Today, 1 in 2 millennials is either anxious or stressed & most of us struggle with meditation. Being personalizes spiritual wisdom for you to read & reflect upon, and guides you to be happy, to be you. Mindfulness made simple, personal, & human.
Hello Product Hunters
Thank you for being :)
Abhishek & I started working on 'being' last year after having lived with our fair share of mental health issues - depression and anxiety.
We were already testing an alpha version with our friends & friends of friends before Corona hit the world. Thankfully, we had something ready when lockdown began. Since then, 'being' has given hope, strength, and courage to more than 16,000 people from 60+ countries, primarily India and the US.
People loved the simplicity and ease it brought to their lives and it is very well reflected in the way they rated the app 4.9 (500+ ratings) with open hearts.
But that's not the most important part.
The most important part is that today 1 in every 2 millennials is either anxious or stressed. The numbers are worse when it comes to GenZ.
Having lived with anxiety myself for over 20 years now, I understand how it feels .. how it constantly makes you feel insecure about yourself.
I have tried medication.
I have tried meditation.
Might sound stretched but I have also followed multiple faiths to actually make peace with the incessant struggle that goes inside me.
It's only in 2018, that I stumbled upon the likes of Eckhart Tolle, Ram Dass, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Alan Watts, Adyashanti .. and it changed my life, my perspective, the way I look at things, and most importantly, the way I have tried to escape my anxiety and its effects so far - only tried to get rid of it without acknowledging its presence, without really understanding it for once.
It felt like I've finally found a home in this world of spiritual wisdom.
(and it still feels the same)
And, I knew that I am not alone in this.
What I went through is so human.
Since then, I wanted to create something which makes it easier for human beings to live their lives with so much understanding, peace, and mindfulness.
Be it anxiety
or depression
or relationship troubles
or dissatisfaction at work
or highs and lows of our everyday lives
We can learn to be mindful, to be happier, to be ourselves in the midst of everything there is.
With being - we can do it in the most human way without trying to push ourselves too hard.
**All it takes is just three simple steps:**
1 Start with how you feel in this moment
2 Read and reflect upon the same (with bite-sized pieces of wisdom handpicked, curated & personalized just for you)
3 Feel better and grow happier
This is just a beginning.
We want to make mindfulness as easy as reading & writing chat messages and doing things you already do like brushing your teeth, taking a shower, or eating a meal.
We want to help you bring the essence of mindfulness to every small or big aspect of your life - with as little effort as possible.
**If you relate to what we are doing, please give being a try and share how you feel.**
Sending so much love for you all.
Just be :)
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Varun
#human #being
I have been using being for 2 months now on the recommendation of my husband. My anxiety has been on its peak since the time COVID hit India. I had never experienced a pandemic before and never have I ever been forcefully bounded to the walls of my house. I was desperately looking for some good therapists and apps which would help me to calm myself. With so much uncertainty around and long waiting lists for good therapists, one night, I opened Being and I don't remember how much or for how long I was on this app. But it made me reflect on each bite of wisdom it threw at me. I slept soon after.
Since then, this app is my best friend, my secret diary.
Can't thank the makers of this app enough. Thank you for calming my inner whirlwind. You don't know what my state was.
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