More casual than therapy, more qualified than a friend.™
What is LifeGuides?
LifeGuides is an employee benefit that matches your employees with one of our Certified LifeGuides®, who have life experience in 400+ topics of Personal Growth, Lifelong Learning, and Life Challenges.
Watch Mark’s LifeGuides presentation at the World Happiness Fest 2022:
“LifeGuides matches an employee to an empathetic Guide
who has successfully navigated the same life event.”
— Will Bunker, Founder of Match.com, Board Member of LifeGuides
Who are the Guides?
Our Certified LifeGuides® are amazing humans, who love helping others on their life journey. They are highly qualified based on their life experiences, credentials, and education.
In one-to-one sessions, Guides share their wisdom and provide employees with a toolkit to learn and overcome. Guides are aided by our Intelligence Assistance® software, which offers real-time, in-session “knowledge augmentation”.
We have a rigorous selection and training process for our Guides, continually monitor them for quality, and offer Guide to Guide coaching sessions. Our Guides can set their own schedules, and are paid a living wage.
It’s life experience on demand.
How does LifeGuides fit in with existing benefits?
LifeGuides doesn’t replace your existing wellbeing & wellness benefits—it complements them.
Among existing benefits, LifeGuides presents a completely unique service: one-to-one, personalized guidance with empathetic Guides, who have been through the same life event. Our Guides live within the intersection of mentoring, coaching, executive education, concierge services, positive psychology and talking to a good friend.
Employees don’t always feel like they need an EAP to help with a crisis, or formal therapy sessions. Sometimes they just need to hear from someone with relevant and timely life experience—that’s where LifeGuides comes in. Additionally, we can help increase utilization of other benefits via Guide referrals.
See our original LifeGuides Vision video from 2017:
Our Founding Principles
Why is LifeGuides a unique opportunity?
LifeGuides is the First Mover in a massive new Marketplace Category, addressing a costly employer problem
Immediately scalable opportunity with compelling Product/Market Fit
Our team has 4 proven startup-to-exit CEOs
Vibrant & Thriving Company Culture
We’re riding megatrends: Remote Work, Telehealth, Freelancing, Sharing Economy, Metaverse & Work-Life Balance
Clear pathway to achieve a strong Network Effect
Exceptional Societal Impact bolstering “Business as a Force for Good”