Why we started Shelpful

We needed a boost of support to get our sh*t done & take care of ourselves. We couldn’t find a good solution, so we built one. Here’s how we thought about it: we all kinda know the stuff we are supposed to be doing day to day, right? But doing it, while also taking care of US… that’s a whole other thing.

We put things off to another day, another week. We’re accountable to so many things and people, but what about ourselves? Our own goals? Things like drinking water, getting movement in, scheduling that doctor’s appointment…. the things that get sacrificed on a busy day. Or a lot of busy days all in a row.

Shelpful isn’t a master class where we teach you something and leave you. We follow your lead. If it’s on your plan, it’s on our plan. If it’s important to you, it’s important to us. We are professional nudgers, skilled listeners and note takers, and you can’t just snooze us and forget about taking care of yourself. Because before you know it — PING! — we’ll be back in your messages.

Who are the people behind Shelpful?

We are a team of communicators and technologists. We all had arguably great support systems in our lives, but somehow we needed more. Someone who was dedicated to helping keep ourselves on our to do list, and Alexa and Siri weren’t getting the job done. It was time to level-up and create a service that replicated our best-listener/best-problem-solver friends (don’t we all know one of these?). There are so many great friends and listeners out there with more to give.

We find these amazing listeners, cheerleaders, pals and nudgers and are uniting them into a giant shelpforce. All centered around a united cause - to help YOU.

This is a new thing. It's not therapy, it’s not a life coach, it's not even necessarily a 2-way friendship. But, it helps. It really does, doesn't it? We hope we can "shelp" ;) millions of people one day. For now, we're so happy for the chance to help you.