We’re making an impact that matters
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Welcome to year five of AOE healing.
It’s incredible to look back at a pre-pandemic movement for better mental health and see our scale of operations now. We’ve learned and grown so much, mostly for the better but not without mistakes along the way. I wanted to share with you a little bit of our decision-making process around what we build, and where we’re heading. As always, please make your thoughts known!
Five years ago, this community was a few dozen people wanting more hands-on help working through topics we discussed on stream. From there, Healthy Gamer Coaching was born. We combined principles from peer support, executive coaching, recovery coaching, and added our own flavor of mental health and life coaching. Our goal was — and continues to be — providing mental health solutions outside the boundaries of mental illness. Our coaching program has since been validated through 7 research studies, featured by the American Psychiatric Association, and to date has served more than 16,000 people in over 100 countries. Nearly 70% of what we generate across all business lines goes to supporting the coaching program, which we believe can be a significant intervention for youth mental health, male mental health, and non-clinical mental health.
Recognizing the need for more accessible options in our community, we went on to develop more affordable, self-paced experiences like Guides, Groups, and Memberships. Community support has always been at our core. It's this sense of AOE that fuels our latest endeavor: the HG Institute, a resource that equips therapists with accredited CE (Continuing Education) Courses to help them better serve young people's mental health needs. This is huge undertaking that navigates a lot of archaic regulation, and requires a lot of resources. But, we’re taking it on in hopes that one day, you’ll be able to work with a therapist equipped with knowledge that draws from all we’ve built at HG.
Ultimately, we’re a bunch of internet randos united by purpose and passion. And, look at all we’ve accomplished together. It’s why I don’t want to be beholden to sponsors, donors, or investors. I’d much rather be beholden to you, the people who get it.
Happy five year anniversary, chat — it’s been the best 5 years of our lives.
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Five years ago, this community was a few dozen people wanting more hands-on help working through topics we discussed on stream. From there, Healthy Gamer Coaching was born. We combined principles from peer support, executive coaching, recovery coaching, and added our own flavor of mental health and life coaching. Our goal was — and continues to be — providing mental health solutions outside the boundaries of mental illness. Our coaching program has since been validated through 7 research studies, featured by the American Psychiatric Association, and to date has served more than 16,000 people in over 100 countries. Nearly 70% of what we generate across all business lines goes to supporting the coaching program, which we believe can be a significant intervention for youth mental health, male mental health, and non-clinical mental health.
Recognizing the need for more accessible options in our community, we went on to develop more affordable, self-paced experiences like Guides, Groups, and Memberships. Community support has always been at our core. It's this sense of AOE that fuels our latest endeavor: the HG Institute, a resource that equips therapists with accredited CE (Continuing Education) Courses to help them better serve young people's mental health needs. This is huge undertaking that navigates a lot of archaic regulation, and requires a lot of resources. But, we’re taking it on in hopes that one day, you’ll be able to work with a therapist equipped with knowledge that draws from all we’ve built at HG.
Ultimately, we’re a bunch of internet randos united by purpose and passion. And, look at all we’ve accomplished together. It’s why I don’t want to be beholden to sponsors, donors, or investors. I’d much rather be beholden to you, the people who get it.
Happy five year anniversary, chat — it’s been the best 5 years of our lives.
xx
– Kruti Kanojia
CEO & Co-Founder
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Since we started HG in 2019, we’ve held:
280,000+
total coaching sessions
Personal Coaching
4.8/5
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Average Session Rating
196k
completed sessions
76k
Session Reviews
Group Coaching
4.5/5
Average Session Rating
85k
completed sessions
26k
Session Reviews
Community Growth in 2023
YouTube
2M+
total subscribers
159M+
views
17M+
hours watched
Twitch
650k+
total followers
1.3M
views
302k+
hearts in chat
Discord
85k
total members
3.1M+
voice activity minutes
2.8M+
messages
Reddit
104k
total members
14.2M
views
19k+
posts
Topics Covered
Thank you to all
of our fans
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In the past year we…
Collaborated in the fields of healthcare, technology, and gaming
Dr. K was featured at the Asians x YouTube Summit, where he spoke to Youtube / Google platform developers, and software engineers about achieving their peak performance, burnout prevention, honing their communication and collaboration skills, and more.
We were honored to have the opportunity to champion the mental health needs of the digital generation at the American Psychiatric Association’s 2023 Annual Meeting, and get a special feature on APA TV. Check out the full feature here.
As part of a Speaker Series hosted by the video game studio Dreamhaven, Dr. K shared insights on mental health, ayurveda, and stress management with a group of game developers. He emphasized the importance of understanding individual stress triggers and strategizing for success based on one's personality type.
In the past year we…
Branched out
The HG Institute is an accredited organization that provides Continuing Education Courses to clinicians and other professionals, focused on the unique mental health needs of this generation.
Accreditations
Course Offerings
Technology Addiction
Video Game Addiction
HG Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization supporting individual and collective mental health through funding, policy, and actionable research.
Donations Given
Holiday Help Grant
(14 $600 grants)
(14 $600 grants)
ActiveMinds Donation
($12.5k)
($12.5k)
988 Suicide and Crisis Line
($12.5k)
($12.5k)
Donations Received
Chess Clash Collaboration
($50k)
($50k)
In the past year we…
Supported hundreds in the creator economy
In the past year we…
Connected, touched grass, and got in our feels
Monthly event to help community members build social skills through role-played conversations supported by each other and an HG Coach.
Nearly
1k
attendees
Photo challenge where we encouraged our community to get off screens and go touch grass!
Over
10k
submissions
Challenge to help our community identify emotions and build EQ using tools and activities.
Over
15k
participants
In the past year we…
Invested in expanding our team, reach and goals
Coaching
Coach Contracted Rate
Platform Development
Compliance
Content
Memberships
Production (Free & Premium content)
Channel Management
Other
Marketing
Research & Advisory
Admin
In the past year we…
Made most of our educational content available for free
Free Content
90%
Resource Packs
Community events
Live streams
YouTube videos
Paid Content
10%
Dr. K’s Guide
YouTube Memberships
In the past year we…
Created more resources to better serve our community
HG Resource Packs are free mini-guides created to address some of our most requested topics, including Confidence, Motivation, Dating, Life Purpose, and more. Each Resource Pack is curated with love by the HG team, and contains videos from both our YouTube channel and Dr. K's Guide coupled with actionable insights and reflections to help you implement change.
YouTube Memberships are our latest product offering, designed to enrich the experience of watching HG content. Memberships provide an avenue to implement change through weekly quests, skills-based lectures, and live Q&As. Plus, members get to vote on content topics, keeping their interests at the center of everything we create.
In the past year we…
Impacted thousands of lives
16k+
total coaching clients
825k+
views on Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health
146
countries and territories reached
In the past year we…
Inspired people to make a change
I think what Dr. K and his team are doing is very unique and beneficial to many people. I don't know much past his videos on YouTube but they were extremely helpful for me personally and undoubtedly to many people around the world.
Impact
ExxyqtI
Wanted to say thank you to us for having women on the mod team and having such a good report system. She just came back to discord for this server and said she feels safer in HG than other places on the internet because of this report
Community
Angelity
Can't even explain how helpful this guide has been for my ADHD! Many of the concepts of this guide have enabled me to actually get stuff done over the last few weeks. It's almost bizarre seeing this stuff work every day. Thanks for all you do!!
Productivity
Focus
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Ryan Hunnicutt
Woah!! I can’t help but feel like Dr. K is speaking directly to me - again. This video is going into my every Dr. K playlist. I will try to apply his advice into my life. Btw - love how insightful, intelligent, yet funny and open he is 😭😆💗❤️🎉
Relatability
Ayane B. King
That was a very good stream, arguably the most helpful talk I've heard for my situation. I cried a lot at the end because after reflecting on the things he said, I realize that a lot of my issues (like lack of attention) can be traced back to trauma.
Self-understanding
Reflection
Vesperrl
Dr. K I just woke up as I’m a night owl but I want to say thank you for what you do as I’m getting a better understanding of pitfalls of life and how to overcome them. You’re the best, have a blessed day
Self-improvement
Sk8boarder1700
I think what Dr. K and his team are doing is very unique and beneficial to many people. I don't know much past his videos on YouTube but they were extremely helpful for me personally and undoubtedly to many people around the world.
Impact
Exxyqtl
Wanted to say thank you to us for having women on the mod team and having such a good report system. She just came back to discord for this server and said she feels safer in HG than other places on the internet because of this report
Community
Angelity
Can't even explain how helpful this guide has been for my ADHD! Many of the concepts of this guide have enabled me to actually get stuff done over the last few weeks. It's almost bizarre seeing this stuff work every day. Thanks for all you do!!
Productivity
Focus
Ryan Hunnicut
Woah!! I can’t help but feel like Dr. K is speaking directly to me - again. This video is going into my every Dr. K playlist. I will try to apply his advice into my life. Btw - love how insightful, intelligent, yet funny and open he is 😭😆💗❤️🎉
Relatability
Ayane B. King
That was a very good stream, arguably the most helpful talk I've heard for my situation. I cried a lot at the end because after reflecting on the things he said, I realize that a lot of my issues (like lack of attention) can be traced back to trauma.
Self-understanding
Reflection
JSquared
Dr. K I just woke up as I’m a night owl but I want to say thank you for what you do as I’m getting a better understanding of pitfalls of life and how to overcome them. You’re the best, have a blessed day
Self-improvement
Sk8boarder1700
I think what Dr. K and his team are doing is very unique and beneficial to many people. I don't know much past his videos on YouTube but they were extremely helpful for me personally and undoubtedly to many people around the world.
Impact
Exxyqtl
Wanted to say thank you to us for having women on the mod team and having such a good report system. She just came back to discord for this server and said she feels safer in HG than other places on the internet because of this report
Community
Angelity
Can't even explain how helpful this guide has been for my ADHD! Many of the concepts of this guide have enabled me to actually get stuff done over the last few weeks. It's almost bizarre seeing this stuff work every day. Thanks for all you do!!
Productivity
Focus
Ryan Hunnicut
Woah!! I can’t help but feel like Dr. K is speaking directly to me - again. This video is going into my every Dr. K playlist. I will try to apply his advice into my life. Btw - love how insightful, intelligent, yet funny and open he is 😭😆💗❤️🎉
Relatability
Ayane B. King
That was a very good stream, arguably the most helpful talk I've heard for my situation. I cried a lot at the end because after reflecting on the things he said, I realize that a lot of my issues (like lack of attention) can be traced back to trauma.
Self-understanding
Reflection
JSquared
Dr. K I just woke up as I’m a night owl but I want to say thank you for what you do as I’m getting a better understanding of pitfalls of life and how to overcome them. You’re the best, have a blessed day
Self-improvement
Sk8boarder1700
I think what Dr. K and his team are doing is very unique and beneficial to many people. I don't know much past his videos on YouTube but they were extremely helpful for me personally and undoubtedly to many people around the world.
Impact
Exxyqtl
Wanted to say thank you to us for having women on the mod team and having such a good report system. She just came back to discord for this server and said she feels safer in HG than other places on the internet because of this report
Community
Angelity
Can't even explain how helpful this guide has been for my ADHD! Many of the concepts of this guide have enabled me to actually get stuff done over the last few weeks. It's almost bizarre seeing this stuff work every day. Thanks for all you do!!
Productivity
Focus
Ryan Hunnicut
Woah!! I can’t help but feel like Dr. K is speaking directly to me - again. This video is going into my every Dr. K playlist. I will try to apply his advice into my life. Btw - love how insightful, intelligent, yet funny and open he is 😭😆💗❤️🎉
Relatability
Ayane B. King
That was a very good stream, arguably the most helpful talk I've heard for my situation. I cried a lot at the end because after reflecting on the things he said, I realize that a lot of my issues (like lack of attention) can be traced back to trauma.
Self-understanding
Reflection
JSquared
Dr. K I just woke up as I’m a night owl but I want to say thank you for what you do as I’m getting a better understanding of pitfalls of life and how to overcome them. You’re the best, have a blessed day
Self-improvement
Sk8boarder1700
I think what Dr. K and his team are doing is very unique and beneficial to many people. I don't know much past his videos on YouTube but they were extremely helpful for me personally and undoubtedly to many people around the world.
Impact
Exxyqtl
Wanted to say thank you to us for having women on the mod team and having such a good report system. She just came back to discord for this server and said she feels safer in HG than other places on the internet because of this report
Community
Angelity
Can't even explain how helpful this guide has been for my ADHD! Many of the concepts of this guide have enabled me to actually get stuff done over the last few weeks. It's almost bizarre seeing this stuff work every day. Thanks for all you do!!
Productivity
Focus
Ryan Hunnicut
Woah!! I can’t help but feel like Dr. K is speaking directly to me - again. This video is going into my every Dr. K playlist. I will try to apply his advice into my life. Btw - love how insightful, intelligent, yet funny and open he is 😭😆💗❤️🎉
Relatability
Ayane B. King
That was a very good stream, arguably the most helpful talk I've heard for my situation. I cried a lot at the end because after reflecting on the things he said, I realize that a lot of my issues (like lack of attention) can be traced back to trauma.
Self-understanding
Reflection
JSquared
Dr. K I just woke up as I’m a night owl but I want to say thank you for what you do as I’m getting a better understanding of pitfalls of life and how to overcome them. You’re the best, have a blessed day
Self-improvement
Sk8boarder1700
I think what Dr. K and his team are doing is very unique and beneficial to many people. I don't know much past his videos on YouTube but they were extremely helpful for me personally and undoubtedly to many people around the world.
Impact
Exxyqtl
Wanted to say thank you to us for having women on the mod team and having such a good report system. She just came back to discord for this server and said she feels safer in HG than other places on the internet because of this report
Community
Angelity
Can't even explain how helpful this guide has been for my ADHD! Many of the concepts of this guide have enabled me to actually get stuff done over the last few weeks. It's almost bizarre seeing this stuff work every day. Thanks for all you do!!
Productivity
Focus
Ryan Hunnicut
Woah!! I can’t help but feel like Dr. K is speaking directly to me - again. This video is going into my every Dr. K playlist. I will try to apply his advice into my life. Btw - love how insightful, intelligent, yet funny and open he is 😭😆💗❤️🎉
Relatability
Ayane B. King
That was a very good stream, arguably the most helpful talk I've heard for my situation. I cried a lot at the end because after reflecting on the things he said, I realize that a lot of my issues (like lack of attention) can be traced back to trauma.
Self-understanding
Reflection
JSquared
Dr. K I just woke up as I’m a night owl but I want to say thank you for what you do as I’m getting a better understanding of pitfalls of life and how to overcome them. You’re the best, have a blessed day
Self-improvement
Sk8boarder1700
And it doesn’t stop there
We’re continuing to grow and build programs designed to meet young people, and those who raise, educate, and care for them, where they’re at. We’ll be back next year to let you know how it goes
Coming in 2024
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