Founder Story
This started in the middle of real life.
Not a startup incubator.
Not a pitch deck.
Just a busy season.
I was working full-time.
We had a one-year-old.
Life felt full in the best way, but also… a little overwhelming.
And somewhere in the middle of it all, my husband and I started to feel it:
Not distance exactly.
Just less connection than we wanted.
Nothing was wrong.
But something was missing.
We didn’t need more love. We needed more time.
Like a lot of couples, we tried to be intentional.
We even tried couples counseling, which can be incredibly valuable.
But we ran into a problem we didn’t expect.
We were using our one free hour each week…
to sit in a session.
And while that time mattered,
we realized what we actually needed was something different:
Something small.
Something daily.
Something that helped us connect in the middle of our real life.
So I built what we couldn’t find.
I built it every night...
in the quiet pockets of time after our toddler went to sleep.
I taught myself how to build an app using AI.
Something that honestly would not have been possible in my life otherwise.
What started as a simple idea became Us:
A daily ritual for connection.
Not therapy. Just daily connection.
I didn’t want to recreate couples therapy.
I wanted to create something lighter.
More approachable.
Something you’d actually want to open at the end of a long day.
So I designed Us to take just five minutes:
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Share a quick gratitude
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Check in on your mood
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Play a short, fun couples game
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Send a note to your partner
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Learn something new through a “Love Lesson”
This is relationship wellness.
We talk a lot about wellness...
mental health, physical health, self-care.
But relationships?
They’re often left to figure themselves out.
Us is built on a different belief:
That your relationship deserves small, consistent care too.
Not just when things feel hard.
But every day.
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Built by one person… but not alone.
I built Us as a one-woman founder...
every feature, every screen, every idea.
But not without support.
My husband has been part of this from the beginning,
testing ideas, giving feedback, helping shape what this became.
In a lot of ways,
Us is built from our relationship.
Why this matters to me
Because I know how easy it is to let connection slip—not because you don’t care, but because life gets full.
Because I believe most relationships don’t need a complete overhaul.
They just need a way to stay close.
My hope for Us
Is simple:
That it helps couples feel a little more connected.
A little more seen.
A little more appreciated.
You can work on your Us, every day.