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First Light
MVP Prototype: A Digital Co-pilot for Tough Moments
This is a proof-of-concept demonstration of First Light, providing immediate support, self-reflection, and wellness tracking during life's challenging moments, rather than a fully functioning application.
Understanding the Challenge
The Reality of Mental Health Struggles
Navigating moments of acute distress, anxiety, or overwhelming emotions is one of life's most difficult experiences. When these feelings strike, accessing the right support at precisely the right time often feels impossible. Traditional resources may be unavailable, and the path to help can seem unclear and daunting.
Many individuals find themselves struggling alone during their most vulnerable moments, unsure where to turn or how to communicate their needs effectively to healthcare professionals. This gap between distress and support can feel insurmountable.
The First Light Solution
Immediate Response
An intuitive, user-centric application designed to provide immediate, calming support precisely when you need it most.
Bridge to Care
Acting as both a "first response" tool and a thoughtful bridge to professional healthcare support.
Empowering Journey
Empowering users to take an active role in their mental wellness journey through understanding and self-reflection.
Our Core Philosophy
Safety, Self-Compassion, and Empowerment
Immediate Safety
Prioritising your safety above all else with a clear, guided flow specifically designed for moments of crisis. Every feature is built with your wellbeing as the primary concern.
Gentle Reflection
Creating a non-judgemental space where you can safely connect with your inner state through our innovative Mirror feature, fostering self-understanding and compassion.
Data-Informed Wellness
Empowering you to track your experiences meaningfully and communicate effectively with healthcare professionals using validated clinical tools.
Physiological Regulation
Providing evidence-based breathwork tools designed to help regulate your nervous system and find calm amidst the storm of difficult emotions.
Get Help Now: Your Safety Net
A Guided Support System in Moments of Crisis
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Immediate Triage
A simple, direct question guides you: "Are you feeling overwhelmed or unsafe right now?" This gentle checkpoint helps assess your immediate needs.
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Emergency Action
If you're feeling unsafe, the app provides a prominent one-tap button to call 999, ensuring immediate access to professional emergency services.
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Personal Support Network
Option to contact a pre-defined emergency contact with a thoughtfully pre-written, supportive message that communicates your need for help with dignity.
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Professional Helplines
Curated, direct links to trusted resources including NHS urgent mental health helplines, Samaritans, and Mind for immediate professional support.
This feature ensures that during a crisis, you're guided towards immediate, real-world help without confusion or additional stress.
The Mirror: Understanding Your Inner World
Attunement & Reflection Through Innovative Technology
The Bridge: Breath Pacer
A beautifully animated spiral gently guides your breathing, creating a bridge between distress and calm. This visual anchor helps regulate your nervous system naturally.
The Attunement Field
An innovative, interactive space where you can visually map your emotional state using two thoughtful dimensions: Agitated-Calm and Diffuse-Directed. This unique approach helps you understand your inner landscape with greater clarity.
AI-Powered Journaling Support
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Personalised Prompts
The app offers thoughtful, AI-suggested prompts based on your mapped emotional state, providing gentle guidance for self-exploration.
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Gentle Summarisation
After journaling, the AI provides a compassionate, coherent summary of your thoughts, helping to "untangle" complex feelings and emotions.
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Private Reflection Log
Your reflections are saved in a completely private log, allowing you to track patterns, progress, and insights over time.
This feature transforms the overwhelming experience of complex emotions into manageable, understandable insights that support your healing journey.
My Wellness: Tracking Your Journey
Daily Wellness Tracker
A gentle, comprehensive daily log helps you track key experiences including intrusive thoughts, sleep quality, mood patterns, and avoidance behaviours. The system provides a simple total score, making it easy to monitor positive changes and patterns over time.
This isn't about judgement—it's about understanding yourself with compassion and creating a clear picture of your wellness journey.
Validated Health Assessment Tools
Clinical-Grade Questionnaires at Your Own Pace
PCL-5 Assessment
A comprehensive trauma screening tool that helps identify symptoms and their impact on daily life, providing valuable insights for you and your healthcare provider.
PHQ-9 Mood Assessment
A widely recognised depression screening questionnaire that measures mood symptoms with clinical accuracy, helping track changes over time.
GAD-7 Anxiety Assessment
A validated anxiety screening tool that measures worry and physical symptoms, providing clear insight into anxiety patterns and severity.
These professional-grade assessments can be completed at your own pace, creating a comprehensive snapshot of your wellbeing that facilitates meaningful conversations with healthcare providers.
AI-Assisted Healthcare Communication
One of the most challenging aspects of seeking mental health support is effectively communicating your needs to healthcare professionals. First Light bridges this communication gap with compassionate technology.
Intelligent Letter Drafting
The app uses your questionnaire scores and wellness data to draft a clear, respectful letter to your GP or healthcare provider, summarising your current state with clinical accuracy.
Professional Request Support
The generated letter includes a thoughtful request for an appointment, ensuring your communication is taken seriously and responds to clinical standards.
This feature empowers you to advocate for yourself with confidence, ensuring your voice is heard clearly in healthcare settings.
Breathwork: Physiological Regulation
Evidence-Based Breathing for Emotional Balance
Anxiety & Fear
Specialised breathing patterns designed to calm the fight-or-flight response and reduce anxiety symptoms
Grounding Practice
Techniques to help you feel more connected to the present moment and your physical body
Navigating Overwhelm
Breathing exercises specifically crafted to help when emotions feel too intense to manage
Preparing for Sleep
Gentle breathing rhythms that signal to your nervous system that it's time to rest and restore

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Immersive Breathwork Experience
Full-Screen Visual Guidance
Each breathing session features a beautifully animated mandala that expands and contracts with your breath, providing visual guidance that makes regulation feel natural and intuitive. The patterns are designed to be both calming and engaging.
Optional, carefully selected audio tones accompany the visual guides, creating an immersive experience that helps shift your nervous system from stress to calm. These rhythms are grounded in physiological principles known to support autonomic nervous system regulation.
Who First Light Serves
Supporting Diverse Needs with Compassionate Technology
Immediate Support Seekers
Individuals experiencing moments of anxiety, panic, or emotional overwhelm who need accessible, immediate support tools.
Self-Understanding Advocates
People seeking to better understand their mental state and develop the language to articulate their experiences clearly.
Healthcare Collaborators
Patients wanting to track their wellness journey and engage more effectively with their mental health providers through data and insights.
Therapy Support
Individuals undergoing therapy who benefit from additional support and self-monitoring tools between professional sessions.
Clinical Applications for Healthcare Professionals
A Valuable Tool for Mental Health Professionals
First Light serves as an invaluable resource that psychiatrists, therapists, and other mental health professionals can confidently recommend to their patients. The app provides structured, evidence-based support between sessions whilst generating meaningful data that enhances clinical conversations.
Between-Session Support
Offers patients immediate tools and coping strategies when professional support isn't immediately available, extending the therapeutic relationship beyond scheduled appointments.
Structured Data Collection
Provides clinicians with validated assessment scores and wellness tracking data, enabling more informed treatment decisions and progress monitoring.
Enhanced Patient Engagement
Encourages active participation in treatment through self-monitoring and reflection, leading to more productive therapeutic sessions and better outcomes.
Technology Foundation
Modern, Intelligent, and Responsive
Universal Accessibility
Built with modern web technologies ensuring a seamless experience across any device—smartphone, tablet, or computer.
AI-Powered Insights
Utilises Google's advanced Gemini language model to provide thoughtful journaling prompts and gentle, reflective summaries.
Intuitive Design
Every interaction is carefully designed to reduce cognitive load during distressing moments, making support accessible when you need it most.
Privacy: Your Data, Your Control
Complete Privacy Protection by Design
Local Storage Only
All your journal entries and wellness data are stored exclusively on your device using localStorage technology. Your personal information never leaves your control.
No Central Database
Unlike many apps, we don't maintain a central server with your personal data. You maintain complete ownership and control over your information at all times.
Anonymous AI Interactions
When AI features are used, all communication is completely anonymised and contains no personally identifiable information, ensuring your privacy is protected.
Your trust is paramount. First Light is designed with privacy-first principles, ensuring that your most personal thoughts and experiences remain completely under your control.
Evidence-Based Approach
Grounded in Clinical Research and Best Practice
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Validated Assessments
All clinical questionnaires (PCL-5, PHQ-9, GAD-7) are gold-standard tools used by healthcare professionals worldwide, ensuring clinical accuracy and relevance.
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Physiological Principles
Breathwork patterns are based on established research in autonomic nervous system regulation and have been shown to reduce stress and anxiety symptoms.
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Trauma-Informed Design
Every feature is designed with trauma-informed principles, ensuring the app feels safe, empowering, and never re-traumatising for users.
The First Light Difference
24/7
Availability
Support available whenever you need it, not just during office hours
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Core Features
Comprehensive toolkit addressing crisis, reflection, tracking, and regulation
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Privacy Protection
Complete control over your personal data with local storage only
First Light stands apart by combining immediate crisis support with long-term wellness tools, all whilst maintaining the highest standards of privacy and clinical relevance. It's not just an app—it's a comprehensive digital companion for your mental health journey.
Your Journey to Wellness Begins Here
Taking the First Step
Mental health challenges can feel isolating and overwhelming, but you don't have to face them alone. First Light represents a vision for the future of digital mental health support—one that prioritises your safety, privacy, and empowerment above all else. This vision is currently demonstrated through a proof-of-concept MVP prototype.
Whether you're experiencing a moment of crisis, seeking to understand your emotions better, or working to build a stronger relationship with your healthcare team, First Light, even in its prototype stage, aims to provide the tools and support you need to navigate these challenges with greater confidence and self-compassion.
Your wellbeing matters, and taking this step towards support demonstrates incredible strength and self-care.
Summary: Your Digital Co-Pilot
First Light is currently an MVP/prototype, representing a thoughtful, comprehensive approach to digital mental health support. This proof-of-concept demonstration showcases our vision to be your trusted companion during life's most challenging moments.
Crisis Support
Self-Understanding
Progress Monitoring
Regulation Tools
Complete Privacy
Our vision is simple yet profound: to make immediate, compassionate support accessible to everyone, reducing distress whilst fostering a deeper, more understanding connection to oneself. First Light doesn't replace professional care—it enhances it, bridges gaps, and empowers you to be an active participant in your mental wellness journey.
LinkedIn Launch: Sharing Our Vision
We're thrilled to announce the launch of First Light! 🎉
This past year, we've poured our hearts into developing a mental health companion designed with your privacy, safety, and empowerment at its core. First Light is more than just an app; it's a comprehensive digital co-pilot for your mental wellness journey.
Here's what makes First Light truly unique:
  • Privacy-First Design: All your data stays on your device. No central servers, no personal data shared. Your thoughts are yours alone.
  • Clinical Integration: Designed to work seamlessly with professional care, providing clinicians with valuable insights and patients with between-session support.
  • Evidence-Based Tools: From validated assessments to breathwork patterns grounded in neuroscience, every feature is built on clinical research and best practices.
  • AI-Powered Reflection: Utilising Google's Gemini, First Light offers thoughtful journaling prompts and gentle summaries, all while maintaining complete anonymity.
  • Intuitive & Accessible: A beautiful, user-friendly interface available on any device, ensuring support is always within reach during distressing moments.
Join us in embracing a new era of mental wellness support. Download First Light today!