BEARAPY’s (www.bearapy.me) mission is to Make the World Mentally Healthy!
- We focus on preventing workplace burnout, stress, and depression through the psychology of playfulness.
- We help employees build mental resilience and wellbeing through education and workshops in the workplaces.
- We provide recommendations and advice to companies to make their workplaces and company culture more mentally healthy and playful.
- We raise awareness of mental health through interactive online programs, talks, and useful toys.
- We build communities across the world who inspire each other through their work in the mental health arena.
The idea to use playfulness and objects to prevent stress and burnout was borne out of the Founder’s own experience with depression and suicide attempts, which debilitated her. Through the tortuous journey, she discovered how widespread the issue od depression is, with 350million+ people around the world suffering from depression according to the WHO. For her to fully recover, she had to confront her fears and shadows.
She projected the unbearable parts of herself on to teddy bears, making sense of her experience through the externalization of her emotions. In the process, she realized she had forgotten how to be playful – yet play is essential in adult learning, creativity, and stress relief.
Enoch founded Bearapy, and uses the techniques of playfulness to help others become mentally healthy, prevent burnout and stress in the workplace. You can read more about her story here.
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