Exist App Brings Social Journaling and Wellness to Middle-Age Users

Exist App Brings Social Journaling and Wellness to Middle-Age Users

A new iOS social wellness app called Exist wants to help middle-aged consumers connect and build meaningful communities with one another as they navigate their lives and the stresses that come with it. Image:Malte Mueller / Getty Images The app describes itself as the edgier cousin of Calm or Headspace, and its main feature is social journaling. The idea behind the app’s social and community-driven journaling is to help people heal together, rather than alone. Exist also features a daily mood tracker, audio exercises, guided meditations, and more. The app was founded by Alicia Waldner, who is the founder of a marketing agency called ADventure Marketing, and iOS developer Jason Jardim, who previously founded a startup called Lounge. Waldner said in an interview that she had attended a series of group mental wellness experiences, and had heard from people who were looking to have these sorts of community-based experiences at home. She then set out to create an app that would encompass this …