Battle burnout and undo overwhelm with Liven, the wellness app that gets to know the real you. Liven learns the things that make you sad or stressed out so that it can help you gently shift your perspective and achieve a better emotional balance.

What we love: The optional AI companion called Livie, a chatbot that aims to drill deeper into how you’re feeling and why. While it’s not a replacement for therapy, it can function as a helpful guide that’s available 24/7.

Quick tip: Liven can also help you feel calmer, thanks to its built-in collection of soothing sounds such as white noise and ocean rain. Grab your headphones, select Sounds from the Mindful Tools section and pause the outside world for a while.

Meet the creator: Liven launched as a habit-tracking app in 2023 and quickly expanded to include mood tracking, self-help and science-based wellbeing. Founder Alex Seleznov says that Liven’s difference is context: it learns who you are in order to help identify small actions you could take each today to enjoy a better tomorrow.