Around the dinner table
I’m Jazzy, a 17-year-old in my final year of high school. Like a lot of people my age, I know what stress feels like. Exams, future plans, friendships, expectations — it can all feel pretty overwhelming at times.
Mental health has always been a big topic in our house.
My mum, Jen, is a clinical psychologist and leads one of the largest teams of psychologists in the country. My sister Chanel is following in her footsteps and is about to graduate with a psychology degree after years of study. Then there’s my dad. He's a little crazy sometimes — but in the best possible way. He's the sort of person who is always building something, creating something, or coming up with a new idea.
At dinner, our conversations often drift towards mental health. Sometimes we talk about our own experiences. Sometimes it's about friends who might be struggling. Other times it's about society and how much the conversation around mental health has changed.
Mum often tells us that years ago people rarely talked about mental health. It was something many people kept hidden because they were worried it would be seen as a weakness. Today, thankfully, things are different. More people are talking openly, asking for help, and understanding that mental health is simply part of being human.
The more we talked about it, the more we started wondering if there was a better way for people to understand their own mental health journey.
Around the same time, Dad had built a guitar learning app called Rippin. Watching him create something from scratch made us realise that maybe we could build something too — something that could genuinely help people.
The idea
That's when the idea for Psychifi was born.
The concept was simple.
We wanted to create an app that allowed people to quickly check in with themselves every day. Not a long survey. Not pages of questions. Just a few moments to record how they were feeling — their mood, stress levels, anxiety, emotions, and overall state of mind.
From there, Psychifi would provide short, personalised exercises that only take a minute or two. If you're having a great day, it might help you appreciate and build on that positive mindset. If you're struggling, it might guide you through a simple activity designed to help you reset, reflect, or feel a little better.
But we didn't want to stop there.
We wanted people to be able to see their mental health journey over time, not just how they felt in a single moment.
Psychifi captures those daily check-ins and turns them into meaningful insights through dashboards and trends. We're also bringing in information from devices people already use every day, such as Apple Watches and iPhones. By combining self-reported feelings with data from smart devices, we can start to see patterns and connections that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Step 01
Check in
A few moments each day to capture mood, stress, energy and emotions — no long surveys.
Step 02
See the patterns
Daily check-ins become dashboards and trends, blended with data from devices you already wear.
Step 03
Share what matters
Give a therapist, doctor or loved one the fuller picture — not just one answer on one day.
More than a single moment
The feature we're most excited about, though, is the ability to share that information with people who matter.
That could be a therapist, psychologist, doctor, family member, partner, or trusted friend.
One thing we've learned through all those dinner table conversations is that mental health isn't always accurately captured in a single appointment.
Imagine walking into a therapy session and being asked, "How have you been feeling?"
Your answer is often based on that exact moment. Maybe you're having a good day and you say, "I'm doing okay." But what about two days ago when things felt really difficult? Or last week when stress was through the roof?
Those moments matter too.
Psychifi aims to tell the whole story.
By tracking wellbeing daily, people can build a picture of their mental health over weeks, months, and years. More importantly, therapists and clinicians can gain access to richer, more accurate information that helps them better understand what someone has been experiencing between appointments.
What it's really about
At its heart, Psychifi isn't really about technology.
- Helping people understand themselves a little better.
- Creating meaningful conversations that might not happen otherwise.
- Recognising patterns before they become problems.
- Making sure no one's mental health journey is reduced to a single answer on a single day.
What started as conversations around a family dinner table has become something we genuinely hope can help people everywhere.
That's the story of Psychifi.
