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Press
Thank you to these amazing journalists and bloggers for sharing our story and Keen as a wearable device for positive behavior change. We appreciate your efforts to raise awareness of body focused repetitive behaviors, like trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder), dermatillomania (skin picking) & onychophagia (nail biting).
Hard Habits to Break
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Ellen Crupi can easily recall when she first pulled out a strand of her long dark hair in the same way some people might remember their first kiss or losing their first tooth. She was 12 years old and in gym class at her suburban Rhode Island middle school, waiting for teams to be chosen.Â
âI was probably just playing with my hair to calm myself down, and I pulled a piece out. I donât know why,â says the 54-year-old Crupi, who lives in Bethesda. âEver since that moment, I was hooked. I just felt a zing.â
Pulling out her hair became a coping mechanism for Crupi, a way to tackle anxiety or even boredom, and nothing she was too concerned about at first.
Inventors Helping Inventors #21 - Aneela Idnani
Alan interviews Aneela Idnani - inventor of the Keen bracelet.
Tune in to learn how, after suffering for years with a psychological disorder that caused her to pull out all her eyebrows, she invented a solution - the Keen bracelet.
The Keen bracelet has changed habits and touched thousands of lives all over the globe.
HabitAware Receives $300,000 Grant to Advance Work Treating Hair-Pulling Disorder
Through a study funded by the grant award, HabitAware will evaluate the feasibility of Keen as an official treatment for trichotillomania. Simultaneously, Keen will be further developed into a tool for self-administration of Habit Reversal Training (HRT), one of few verified treatments currently in existence.
A New Tool to Overcome Skin and Hair Picking Disorders
You, she reminds, are whoâs really in control. And thatâs where Keen comes in. When the bracelet vibrates, itâs bringing the picking compulsion from the subconscious into the conscious â giving you the ability to then consciously say to yourself âmy hands are not where I want them to beâ.
How a Hair Pulling Disorder Inspired a Smart Bracelet Startup
For more than 20 years, Aneela Idnani Kumar hid her hair pulling disorder.
Disguising her absent eyebrows with makeup and concealing her isolation with smiles, Idnani Kumar kept her trichotillomania a secret from even her husband.
A mental health condition in the family of obsessive compulsive disorders, people with trichotillomania, âtrichâ for short, are plagued by irresistible urges to pull out their eyebrows, eyelashes, hair on their heads or anywhere else on their body.
MN Cup Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Aneela Idnani, HabitAware co-founder, and Lisa Lavin, Omcare founder and CEO, discuss the MN Cup.
2019 40 Under 40: Aneela Idnani Kumar, HabitAware
HabitAware Cofounder, Aneela Idnani Kumar, named one of 2019 40 under 40.
From Advertising to Startup with Aneela Idnani
HabitAware CoFounder, Aneela Idnani joins us to share her journey on making the jump from the Advertising space to the startup world in order to create a successful wearable tech product that helps people with mental health issues.
Underrepresented entrepreneurs in Minnesota
It's tough out there for a business owner. It's even tougher for business owners from underrepresented communities.
Recent numbers show that in Minnesota, nearly 10 percent of the state's small businesses are minority-owned.
MPR News host Angela Davis sat down with Dr. Bruce Corrie, who studies the economic impacts of minorities and immigrants in the Twin Cities, and a local business owner who can share advice for future entrepreneurs. Today's guests include Aneela Idnani, co-founder of HabitAware, a Minneapolis-based tech startup that develops a smart awareness tracker called Keen.
16 Great Gifts For Your Hair
Keen, a smart bracelet and a TIME Magazine top 2018 invention, looks like a fitness tracker and detects your specific behaviors after a one-time training with its companion mobile app. When Keen senses your hand doing your unwanted gesture, it vibrates, making you aware of your gesture and allowing you the opportunity to stop. No more hair pulling!
HabitAware Helps You Retrain Your Brain to Kick Bad Habits
Mental health is often a topic many struggle to talk about. Those who struggle with mental health issues often feel isolated and ashamed of what theyâre going through or the way they feel. These were feelings Aneela Idnani was dealing with.
âI have personally suffered from a hair pulling disorder, trichotillomania, since my early teens. Itâs a trance-like state and a coping mechanism for stress and anxiety ⌠As a young teen who didnât understand why I was pulling [my hair], I grew up ashamed that I was doing this to myself. This shame led me to hide behind makeup for nearly 20 years,â she explains.
Big Ideas: âA smart bracelet that can help you break your bad habitsâ with HabitAware Cofounder, Aneela Idnani
As a part of my series about âBig Ideas That Might Change the World In The Next Few Yearsâ I had the pleasure of interviewing Aneela Idnani. Aneela is Cofounder & President of HabitAware. HabitAware created its Keen smart bracelet to help people âRetrain the Brainâ from unwanted behaviors, like hair pulling disorder (trichotillomania), compulsive skin picking (dermatillomania) & nail biting to healthier behaviors. Having grown up hiding her hair pulling disorder in shame, Aneela is now an outspoken mental health advocate, raising awareness of these very common yet unknown conditions. HabitAware is partly funded by a research grant from the NIH and was named a TIME Magazine 2018 Best Invention.