Hey Lemonade now has a lemonade stand in the Google Play Store!

HL HQ is soda-lighted to announce that the Hey Lemonade app is now available for Android!

If you are an Android user you can download directly from the Google Play store (here) today and get listening. There are 5 free peps just waiting for you to try. Or subscribe to access the full catalogue of talks and features.

If you are an iOS user feel free to share the news with all the beloved Android users in your life and help them deal with their everyday stresses in a quick, practical and scientifically proven way. We can’t wait to be the stress intervention app you and your Android loving friends, family, hairdressers and dog walkers need.

A bit about our pep talks
Peps are grounded in science and brought to life by Australia’s best creative writers. All talks are guided by experts, passed through in house psychologists and grounded in evidence from solution focused therapy. This scientific foundation is then translated by their team of compassionate, clever and creative writers to craft the ideal talk with perspective and humour. Additionally, Hey Lemonade were the recipients of a CSIRO Kick-start research grant which they have used to test the efficacy of the app and ensure everything is scientifically sound.  Each pep is written by award winning writers including Marieke Hardy, Susie Youssef, Wesley Enoch, Benjamin Law and Virginia Gay to name a few.

Where to start with the 100s of pep talks?
From workplace pressure, relationship problems, managing big emotions to talks that get you focused and motivated, Hey Lemonade talks have been written for a wide range of situations like when you need an Imposter syndrome remedy, When you’re feeling bleurgh, A gee up before a date or big meeting, Feeling overwhelmed, a talk for When your kids are being assholes or even just a Gee up to start the week. Whatever you’re feeling you can find the perfect pep for your lemon.

We recommend the Chill morning high five to get your morning started with a positive mindset.

If you want to know more about our voices, writers or the science behind all our pep talks have a look through ‘Our Pep talks’ pages.

We’re thrilled that Android users can now join the growing Hey Lemonade community of zesties.

Meet our new mascot Lemmy, the star of our new campaign!

Get ready to meet Lemmy, the animated lemon who is central to our very first campaign. Not only is Lemmy very cute, they’re your animated ally on a crusade to stop endless loops of overthinking. 

When we developed the campaign, we thought what better way to celebrate the Hey Lemonade app than to offer a sample of one of our pep talks?! The next decision was to decide which one of our 100s of talks available on the app, we should feature. That’s when our research told us that overthinking in the form of self-doubt and worry was something that was haunting far too many of us. 

Our campaign pep talk is a bite sized version of the longer talk available in the app, but it’s just enough to offer a moment of peace from the racing thoughts.

Check out the animation below:

This animation campaign will be complemented by a range of images that call out some of the benefits of Hey Lemonade pep talks. You might see them around!

Hey Lemonade endeavours to bring calm and positivity every time you interact with our brand. Our hope is that our campaign can deliver a little of that too. Keep your eyes peeled and if you know someone who is a fellow overthinker – share this with them today to give them a moment of respite.

Proud as punch at the Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards.

We’re thrilled to announce that Hey Lemonade won “Best New Business” at the 2023 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards.

The award criteria requires new businesses are less than 2 years old and at least 50% founded by women.  The award for Best New Business acknowledges organisations and founders who are contributing, influencing, and leading their sectors and industries.

It considers a range of criteria from the impact, uniqueness, contribution to the economy, growth, diversity, sustainability and scalability of the business, as well as the way a business treats its staff, the development of the product itself (we love our tech team) and the marketing strategies utilised to drive engagement with the business. We were jumping out of our lemon peels when we heard Hey Lemonade had won!

Thankfully, co-founders Lucy Durack and Elise McCann know a thing or two about glamming up for such an occasion from their life in theatre. In their speech, not only did they acknowledge the work of their team and support of their families, but they talked about something interesting. That was, how adopting a “yes and” attitude has become their super power. When faced with a challenge, they’ve adopted a growth mindset where they replace “I don’t know how to do this” with “let’s figure out how to do this”. This is a spirit and attitude the co-founders extend to their team. We hear so much about the hustle and countless hours that make a small business, however, it was nice to be reminded that sometimes leaning into naivety with curiosity and optimism can be a recipe for success. 

See the full acceptance speech below.

Australia’s National Science Agency, CSIRO, has published findings that Hey Lemonade pep talks can improve users mood, stress and ability to cope with general life hassles.

Despite the hundreds of wellbeing apps on the market, few are subject to rigorous testing to support the benefits they claim to deliver. The founders of Hey Lemonade were determined to create an app that actually helped circuit break stress, build resilience and contributes to the positive well-being of its users.  So much so, that they decided to put it to the test!

Hey Lemonade commenced a project with the CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, made possible through the CSIRO Kick-Start Program, to test the efficacy of their app.  The results of the trial have passed peer review and now been published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (a premier peer-reviewed journal with a unique focus on digital health digital psychiatry/ digital psychology/ e-mental health).  The findings have everyone at Hey Lemonade bubbling with excitement!

Results found that those using the app reported a 50 per cent increase in feelings of calmness by week four, compared to participants in the control group who tracked their moods without any intervention over the same period.

The study saw a significant increase in feelings of vitality, described as aliveness and high positive energy in association with motivation. In addition, perception of daily hassles experienced over the previous 1-2 days significantly decreased for those accessing the Hey Lemonade app. The experience of daily hassles includes managing family, bills, appointments, work, commuting, and is a strong predictor of overall wellbeing and health status in other research.

An analysis of the study, which involved 166 people aged 25 – 50 years old, found that age or gender did not significantly predict higher app engagement, suggesting the broad appeal of Hey Lemonade. The study identified that while stress is often researched in the context of workplaces, it is important to examine stress in the context of micro-stressors or daily hassles because they are likely to be important predictors of health outcomes.

In feedback collected across the trial, participants said that the app and talks left them feeling “motivated and more positive”, “inspired, calm, armed with practical advice to get through tough times”, as well as “clear minded and refreshed”.

Researchers concluded that a digital intervention such as the Hey Lemonade app might be useful as a self-guided approach for managing daily life stress and promoting positive emotional wellbeing.

The results are of course no accident or surprise to the team at Hey Lemonade, as each Hey Lemonade pep talk utilises a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches and is passed through a team of psychologists to ensure their effectiveness. Read more about the science behind our peps here.

And next time you need to find some calm, boost your vitality and build your resilience, try a Hey Lemonade pep talk and feel confident that it will actually help!

Zesty Recognition: Hey Lemonade gets a sweet feature on Google Play

Hey Lemonade is thrilled to share that we have been selected for the Google Play #WeArePlay campaign! The #WeArePlay campaign spotlights and celebrates apps and games creators from all over the world. it is a substantial program that highlights the incredible journey of Hey Lemonade and the impact it has on our community. With over 3,600 downloads via the Play Store (and over 10,000 on all platforms!), Hey Lemonade has become a go-to resource for bite-sized, science-backed pep talks, especially beloved by students and neurodiverse individuals. We’re committed to spreading positivity and providing support to all our users, one uplifting talk at a time.

Google Play has been instrumental in helping us understand how our users engage with Hey Lemonade. As we continue to grow and improve, this feature is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team.  Thank you Google!

In conversation with Chloé Hayden: award winning motivational speaker, actor, author, Autism and ADHD activist and advocate, for World Autism Month.

This year World Autism Understanding Day (WAUD) is about more than awareness—it’s about action. 

Autism Spectrum Australia has shared that conversations with the autistic community have made it clear that while awareness has grown, genuine understanding and meaningful support are still lacking.  So we decided to speak with Hey Lemonade voice companion and autism & disability activist and advocate, Chloé Hayden to better educate ourselves on how to genuinely support and engage with our autistic community.

What do you want people to know about autism? 

If you know one autistic person, you know one autistic person. The autism spectrum is so broad; it isn’t a linear spectrum, it’s a colour palette, with an infinite amount of hex codes. Don’t assume you know about autism because your friends kid is autistic, or because you’ve seen it in a film (especially if you’ve seen it in a film), or because a classmate is.  Every autistic person is going to have a vastly different hex code; we are all going to have vastly different needs, different areas that we struggle and succeed in, and different ways of viewing and interacting with the world around us.

Also, learn from autistic folk. Read books, listen to podcasts, follow autistic creators… The more you know, the more you know.

What are some things people can say or do to be supportive?

Ask us. So much of the time, it really is that simple. Ask us what you can do to support us, ask us what we may need to regulate, or feel more comfortable. Ask us our access needs; particularly so if you’re an employer or a teacher with autistic folks in your work-place or classroom (hint: there probably is, even if you’re not aware of it. And if there isn’t, why isn’t there?)

Which 5 talks ( of the talks you have recorded) do you feel could be a useful resource to support and celebrate people with Autism Spectrum Disorder or their families?

• Activist fatigue
• Need to remember that you are enough
• Feeling overwhelmed
• Disabled pride celebration
• Feeling anxious about going to school

In addition to being an award winning actor you are also a published author. Is there a talk that you would like to write?

Hey lemonades talks are all so beautifully curated and speak to so many niches that would have saved me on so many occasions as a confused, overwhelmed teenager. More than anything, I think we need so many more versions and varients of you are enough talks. Enough so that there’s a new talk every single day, enough that eventually, it will start to make sense, enough so that one day, a teenager listening to the talks will go ‘…hm, you know what? Maybe, just maybe, they’re right.’

Is there anything else you would like to share or spotlight this month?