Mend

Going through a bad breakup? There’s an app for that. Anyone who has lost that special someone is familiar with the stages of grief; talking about it with everyone you know, checking your ex’s social media status and going through tubs of ice cream. Now a former google employee named Ellen Huerta has created an app called Mend that is being pitched as a personal trainer for heartbreak. First you set up a profile with information that includes when and why the relationship ended and the last time you had any contact with your ex. Then it asks you to rate how the breakup is affecting your life and how you feel on a daily basis. Next you go through training sessions to help you understand what happened and why. Along the way you input information about what you are doing to focus on yourself and how it makes you feel. Finally you can join the Mend community and read posts about other relationships or talk to people going through the same thing. And eventually you come out the other side, ready for another round.