Mental Health Awareness Month: Apps To Boost Your Wellbeing

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time dedicated to breaking down stigmas surrounding mental health and promoting better wellbeing.

As the tech world continues to evolve, a whole number of apps have launched to help people manage and improve their mental health.

Whether it’s through meditation, mood tracking or connecting with a therapist, there’s an app out there to help you with your needs.

Here, we take a look at some apps that are boosting people’s wellbeing, right from their fingertips.

Let’s get into it…

 

UBQT

 

 

The idea of UBQT came about from the fact that it is difficult to know where your contacts are and when.

That information is scattered on many different platforms. So it can be hard to reconnect in person off the cuff.

Enter UBQT. The platform can:

1. Show you who is near you now – with a 200 mile radius to conserve privacy.

2. Know who will be near you soon (the next hour, day, week, month). You add your trip details, and all your contacts who will be in that same location at the same time as you get notified accordingly, encouraging you to book a catch up. That catch up then gets added to your in app calendar (synced to your main calendar).

3. Encourage spontaneous socialising by allowing users to tell their followers where they will be and when, allowing their friends to find them!

The platform is on a mission to improve connectivity, allowing people to enjoy time with their friends spontaneously.

 

BlockSender.io

 

 

Being overwhelmed with emails can contribute to stress and negatively affect your mental wellbeing.

BlockSender.io allows you to block and bounce back unwanted emails and spam, giving you more control over what lands in your inbox. This can be done either through the browser extension, adding more control directly within Gmail, or through the Block Sender dashboard.

With Block Sender’s advanced blocking rules, you can block emails based on any criteria, including the email address, keywords, IP address, or even advanced techniques, like blocking based on an email header. This level of customisation allows you to tailor your email blocking to your specific needs.

With email harassment sometimes spanning multiple accounts, such as work and personal accounts, Block Sender allows you to share your blocking rules across multiple accounts. This way you can block something once, and it’s blocked everywhere.

Unlike other services, Block Sender is a privacy-first company. Your data is never stored, shared, or sold to third parties, ensuring your information remains yours and secure. This commitment to privacy is a key feature that sets Block Sender apart from other email management tools.

 

Oniri

 

 

Oniri is the ultimate app for your dreams, allowing you to journal analyse and record your dreams.

With over 1 million dreams recorded, the app’s one-of-a-kind dream analysis and tools have led to better mental health, increased creativity and problem-solving skills, enhanced moods, better self-understanding, and increased lucid dreaming success among users.

 

MOJO Health

 

 

MOJO Health is working to educate and empower patients to change the cancer healing process to not only treat cancer cells but to heal the root causes of disease.

MOJO (stands for “MOre JOy”) is on a mission to help every single newly diagnosed cancer patient live their best life in joy as the cancer healing journey can traditionally take a huge toll on mental health.

Inspired by Founder and Chief Joy Officer Julie Stevens’ experience pivoting from a devastating Stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis to No Evidence of Disease (NED) in just 9 months, MOJO Health aims to extend every single newly diagnosed cancer patient with the same empowering advantages that propelled Julie’s success to health.

 

Sun Valley Saunas

 

 

Started by ski town sauna enthusiasts, Sun Valley Saunas is the ultimate at-home sauna brand. With the many physical and mental health benefits of saunas, including stress management, relaxation, detoxification, improved sleep, and more, Sun Valley Saunas is on a mission to bring these very benefits right to your doorstep by offering competitive prices on the highest quality, hand-built traditional saunas, infrared saunas and sauna essentials.

With a variety of saunas including 1-6 person indoor, outdoor, and barrel saunas, as well as sauna essentials like heaters, stoves, and even ice barrel cold plunge tubs, Sun Valley Saunas makes it easier than ever to channel a luxury wellness spa retreat right from the comfort of your home.

 

TINAH

 

 

TINAH is on a mission to provide recommendations for the best products, services and apps that empower individuals to take their mental wellbeing into their own hands, provide resources to educate on what’s possible to achieve if they do, and open dialogues that eliminate stigma and make mental health a more casual conversation.

They believe “Time Is Not A Healer,” but that we all have the power to heal ourselves using time as a resource – as long as we have the right toolkit for the journey, and that is exactly what TINAH the marketplace provides.

 

 

Shoorah

 

 

Mental health app Shoorah is at the forefront of innovation. Its mental health & wellbeing technology platform harnesses the power of AI, machine learning, automation, and big data to transform lives across the globe.

As a leading wellbeing platform, in less than 11 months Shoorah – founded by couple Lorri Haines and Ferne McCann – now serves over 57,000 users worldwide with a comprehensive 360 suite, providing tailored support.

Lorri Haines said: “Our advanced AI algorithms and techniques continually analyse user data to provide personalised insights, enabling users to optimize their mental health and well-being. By leveraging automation and big data, we offer a seamless user experience, delivering real-time support, reporting and interventions to foster resilience and growth.

“Our commitment to disability friendly and multilingual accessibility ensures that users from diverse linguistic backgrounds can benefit from our state-of-the-art platform, making mental health resources available to a broader audience and promoting inclusivity in well-being. With our cutting- edge technology, we aim to empower individuals and communities to thrive, Shoorah is enhancing overall mental health and will change the way people manage their wellbeing on a global scale.”

 

The Dunbar Project CIC

 

 

The Dunbar Project CIC, a promising startup, is dedicated to addressing the profound mental health challenges faced by adoptees. Drawing inspiration from their own experiences and recognising the urgent need for support, the founder, Shania embarked on a mission to offer comprehensive assistance to this often overlooked community.

The mental health crisis among adoptees stems from a myriad of factors, including identity issues, unresolved trauma, and feelings of abandonment. These emotional struggles can lead to anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts if left unaddressed. The Dunbar Project CIC understands the gravity of these issues and aims to provide a safe space for adoptees to explore their emotions, receive guidance, and find solace in a supportive community.

Highlighting the mental health of adoptees is crucial for several reasons. Firstly, it acknowledges the unique challenges faced by this demographic, validating their experiences and fostering a sense of belonging. Secondly, by raising awareness, The Dunbar Project CIC endeavours to destigmatise conversations surrounding adoption and mental health, encouraging individuals to seek help without fear of judgement. Finally, addressing these issues early on can prevent long-term psychological damage and empower adoptees to lead fulfilling lives.

In essence, The Dunbar Project CIC stands as a beacon of hope, advocating for the mental well-being of adoptees and paving the way for a brighter, more inclusive future.

 

SeparateSpace

 

 

SeparateSpace, is designed to improve the experience of divorce. Divorce is a common life event (at least 41% of marriages end in divorce) and it’s extremely stressful. It impacts the mental health of the adults and children involved.

And yet, the vast majority of people are priced out of professional support and forced to go through the process alone. The result is more uncertainty, more conflict and more stress. SeparateSpace was founded to solve these problems. They’ve created a new, affordable way of accessing support through divorce, underpinned by our software, data and content.

 

CLIQ

 

 

CLIQ is a community app that brings people together IRL and facilitates meaningful connections through interest-based clubs and events. They are tackling the loneliness epidemic that has shocking statistics worldwide and they are here to make social apps ‘social’ again, in a world where we are so deeply disconnected.

CLIQ is deeply committed to supporting mental health because they recognise the profound impact it has on individuals and communities. Mental health issues affect millions worldwide, yet stigma and barriers to access often prevent people from seeking help. They are here to break down those barriers and making it easily accessible for people to access community and also give them the tools that they need to create their own community.

 

Wysa

 

 

Wysa is a global leader in AI-driven mental health support, available both to individuals, through employee benefits programmes and healthcare services. They believe access to support should be available whenever people need it. Stigma prevails, so they take away the need for people to ask for help and eliminate the need for people to make a judgement call on when they should seek professional support.

Proven to improve depression and anxiety scores by an average of 31%, Wysa’s AI-first approach enables employees to improve their mental health before symptoms become severe, by understanding an individual’s needs and guiding them through interactive cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) exercises. Wysa’s clinically safe AI encourages users to take additional support, whenever it’s needed, by guiding them towards Wysa’s human coaching, employer benefits programmes (EAP) or national crisis lines.

 

Babbu

 

 

Babbu, a female-led start-up, focuses on preventative mental health for children under 5, with parents at the core. The early years are challenging yet essential and Babbu’s award-winning app simplifies them, offering personalized toolkits, weekly content, expert tips, and peer support.

Nurture your family’s mental well-being, boost your parenting confidence, deepen your bond with your child, find balance, and reduce stress. Build essential qualities like confidence, self-esteem, resilience, and empathy from birth, ensuring your child is school-ready by age 5. Think of us as your Wing-Parent, here for you, so you can be there for your child. Visit www.babbu.co.uk to learn more.