Day One — A Start to Something Big

It’s strange how something can feel both brand new and long overdue at the same time. Like your feet have never stepped here before, but your heart’s been camped out on this spot for years, waiting patiently for the rest of you to catch up. That’s where I am right now. This is day one.

For a while, I kept thinking I needed to wait until I was “ready”—more money, more credentials, more clarity, fewer doubts. But the truth is, that version of “ready” doesn’t exist. And in the meantime, the world keeps spinning—people keep hurting, reaching, hoping. And I just… couldn’t keep pretending that waiting was the responsible thing to do. It wasn’t. It was just fear with a nice haircut.

So I’m starting now.

For years, I’ve been building technology inside big companies—mental health platforms mostly. And while some of that work was meaningful, there came a moment I couldn’t unsee: the more success we had, the less we talked about people. We started talking about markets, conversions, compliance. Eventually, the soul of the work got lost in the spreadsheet. I left those meetings feeling hollow and a little complicit. I kept wondering: Is this really helping? Or are we just designing friendlier fences around the same broken systems?

Something cracked open in me. Quietly at first. But then louder.

I want to build something different. Not shinier. Not sleeker. Just truer.

Something that doesn’t try to package healing like a product, but instead makes space for people to find each other in honest, messy, beautiful ways. I want to create tools that remind us we’re not alone. A place that feels like community, not customer service. That’s the idea. It’s simple. But it feels big.

I’m starting this with a few friends. We’ve all felt some version of burnout, of disappointment, of “surely there’s a better way.” And maybe that’s the fuel. We’re not doing this because we think we’re the smartest in the room—we’re doing it because we care enough to keep showing up.

Why me? Why now? I think the answer is: because I can. And because I can’t not anymore.

So if you’re reading this and something in you sparks, or softens, or leans in just a little—maybe this is your day one too. There’s room here. Let’s see what we can make together.