MyHeLP vs MoodyTunes

MyHeLP (My Healthy Lifestyles Program) is designed to help you to become more aware of how your lifestyle affects your health and wellbeing. It focuses on the six (6) key risk factors for chronic disease – tobacco use, alcohol use, physical inactivity, poor diet, poor sleep, and low mood – and aims to help you make any changes you need to make in your life to maximise your health and wellbeing. It will give you information about how to reduce your risks associated with these behaviours but will also teach you the skills you may need to put this information into practice. MyHeLP is based on extensive research, clinical expertise, and expert coaching practices to help people build motivation to make lifestyle changes successfully. MyHeLP is designed for people who are interested in learning more about, as well as improving, their health behaviours to reduce the risks associated with tobacco use, alcohol use, physical inactivity, poor diet, poor sleep, and low mood. People can work on all of these behaviours, some, or just one – you do not have to be at risk in all of these areas to use MyHeLP. MyHeLP was developed by a team of researchers and clinicians from the University of Newcastle and the University of Sydney. This team of researchers was led by Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin, a registered Psychologist and mental health researcher. Dr Louise Thornton, a digital behaviour change specialist and researcher at the Matilda Centre, University of Sydney also brought her expertise to MyHeLP.

MoodyTunes is an interactive app that integrates with your Spotify account and aims to help you better understand and manage your mood and mental health through music. Based on more than ten years of research by music psychologists and mental health specialists at Western Sydney University, MoodyTunes can help you get a better understanding of the link between the music you listen to and your mood. MoodyTunes will not share any of your personal information or sell your data to others. Please note that MoodyTunes is not an alternative to professional medical or mental health support. If you are experiencing symptoms of depression or are having thoughts of self-harm please reach out to professional help services, such as via resources available in MoodyTunes or through other online sources.