via AFROTECH
Nina Westbrook is stepping into the tech world with the launch of her new wellness app.
A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Westbrook has long been driven by wellness, a passion that also led her to launch Bene™ by Nina. This digital platform offers mental health e-workshops, as AFROTECH™ previously reported.
While speaking on the “Black Tech Green Money” podcast, Westbrook traced her mission in wellness back to her sports background and her family’s involvement in athletics. According to People Magazine, she played basketball at the University of California, Los Angeles.
“It’s always been a part of my mission…just coming from a family of sports and having a sports background myself, and understanding the physicality and understanding how we train our bodies to perform and how we alter our diets to create the best performance physically,” Westbrook said on the podcast.
“But we’re not putting that same amount of attention and energy and intention into training our minds and understanding how we feel and fostering emotional wellness. When really, if we’re going to be living and thriving, then we need to be physically well, but we also need to be mentally well…That’s something that we’re always striving to teach and that’s something that I’m always striving to share,” she continued.
“What we wanted to do is create long-term behavioral change and long-term mental wellness: make long-term mental wellness achievable and attainable. And in order to achieve that, there has to be understanding. We can create habits and build habits by doing the same thing every single day,” Westbrook mentioned on the podcast.
The app’s features include:
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Daily emotional check-ins to assess feelings
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Personalized resets and nervous system regulation practices
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Weekly insights showing emotional patterns and tips for improvement
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Gentle notifications with encouraging reminders
- A feedback loop to help users reflect and identify beneficial habits
“It’s truly a tool that’s actionable and lightweight and it meets you where you are, which is what I think a lot of wellness apps…are missing,” she explained on the podcast.
