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Chris Messina

Cactus - Boost your mood and emotional intelligence in one minute

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People are stressed out and turning to meditation for help. But meditation isn’t for everyone. Cactus combines guided reflection prompts, a private journal, and intimate sharing to help you live a more fully actualized life. And it’s free.

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Scott Rocher
Maker
Hey Product Hunters! We wanted the benefits of meditation – less anxiety, more calm focus, improved presence – but we each struggled with the actual practice of meditation. We figured there was a better way to practice mindfulness. After working with a positive psychology expert, we built Cactus. - Boost your mood and improve your focus - Guided self-reflection and mindful exercises - Private journal for your private thoughts Cactus provides a daily minute of mindfulness to help you focus on the positive themes in your busy life. Boost your mood and increase your emotional intelligence with Cactus!
sobstel
Do you plan to do the mobile app?
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@sobstel Yep! We're currently developing this and testing it with a few beta users. We plan to share it soon.
Anna Danilec
I love the design, nice app!
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@anna_danilec Thanks, Anna! We couldn't do it without @blackmankatie and the neverending, awesome feedback from the Cactus community.
Nataliya_Alt
looks really nice, congrats on the launch!
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@alt_nataliya Thank you, Nataliya!
Antonina Krus
Love the idea! And the design is so lovely🤩. Looking forward for a mobile app version.
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@antonina_krus Thank you, Antonina! All design credit goes to the exceptional @blackmankatie + the energetic Cactus community feedback.
Kunal Bhatia
Let's go @blackmankatie! Really excited to try Cactus after hearing about the product through @Day1DesignClub!
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@blackmankatie @day1designclub @kunalslab Thank you, Kunal. (And yeah, Katie is the best.)
Lidia Klingenberg
This is great! I can't get myself into meditation... I know it gives great long term benefits but it can't beat the immediate satisfaction that writing out a happy memory or reading a uplifting quote does :D I will try this out, thanks
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@lidiaklingenberg That's the same experience we had, Lidia. So happy to hear you're into it!
Liam Roberts
This is a nice project with great design and straightforward execution. Looking forward to hearing what your plans are for the future!
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@liam_roberts Thank you, Liam. Design praise goes to @blackmankatie + a lot of great feedback from the Cactus reflect-ers.
Anu Jose
This is very good product.
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@anu_jose1 So happy to hear you think so!
Dominik Sobe
Wow, love it. Beautifully designed and the execution seems to be very smooth too! I often find myself thinking about starting a journal, however, it just seems to be too much time effort for me. The concept of cactus makes it really efficient and fun to use it. Thank you guys!
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@sobedominik Thank you so much for sharing this, Dominik. That has been our same experience.
Matthew Korman
Great product - looking forward to the public iOS launch!
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@matthew_korman Thanks! (And me too!)
Devon Meadows
Great stuff. Do you have a plan for making money in the future?
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@devon_meadows @jchopak Honestly, no. We have ideas, but we really just wanted this for ourselves and realized others wanted it, too. Just putting that vision together (we have a lot of work to do) will keep us busy enough for a while.
Devon Meadows
@jchopak @ry3bee sounds great. I hope you never sell data. If you have sincere positive feelings on this you should make them public for improved conversions.
Joy Sarkar
Good idea, being an iOS user would ask "what about iOS app"?
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@joy_sarkar1 I'm happy to tell you that it's in development now! We've testing with beta users and expect to share it with you soon.
Caleb Ontiveros
This feels and looks really great. Well done!
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@caleb_ontiveros thanks so much, Caleb!
Ellen Choi
I've really wanted to get into a more intentional practice of gratitude but struggling with the initial habit formation part...this seems like such a great solution for that! thanks for making.
Ryan C Brown
Maker
@lnchoi so happy to hear you feel that way! That’s a big part of why we made it.
STANLEY WILSON
There great, and my family loved them.
Josh Nicholson
A good tool for people who suffer from corporate stress
Hasan Diwan
You guys might want to consider giving a sample tip. Else it's a 24-hour wait before one can use your site.
Jake Tran
please make it pwa first lol, poor Android user like us always have the back seat :(
Scott Rocher
Maker
@jake_tran Cactus is currently a progressive web app, optimized for mobile, available to everyone.
Farid Movsumov
Nice product, I would suggest you to change your invite link generation logic. Using email is not a good practice. People don't want to reveal their email addresses.