initiatives for both college campuses and corporate environments. His work blends compassionate outreach with evidence-based practices, making mental health support more approachable, engaging, and stigma-free for diverse audiences.
Larry is a mental health advocate with a long history of integrating pet therapy and animal assisted interactions (AAI) into wellness initiatives for both college campuses and corporate environments. His work blends compassionate outreach with evidence-based practices, making mental health support more approachable, engaging, and stigma-free for diverse audiences.
Grounded in neuroscience, Larry’s programs leverage the positive effects of human-animal connection: increased oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine; reduced cortisol; and improved emotional regulation. These biological shifts are especially powerful for college students facing rising levels of stress, loneliness, and academic pressure, as well as for employees navigating burnout, disengagement, and chronic workplace strain. AAI provides a fast, biologically rooted reset that restores cognitive bandwidth and emotional resilience.
Grounded in neuroscience, Larry’s programs leverage the positive effects of human-animal connection: increased oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine; reduced cortisol; and improved emotional regulation. These biological shifts are especially powerful for college students facing rising levels of stress, loneliness, and academic pressure, as well as for employees navigating burnout, disengagement, and chronic workplace strain. AAI provides a fast, biologically rooted reset that restores cognitive bandwidth and emotional resilience.
Larry also brings a neuroeconomic lens to his work, demonstrating that AAI is not only beneficial for wellbeing but also financially strategic. For universities and corporations alike, animal-assisted programs become high ROI investments that strengthen the bottom line while elevating human wellbeing.
Larry also brings a neuroeconomic lens to his work, demonstrating that AAI is not only beneficial for wellbeing but also financially strategic. For universities and corporations alike, animal-assisted programs become high ROI investments that strengthen the bottom line while elevating human wellbeing.
Animal Assisted Interaction
Pet therapy and human-animal connection as a powerful, accessible tool for mental health support.
Animal Assisted Interaction
Pet therapy and human-animal connection as a powerful, accessible tool for mental health support.
Neuroscience
The biology of wellbeing — oxytocin, cortisol, and the brain's response to connection and stress.
Neuroscience
The biology of wellbeing — oxytocin, cortisol, and the brain's response to connection and stress.
Neuroeconomics
The measurable ROI of mental health investment — turning wellbeing into a strategic advantage.
Neuroeconomics
The measurable ROI of mental health investment — turning wellbeing into a strategic advantage.
Mental health awareness does
positive things.
Where neuroscience, pet therapy, and leadership meet.
Where neuroscience, pet therapy, and leadership meet.
Larry Grogan helps universities and corporations build mental health programs that are evidence-based, accessible, and strategically sound because real wellbeing transforms what people are capable of.
Larry Grogan helps universities and corporations build mental health programs that are evidence-based, accessible, and strategically sound because real wellbeing transforms what people are capable of.
Mental health support is a
positive.
Find out how. Bring Larry's distinguished mental health leadership presentations to your campus or company.
Mental health support is a
positive.
Find out how. Bring Larry's distinguished mental health leadership presentations to your campus or company.
Mental health support is a
positive.
Find out how. Bring Larry's distinguished mental health leadership presentations to your campus or company.