About Us
If we bake mental wellbeing into the day to day workplace, it’s simple - organisations will operate better, leaders will lead better, and individuals in the team will live and work better.
- Mentemia co-founder Sir John Kirwan
We’ve all got mental health - how’s yours?
So maybe you’ve got a business plan. A nutrition plan. A financial plan. A fitness plan.
But what about a mental wellbeing plan?
With that in mind, the Mentemia journey began with a clear goal.
Everybody better, every day.
Rather than being the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff - Mentemia is packed with evidence-based ideas and tools to help you learn how to be well, and stay well. It helps you deal with the most common stressors we experience in the modern connected world today - poor sleep, anxiety and stress. These stressors, if left unattended, can significantly impact your quality of life at home and work.
With Mentemia, you’ll discover what things can help you feel more energised, more productive, and better equipped for whatever the world throws at you today.
How To Access
You can experience Mentemia for free via the Apple App store or Google Play store. To see what current users of Mentemia are saying, take a look here
If you are exploring the use of Mentemia for your workplace and would like to know the additional benefits our business package has, simply register your details here and we’ll be in touch.
Founders
Sir John Kirwan
Co-founder
Adam Clark
CEO & Co-founder
Clinical Team
Dr David Codyre MNZM
Chief Clinical Officer
Dr Fiona Crichton
Health Psychology Expert
Leadership Team
Fiora Au
Chief Product Officer
Ed Massey
Chief Risk Officer
Simon Hartley
Head of Technology
Amie Gray
VP Customer
Ian Bishop
VP Marketing
Board of Directors
John Olsen
Board member
Glenn Renwick
Board member
Clinical Advisors
Dr Ainsleigh Cribb-Su'a
Advising Psychologist
Dr Siale Foliaki
Advising Psychiatrist
Dr Jeffrey Krebs
Advising Medical Practitioner
Dr John Mayhew
Advising Medical Practitioner
The beginnings
For Kiwi rugby icon and Mentemia co-founder Sir John Kirwan, 25 years ago was his low point. Depression. Anxiety. Endless worry. He hid it from his friends and team-mates. He came across as a healthy, high performer at the peak of his career. JK then made the decision to get help.
He learnt his mental fitness was something he could work on, just like his physical fitness. At that moment he dedicated himself to becoming as mentally fit as he could possibly be - the All Blacks for mental health.
Fast forward to now and there is no dispute that JK has achieved that aim. He’s at the top of his mental wellbeing game and on a mission to help others do the same.
JK co-founded Mentemia in 2018. He has shared all that has worked in his journey, and blended it with the latest best practice from our team of clinical advisors. Our world-class digital platform is the result.
Why this all matters
In the 25 years since JK first got support for his mental health, the issue of mental health has become an epidemic.
We’re living in a super connected world where our brains are ‘always on’. And with technology making it easier than ever to communicate, many of us are struggling to switch off and maintain balance. Quite simply, we’re just not designed to live that way. We all know people who are overwhelmed, struggling to balance a family, career, social life, their finances and have recognised there must be a better way.
Forward thinking workplaces are waking up to the fact that mental wellbeing is as important as physical wellbeing. Navigating this connected digital world with more balance can create happier, healthier, more resilient employees. Mentemia is one such platform that can help - think of us as a wellbeing coach in your pocket.
Your Mentemia journey will help you discover what works for your wellbeing - and how small changes can result in you feeling more balanced and able to cope with whatever comes your way.
By taking small actions with Mentemia each day, we can help ourselves - and each other - be a more mentally fit, mentally healthy community at home and at work.