[One Day Ten Thousand Steps, One Day Thousand Characters] When Feeling Depressed, Take a Walk in the 'Maeumjeongwon'
"It's great to meditate while playing music, and listening back to my recorded voice makes me feel my mind being purified."
"Around the fifth day of reading to myself, I started to feel like I was living each day a little differently."
These are reviews from users of 'Ma-eum Jeongwon' (Mind Garden), an application by Hi, a company specializing in digital therapeutics (DTx). Mind Garden is a service based on Anzeilax, a DTx for generalized anxiety disorder currently undergoing clinical trials with Investigational New Drug (IND) approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. It is a digital therapeutics service where subscribers read and listen again to content provided based on the emotions they select.
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When you install the Ma-eum Jeongwon app, the phrase "How is your mind's weather today?" appears. Customized content is provided according to the weather. If you select "cloudy," various emotional keywords appear. Upset, angry, devastated, mournful, sorrowful, hateful, anxious, worried, and about 15 other words are presented. You can select one to three emotions. If you choose 'upset, anxious, worried,' you are directed to Ma-eum Jeongwon, which offers recommended content (behavior cards, messages you want to tell yourself at the end of the day). You can also check your mental state by chatting with the AI chatbot Papa. By paying a monthly subscription fee (12,000 KRW), you can access various services.
Hi recently signed a service supply contract with LG Household & Health Care to provide 'Ma-eum Jeongwon 3.0' to LG Household & Health Care. Based on this year's usage results, they plan to discuss expanding the service to all subsidiaries within LG Household & Health Care. Kim Jin-woo, CEO of Hi, said, "Based on the capabilities accumulated through over three years of research and several pilot projects, we are introducing the Ma-eum Jeongwon 3.0 service to various companies and organizations," adding, "Starting with LG Household & Health Care, we will continue to secure adoption contracts with companies currently in negotiation."
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