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.
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I built Us as a one-woman founder...
every feature, every screen, every idea.
But not without support.
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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
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Is simple:
That it helps couples feel a little more connected.
A little more seen.
A little more appreciated.
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You can work on your Us, every day.