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Panda — We're on a mission to democratize mental health care
Food, exercise and sleep has a significant impact on your physical health. Mental health works the same way, but has limited proactive options.
Panda is the gym for your emotional well-being, with practical and proven proactive options for mental fitness.
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Hi Alon!
Accept my congratulations with a successful launch.
May I use Panda everywhere and any country?
@alexanderptitsyn Hi Alex :) It's available everywhere, but we only have sessions in English at the moment
@alon_lits Panda looks vital for today's world. And your logo is adorable! Congrats on the launch
@alexanderptitsyn Hi Alexander - thanks so much - yes most definitely, Panda is available to download everywhere! I look forward to your feedback! As Dave says, we only have sessions in English right now but we are looking to expand our offerings as we grow. I look forward to your feedback!
@shivam_tiwari24 thanks so much! I agree fully and look forward to your feedback and suggestions! I have also seen your LinkedIn request and I will connect there soon!
Congrats on your launch!
Are you considering Japanese language support for this app in the future?
@ayesha_awan1 thank you - we agree fully Ayesha - healthy mind, healthy body, healthy life!
Congratulations Alon on your new launch Panda on Product Hunt! Keep up the great work! I have just upvoted.
Congratulations for this launch! I like your type of approach - I also hope that this type of project can bring more awareness in taking care of one's mental health (often left aside)
@elisa_tamburini Thanks Elisa - we agree fully and share your hope of increasing awareness. We believe in proactive mental health care and we want people to think about their mental health in the same way that they do their physical health.
Congrats for the launch! A common topic about mental health (and health in general) related apps is user data privacy and security.
What are your mesures to ensure those with Panda?
@julienergan Hi Julien - we are SOC 2 and HIPPA compliant. The only personally identifiable information that users share with us is email addresses. You can check out more information here - https://www.joinpanda.com/securi... - but in short - security is of the highest importance to us.
Congratulations on the launch! Panda looks like an innovative approach to mental health. Can't wait to see how it helps people's emotional wellbeing.
The world has never needed mental health support more so thank you for breaking down barriers and enabling accessibility for all!
@taryn_morris thank you Taryn! We appreciate the support and we look forward to your feedback!
The concept of Panda as a proactive mental fitness gym is innovative. Here are some suggestions to augment its functionality:
Incorporate AI-driven personalization to tailor mental fitness routines to individual needs and progress.
Integrate with wearable devices to track physiological responses during mental exercises for better insights.
Offer a community platform within the app for users to share experiences and support each other.
Establish partnerships with mental health professionals for guided programs and live counseling options.
Your venture resonates with our mission at Mentor.AI https://www.producthunt.com/prod..., where we're fostering AI-powered mentorship. We're launching soon on Product Hunt and would value your feedback to enhance its offering. Let's exchange thoughts on Product Hunt and mutually benefit from our shared experiences!
@realkunalmehta thanks Kunai. I appreciate the suggestions and a lot of what you described is already on our product roadmap. Mentor.AI looks super interesting and I have set my notification for your official launch. I look forward to engaging further. Speak soon!
@alon_lits @sasha_jones1 @dave_blakey First of all, happy World Mental Health Day! 🌍 It's fantastic to see a platform like Panda that proactively fosters mental health and emotional fitness.
@sasha_jones1 @dave_blakey @leo_wendler thanks so much Leo - we really appreciate the support! Happy Mental Health Day to you! I also see we are now connected on LinkedIn and I look forward to staying in touch.
Mental fitness is so crucial. Kudos! 🧠 Do you offer any guided sessions or is it more of a self-paced platform?
@narendra_solanki thank you! we have close to 24 hours of live, interactive sessions on a wide range of topics. These sessions are led by experts and filled with peers. We also offer AI-powered coaching and self-paced content (plus more). Our intention is to meet people where they are and ensure that there is content that has relevance to everyone. I look forward to your feedback!
The concept of Panda is truly inspiring, Alon, and your dedication to democratizing mental health care is commendable, wishing you great success with the US launch!
@alex_dulub thanks Alex - we really appreciate it and I look forward to your feedback once you have had a chance to check out the app.
Mental health care, provided by employers, is a deception for not; paying employees more, working less hours, allowing them to unionize to produce better working conditions, gaslighting into working for private interests instead of local community interests. These are just some root causes of mental health issues related to modern business owners, let's address those instead of pandering to shareholders and manipulative employers?
The service delivery framework is great, it's the red flags like "increase employee performance" without linking the preferred incentive of money. Or "Losing talent?" modals that seem to not address the actual problem (the employer being shitty enough to lose good employees in the first place). Seems like a good recommendation is for everyone to read the late David Graeber's "Bullshit Jobs" because I would avoid any employer that promotes mental health trauma building through a transactional relationship.
Concerning.
Edit: Also I recommend Byung-Chul Han's "Burnout Society" (2015).
@ravi_bajnath Thanks for addressing this head on Ravi :) It's a complicated topic as you've correctly said.
We ultimately want to build a sustainable business model and believe that employers are (in some significant part) footing the bill for the mental health crisis the world faces today.
One of the lessons I first learnt when joining Panda was from Allan (the co-founder) who said there is a huge amount of value in helping people to have meaningful friendships, feel successful in their career, and sleep well. I don't think that employers need to be seen as the enemy.
Panda *never* discloses personal information to our clients. We are open and transparent with what we share - aggregated information that cannot be targeted and is designed to help employers understand what's driving challenges in their workplace. I believe there is a win/win here and we are working hard at making that a reality.
We're an open book though, and we'd love any input on what we share vs what we don't. Transparency is key.
💡 Bright idea
@daveblakey It's a worthy to note "I don't think" can be prescriptive towards not critically thinking - which is what every person (employer, employee, PH dude) ought to have when dealing with personal/societal mental health percepts. Byung-Chul Han addresses this in "The Transparency Society" as well, the inner/outer psychology of the LinkedIn/Spyware era. Highly recommend.
Sustainable business models can only be worker-owned, privatized business models rely on domination and control of capital (employees in this case) and thus becomes unsustainable the moment workers demand changes. (For many, change leads to suffering, thus they rely on preserving the status quo).
Meaningful relationships are built on equity, not exploitation. Ask Allen to open a spreadsheet with every employees pay rate and share it openly. :D
@ravi_bajnath Just responding in my personal capacity, but I welcome the conversation! The reality is in my experience the entire workplace is not exclusively filled with toxic managers and business owners trying to drive people into the group. What we do see are people who cannot practically invest in a problem they cannot track and understand, and managers that are not equipped to deal with the challenges people face today.
Providing businesses data (and guidance) on where they need to better invest in employees well-being needs to work - because work is such a huge part of life (positive and negative). Will definitely read "The Transparency Society" though you have me interested!
Also worth mentioning that no data from normal users is available to employers. Users must sign up under their employer for them to see that, and it's completely optional - we do not tell employers who signed up and who did not. Where we are trying to focus is on ensuring those users who have the option to do that understand that through their collective input we can improve their environments.
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