Over the course of two months, the teams discussed the overall strategy for developing and implementing the tool, landed on a process for choosing the right design and innovation firm for the project, and reviewed and clarified the product’s impact pathway.
We invited Hopelab advisor and positive psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky to join us in the office to discuss the architecture of what sustainable happiness might look like.
It’s pretty clear outside the world of college, asking for help has been stigmatized. And I think as a society we’re getting better about reversing that stigmatization, but we need to emphasize it tenfold on college campuses.
Normalizing social anxiety will help teens understand that people may not look or sound lonely, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t. The goal of this tool should be pushing yourself enough out of your comfort zone to build the college social experience you are searching for.
What forces account for the current state of mental well-being of young people in the United States?
Five ways the Nod app encourages lasting social connections, even during COVID-19.