We're a peer-based mental wellness community. If you’re like us, you’re also on the personal development path. You’ve explored self-help books, YouTube videos on productivity, meditation, and philosophy, and maybe even tried therapy and coaching. But we found we still wanted more. For us, this journey revealed a longing for deeper and authentic social connections, and a desire to belong to a community. Maybe that’s true for you too.
Do you feel stuck trying to make progress in your life? Do your emotions feel hard to manage because you feel like you’re going through it alone? Our tendency for hyper-independence can often get in our own way, preventing us from seeking and receiving the support we need. This can leave us feeling unsure and doubtful about how to get what we want in life, especially regarding our needs for belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.
We started to realize we wanted more—more connection and conversations, more opportunities to find and meet with like-minded people, more moments to receive feedback and mentor others, more time to share our concerns and challenges, and more ways to use the latest advances in technology to take us further on our personal development and healing journeys.
At TalkPlayground, we'll help connect you with a group of like-minded peers and offer you a facilitated and structured peer group experience. Here, transformation is the goal. We work on changing limiting beliefs and improving how we see and express ourselves. This is called Inner Work. The effectiveness of inner work relies on the wisdom and support of our peers, along with a trained group facilitator who has walked in your shoes (we have a rigorous process to find the best group facilitators).
“TalkPlayground helped me feel like I'm talking with people that A) can understand me, and B) want to.”
—Daniel M.
We run 90-minute peer-facilitated groups every day. Are you ready for this transformative experience? Try out a group today with pay-what-you-can options or community memberships starting at $99/month
TalkPlayground is a peer-based mental wellness community designed to complement and enhance traditional therapy. It is not a substitute for professional therapy or medical advice. If you're in crisis or need immediate help, please seek emergency services in your area.
If you've never been in a structured peer group before, you're missing out on something essential. A peer group provides not only support, but change and transformation. When we push for change by ourselves, alone, we're setting ourselves up for endless cycles of trial and error. It's exhausting, it's lonely, and frankly, it's unnecessary. Without guidance, we're more prone to getting lost, and facing overwhelming emotions, without any viable strategy.
At TalkPlayground, with our peer groups, you’re not just getting video call conversations; your getting role models, guidance and mentorship, deep, self-reflective relationships, honest feedback, a supporting and accepting environment, and peer accountability.
Each group has a rigorously trained conversation facilitator. Our facilitators have a depth of life experience and knowledge. And they will confidently model the behavior we all want to see more of in the world: speaking consciously, using a rich vocabulary of emotion words, and guiding both light-hearted and thoughtful conversations. They often know what you’re going through because they’ve been there themselves.
In the groups, you will experience honesty, vulnerability, active listening, emotional healing, and play. Overtime you will build deep and unique relationships with the group, relationships that will help you navigate your path with fewer missteps. In group, we become more than the sum of our parts.
Here are some other benefits: Honest Feedback - receive constructive criticism to identify and overcome personal barriers. Supportive Environment - be in a space where you can be your true self and feel accepted. Accountability - sharing goals with our peers motivates us and drives personal growth. You’ll also learn to speak the universal language of emotions, understand and express your needs, learn to manage difficult situations and feelings, and begin the start of healthier relationships.
The real result of your effort will show in your life as confidence, self-understanding, and self-acceptance. That's what we offer at TalkPlayground, and that's the transformative power of our groups.
Essential, direct, and transformational support can start today—don’t wait to unlock your full potential.
TalkPlayground is a peer-based mental wellness community designed to complement and enhance traditional therapy. It is not a substitute for professional therapy or medical advice. If you're in crisis or need immediate help, please seek emergency services in your area.
We all share a universal desire to communicate effectively. But you might not be using your voice and words in the most effective way. Many of us struggle with often invisible challenges, challenges that can drastically limit the power of our voice and inhibit the effectiveness of our words. Daily struggles, such as anxiety, stress, and doubt, can sometimes cloud our ability to think clearly or express ourselves authentically and confidently. Emotional obstacles, like the fear of rejection, judgment, or being misunderstood, further limit our chances of being heard and having our perspective valued.
A limited emotional vocabulary can also hold us back, making us feel stifled when we talk to others. If we don’t know which words are missing in our emotional intelligence, it’s tough to improve. When we struggle to express our feelings, we unintentionally keep them bottled up, which hurts us down the road and makes processing and communicating our feelings even harder.
At TalkPlayground, we recognize these obstacles, and offer solutions to overcome them. Confidence in communication starts with inner work. Building honest and deep self-awareness and emotional understanding takes time, and there are many ways we can help make it faster. Our approach is similar to learning any new language, through social immersion while expanding our awareness and our vocabulary.
TalkPlayground is both the place to practice and the place to hone your skills, where language learning meets real-world conversation. Our group video calls are powered by our intelligent software platform. Opt-in to access your personalized tools for inner work, enabling you to find clarity of your hidden emotional aspects.
Our technology, including our personal emotion wheel and personalized chatbot, will guide and support you through this growth. Our chatbot can help uncover your limiting beliefs, providing a clearer pathway to effective communication. And our personal emotion wheel looks out for over 400 emotion words, visualizing your emotional range and emotional gaps, helping you to unlock a more expansive view of your inner world.
We know your voice and words matter. By joining with TalkPlayground, you embark on a transformative journey to prove it. A journey where you’ll find your unique way of self-expression, gaining the confidence to communicate more openly and effectively. Join today to discover your openness, your clarity, and your confident, authentic self.
TalkPlayground is a peer-based mental wellness community designed to complement and enhance traditional therapy. It is not a substitute for professional therapy or medical advice. If you're in crisis or need immediate help, please seek emergency services in your area.
"Community is necessary for true growth. Personally I believe I wouldn’t have made a dent in my personal growth without TP. It has given me role models, honest feedback, and male companionship in ways that the “real world” is severely lacking in (especially for men, and especially for young men)"
"TP is a safe and non-judgemental space where I can share my current worries, concerns and progresses I am making in my life without the fear of being judged or looked down at. It is a valuable online space where one can develop skills and learn from others. Some of the skills I have picked up from being part of TP are better listening skills, the confidence to speak up and take up space."
"Technology was actually pushing me towards more isolation! TP is flipping the narrative; it fundamentally asks: how do we use technology as a way to bring people closer in more honest and vulnerable ways, rather than divide and isolate them?"
"As a new member, I didn’t know what to expect at first and I was really nervous about sharing. My facilitator and the other group members were all so patient and kind and really helped provide a safe space to connect. This is an amazing alternative to feel more interactive with others. It’s also so healing to listen to others and work on sharing my story. I’m looking forward to more future calls!"
"I see TP as a deeply useful and valuable tool for developing adults looking for guidance and emotional understanding, but also as a tool for building better emotional expression tools. Its taught me both how to be a better listener and how to share my own experience better."
TalkPlayground is a peer-based mental wellness community designed to complement and enhance traditional therapy. It is not a substitute for professional therapy or medical advice. If you're in crisis or need immediate help, please seek emergency services in your area.
“TalkPlayground is more than just a support group; it’s a family of understanding individuals, all navigating through life’s challenges together. The facilitators are incredibly supportive, making every session enlightening and comforting.”
“The group discussions at TalkPlayground have provided me with invaluable insights and perspectives. Under the gentle guidance of trained facilitators, I’ve learned to navigate my emotions and build lasting, meaningful relationships with fellow members.”
TalkPlayground is a peer-based mental wellness community designed to complement and enhance traditional therapy. It is not a substitute for professional therapy or medical advice. If you're in crisis or need immediate help, please seek emergency services in your area.
"With TalkPlayground, I jump in whenever I feel like it. Some weeks more, some less. It's transformed the way I see support."
"I was hesitant about joining at first. I thought the whole process would feel heavy. TalkPlayground is not like that, it feels different. It feels casual, and easy-going, and there's zero judgment because everyone is like me. It's like being part of a club where everyone's rooting for you."
"The technology has been transformative. Analyzing my words and the things I've said, seeing my emotion wheel—it's empowering. And with the group's support, I feel more connected and less alone."
TalkPlayground is a peer-based mental wellness community designed to complement and enhance traditional therapy. It is not a substitute for professional therapy or medical advice. If you're in crisis or need immediate help, please seek emergency services in your area.