We finally made a small trial version of My Heart Room.
Not the full app yet.
Just a tiny door into the idea.
You can try it here: www.myheartroom.com/try
The trial starts with one simple question:
How are you feeling right now?
Maybe you feel bored.
Maybe stressed.
Maybe tired.
Maybe you cannot start.
Maybe you are not even sure.
That “not sure” is important too.
A lot of the time, we do not fully know what is happening inside us. We just know we are scrolling, avoiding, or feeling heavy.
Research on affect labeling suggests that putting feelings into words may help reduce emotional reactivity. In a neuroimaging study, Lieberman and colleagues found that labeling negative emotions was linked with reduced amygdala response and increased activity in prefrontal brain regions involved in regulation. PubMed
So My Heart Room begins there:
Name the feeling first.
Not in a serious hospital way.
Not in a “fix yourself” way.
More like:
“Okay, what is this mood?”
Then we look at what might be underneath.
For example, boredom is not always “nothing to do.” Researchers Eastwood and colleagues describe boredom as the uncomfortable feeling of wanting to engage in something, but not being able to find a satisfying activity. PubMed
That is very close to modern phone life.
You are tired, but restless.
You want something, but nothing feels right.
You open your phone, but everything feels boring.
Then you keep scrolling anyway.
Our trial tries to catch that moment and suggest one quick thing to try.
Maybe a tiny game.
Maybe a reset.
Maybe a focus warm-up.
Maybe just something that makes the mood less stuck.
This is still an MVP, so it is not perfect yet. But the idea is already there:
Feel it. Name it. Try one small action.
That is My Heart Room.
Try the Mini Mood Trial here: www.myheartroom.com/try