Resilyou
Strengthen Your Mental Immune System. Together. Step by Step.
The Idea
As the saying goes, sometimes life gives you lemons. We cannot
change that - but we can change the way we cope with it.
Resilyou encourages you to train your mental immune system, turn your lemons
into lemonade and spend more time being happy.
T R A I N
Train your ability to withstand
adversity and overcome stress
Train and learn to grow despite
life’s downturns.
Train on different levels with eye
opening exercises alone or in pairs.
Train with a friend and deepen
your friendship.
Resilyou’s exercises
touch upon the following
topics…
Positive
Self-esteem
Positive
Emotions
Social
Network
Control
Persuasion
Acceptance
PERSONAL WORKBOOK
To enrich your experience with Resilyou the app not only consists of a digital component but also a physical one: With a specially for Resilyou designed workbook you can write down notes for each exercise. Like that you can track and always come back to the insights you gained.
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THE JOURNEY
We are four students from the University of St. Gallen who nine months ago were given the challenge of how the Protestant Church of the Canton of St. Gallen can accompany young adults in their first phase of life and enable them to achieve a meaningful conduct of life in their individual perception. Faced with this interesting and multifaceted challenge, we found out that young adults have the need to be mentally prepared for the challenges that life throws at them. This is how we came up with Resilyou - a digital solution to train the mental immune system.
We are very pleased that the Protestant Church of the Canton of St. Gallen is already planning to implement Resilyou.
THE TEAM
Meike Kocholl,
MA Student in
Business Innovation
David Widmer,
MA Student in
Business Innovation
Laura Küng,
MA Student in
Business Innovation
Andreas Dobler,
MA Student in
Business Innovation
THE ACADEMIC PARTNERS
Falk Ubernickel,
Professor for Design Thinking and Innovation
at Hasso Plattner Institute
Prof. Michael Klaas,
Professor for Design Thinking and Innovation at ZHAW
Tomás Gamboa,
Design Thinking Programme Director at Univeristy of St. Gallen
Carmen Huber,
Teaching Assistant at Univeristy of St. Gallen and our Mentor
THE CORPORATE PARTNER
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What does Resilyou have to do with the Protestant Church?The Protestant Church sponsors and supports Resilyou with its know-how. However, it is very important to them that Resilyou does not pursue any religious goals, but rather provides a service to the general public.
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Is Resilyou a religious project?Resilyou is deliberately designed to be used by people regardless of their religion. It is primarily based on psychological research.
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What is the goal of Resilyou?With Resilyou you can increase your resilience together with a friend. More resilience helps you to overcome crises and challenges faster and better and finally to spend more time happily.
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How does Resilyou work?Once you have registered with Resilyou, you can do exercises at five different levels: Positive self-esteem, positive emotions, social network, control conviction and acceptance. There are currently two exercises for each level, the first of which you can do on your own and the second with a friend. More lessons and levels will follow.
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What does the future of Resilyou look like?Most likely, Resilyou will be followed up over the next three years and developed into a powerful tool to enhance the well-being of young adults. A decision on the definitive continuation of the project will be taken on 1 July 2020.
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What scientific background does Resilyou have?Resilyou builds on various currents of positive psychology and is based on findings from "positivepsychology.com", "American Foreign Service Association on Resilence" and "Designing your Life", among others. In addition, interviews have been conducted with renowned professors of psychology and an advisory board of psychologists is currently being established.