The JA MENTOR project recently brought together over 80 advocates, professionals, and pioneers in Bologna for a conference that felt less like a standard meeting and more like a movement. Under the banner of Transforming Mental Health Through Lived Experience, our purpose was clear: to recognize, validate, and elevate the expertise of personal experience. Key Takeaways from the Conference: True Collaboration: Traditional experts and experts by experience collaborated on an equal footing, sparking vital conversations about rethinking psychiatric recovery pathways and promoting holistic, human rights-based, and recovery-oriented mental health care. Policy & Action: We explored how to seamlessly integrate peer practitioners into mainstream mental health policies and advance survivor-led…