Self-guided mental health
Your mental health on your own time, at your own pace, from anywhere
AONest™ is a digital solution for navigating mental health concerns without needing to talk to a therapist. It is a handy and affordable option to add to your mental health toolkit: you can work through the learning pathways independently or you can use AONest in combination with talk therapy and/or psychotherapy.
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Understand how emotions impact well-being
AONest consists of curated content developed by various experts (e.g., registered psychologists and psychotherapists) and delivered through hundreds of different learning pathways. You will have easy access to a variety of tools and resources that can help you learn to:
Understand your emotions and how they relate to your mental well-being,
Improve your mental health,
Boost your emotional resilience,
Build your spirit, and
Increase your well-being.
The videos and worksheets are designed to help you address specific areas of your mental health. The content is always available whenever you need it. By working through the learning pathways, you will discover strategies to deal with the various issues that can cause challenges in your life.
Learn strategies to navigate all stages of life
AONest is a comprehensive system to help you navigate all of life’s stages, including:
Education
Aging
Employment
Child rearing
Housing
AONest helps navigate major
life stages
The courses cover everything from managing stress, anxiety, and anger to navigating breakups, handling your finances, and dealing with grief – so you have a lot of material to choose from.
Create a unique learning pathway
Your learning pathway will be based on your areas of interest, skills, and needs. You will find that the material may cross over between courses and your learning will build as you dive into more areas.
We are constantly working to expand the tools and resources included in AONest. Take a look at our AONest walkthrough below.
Embrace a self-guided approach to managing your mental health
AONest is a low-cost self-guided mental health system delivered through software that you use at your own pace. The solution is:
Affordable
Professionally curated
Digital
Self-guided
Always available
Private
Easy to use
At your own pace
Use the low-cost AONest software for an entire year.
Benefit from expert content that covers strategies for navigating all stages of life.
Work on your mental health using a software solution. All you need is an internet connection and comfortable space.
Complete the initial emotional intelligence program and use it as a tool to help you determine other areas that can help improve your emotional well-being.
Use AONest anytime, anywhere – whenever you want to work on your mental health. If you also take advantage of talk therapy and/or psychotherapy, AONest can also be a bridge between appointments.
Follow the self-guided program and spend as much time as you need on any topic of interest.
You just need to be honest with yourself.
Gain new skills and understand your mental well-being with a toolkit of information, resources, and processes: by watching the videos and completing the worksheets, you will find the strategies that are best suited for you.
Build your emotional intelligence
Your self-guided mental health journey includes the use of the AONest Emotional Intelligence app which introduces different emotions and provides strategies for building emotional intelligence and resilience. After using the app, you should be better able to:
• Understand, identify, regulate, communicate, and navigate your emotional triggers, responses, and interactions,
• Understand the emotional needs of others,
• Embrace the needs of different people,
• Navigate different social dynamics,
• Work through conflicts with increased ability,
• Improve your relationships.
The emotional intelligence app is a tool that can help you become more self-aware. It can help point you in the right direction so you can uncover new areas that may improve your mental health and emotional well-being. For example, after using the app, you might decide to spend some time exploring strategies to manage your anxiety or deal with grief, or you might explore other areas of interest. As you create your unique learning pathway, you will probably find that the information in new courses relates to previous courses you completed.
To get a sense of how AONest introduces a concept, watch the “ Benefits of Understanding Your Emotions” video below.
Attention business leaders: We consider emotional intelligence to be the cornerstone of building equity in the workplace, and AONest is an easy way to provide training about emotional intelligence.
Make a difference in someone else’s life
We envision a future where mental well-being, emotional resilience, and social connectivity help to enable prosperity for all. Our mission is to reduce gaps in accessible support for mental health.
AONest is a community-focused social venture in collaboration with the registered charity Anishnabeg Outreach (AO). AO originally created AONest as a learning management system to help Indigenous people reclaim culture, language, and traditions. However, when we started to explore how to help individuals work on their mental health and build emotional resilience, it became clear that everyone could benefit from a self-guided software solution for mental health management, so we expanded AONest into an affordable, accessible software tool that helps all individuals work on their mental health and build emotional resilience anytime, anywhere.
You can purchase AONest for yourself or someone you care about. And, because AONest is a social initiative, you will be helping others at the same time. Our community-focused Get 1, Give 1 model means that when you purchase your AONest license, we will also give one to someone who would otherwise be unable to benefit from the solution.
We also have donation options available for those who are interested in providing AONest to individuals who would otherwise be unable to benefit from the solution.
