Steve Cunningham and Lorenzo Gomez want people feeling the mental health strain from life...
Lorenzo Gomez, left, and Steve Cunningham are tech entrepreneurs who recently launched WeTree, an app is intended to help users build and tap into relationships to improve their mental health.Steve Cunningham and Lorenzo Gomez want people feeling the mental health strain from life to use their recently launched app called WeTree to connect with close family and friends for help.
“One of the things that we found in our research is that the single best way to protect yourself from all the stuff that’s going on in the world is to have strong relationships,” Cunningham said. “Being able to talk about the things you’re struggling with is critical for maintaining and nurturing those relationships. That’s what most people struggle with: ‘I don’t know how to talk about this stuff. I’m the only one who feels this way. I don’t want to be a burden to people.
Both founders are rooted in San Antonio’s entrepreneurship community. Gomez is co-founder of Tech Bloc and the chairman of Geekdom, while Cunningham is CEO of readitfor.me, which summarizes self-help and business books for busy leaders. They run WeTree from Pearl’s coworking space.Cunningham and Gomez recently sat to discuss their experiences with mental health, how they got the idea for the app and their plans for its future. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Lorenzo Gomez, right, and Steve Cunningham are tech entrepreneurs who recently launched WeTree, an app is intended to help users build and tap into relationships to improve their mental health.Part of it was we had done a lot of work in the positive psychology world. Just trying to understand, like, what does “flourishing” mean? What does “well-being” mean beyond just feeling happy? Lorenzo, in his book “The Cilantro Diaries,” wrote about mental health.
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