The 2025 recipient of the Leadership Excellence Award for Norway is Jimmy Westerheim.

In Norway, lived experience has become a library of hope, made digital, accessible, and powerfully human. From a childhood marked by isolation and suicidality, Jimmy Westerheim created a platform that shares structured video stories of how people face and overcome mental health challenges.

Through The Human Aspect Foundation and its Life Experience Library, thousands of real, relatable experiences are reaching young people in schools, services, and online communities, meeting them where they are with honesty and empathy.

The project has expanded globally, adapted to low-resource settings, and now partners with policymakers, academics, and NGOs to embed lived experience into mental health systems.

For transforming vulnerability into strength and isolation into connection, Jimmy Westerheim exemplifies leadership, innovation, and meaningful impact in