The Strivewell Journal

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At Strivewell, technology is never the starting point — you are. We believe data can be a powerful tool for self-awareness when it’s used with compassion, context, and expert guidance.

Apps and wearables aren’t assigned as homework or used to pressure you into perfection. Instead, we introduce tools only when they can genuinely support your goals, reduce stress, or make your wellness journey feel easier.

During client sessions, we sometimes integrate insights from a handful of thoughtfully chosen apps. Each one offers a different lens into sleep, stress, movement, or nutrition — and when combined with personalized coaching, they help turn daily habits into meaningful progress.

Whenever we recommend an app, we walk you through exactly how it can help you, and if you want, we’ll even guide you through how to navigate it so you feel confident using it day to day.

Here are a few tools that often support our work together:

Headspace

Mindfulness is foundational to change, and Headspace makes it approachable for even the busiest schedules.

For clients struggling with stress, sleep, or emotional overwhelm, we might recommend starting with simple breathing exercises, sleep casts, or short guided meditations. Headspace becomes less about “learning to meditate” and more about giving your nervous system a reliable moment of calm.

Clients often start using it to fall asleep more easily — and end up noticing improvements in focus, patience, and overall mood throughout the day.

Oura Ring + Oura App

The Oura Ring acts like a gentle daily check-in with your body.

It tracks sleep quality, recovery, heart rate variability, and body temperature to create a “readiness score” each morning. We use these insights to help clients understand when their body is primed for challenge — and when rest or recovery will serve them better.

Rather than chasing perfect scores, we look for patterns that empower smarter training, better sleep routines, and more balanced days.

AutoSleep

For Apple Watch users, AutoSleep provides a deeper look at sleep without needing to tap “start” or “stop.”

It gives clients valuable visibility into duration, quality, and nighttime heart rate. We use this information to identify small but powerful shifts — earlier wind-down routines, caffeine timing, light exposure, or stress patterns that might be impacting sleep.

MyFitnessPal

We use this app selectively, and only when tracking can support a client’s goals without adding stress or rigidity.

MyFitnessPal helps bring awareness to eating patterns, energy balance, and how nutrition influences mood and performance. At Strivewell, tracking isn't about restriction — it’s about understanding.

When used intentionally, it can spark meaningful conversations about fueling, hunger cues, and what “feeling your best” truly looks like.

InsideTracker

For clients who want a deeper look under the hood, InsideTracker translates bloodwork into personalized insights about longevity, energy, and metabolic health.

Biomarkers like inflammation, glucose, cholesterol, or vitamin D give us an objective foundation to build from. Using this information, we co-create realistic changes grounded in your biology — not guesswork, fads, or quick fixes.

Where Tech Meets Compassionate Coaching

Technology can reveal patterns, but it can’t tell your whole story — that’s where coaching comes in.

At Strivewell, we help you interpret the data with nuance, not judgment. We connect what your apps are showing you with how you feel, what you’re navigating in your life, and what you want long-term.

Because with the right tools, the right support, and the right perspective, healthy change becomes not just measurable, but deeply meaningful.



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