Transform stress
reach your full potential
Akesa is a self-guided, science-based process that transforms stress into insight, helps you build resilience, and live a fuller, more meaningful life.
Stress signals what matters
Stress arises when something meaningful is at stake.
However, when stress becomes chronic or recurring, it can signal a misalignment between what we need and value and the life we are living.
Most tools manage stress by calming symptoms through a single technique, such as meditation, breathing, or journaling. Although this may offer relief, these approaches often do not address the deeper causes of stress or reflect the different ways people process experiences.
The Akesa process
Akesa is a self-guided, science-based process that helps you address the root causes of stress and live a more meaningful and fuller life.
Through the integrated use of modalities such as breathing, lateral eye movement, binaural beats, journaling, and cognitive reflection, Akesa helps increase self-awareness, resilience, and well-being.
The Akesa process helps you realign with your inner Wisdom, overcome the resistance that keeps you stuck, and move toward your full potential.
How Akesa was born
Akesa was created during a period when its founder needed a tool she could rely on throughout the day: to reflect in the morning, regain her sanity when stress took over, and unwind at night. She found that existing tools were either aesthetically pleasing but lacking depth or scientifically sound but difficult to use consistently.
Through her own healing journey, she realized that people process experiences differently and are often more resilient and insightful than they are led to believe. Akesa was built to empower people to tap into their inner wisdom and live more meaningful, fulfilling lives.
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The 7-phase journey
Akesa’s 7-phase cycle reflects how change naturally unfolds. Turning the wheel lets you access any phase and its supporting modalities.
Begin: Decrease and understand your stress.
Plan: Align your goals with your inner Wisdom.
Commit: Bypass Resistance and act.
Progress: Grow more aware, resilient, and aligned.
Overcome: Break through Resistance.
Reflect: Process and integrate your journey.
Rest: Recover and dream.
The 7 phases form a continuous cycle, revisited both within the arc of a single day and across longer periods of transformation.
Grounded in science, built for daily life
Akesa is grounded in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral science. Each evidence-based modality is chosen to support stress regulation, insight into emotional and cognitive patterns, and work with deeper layers of beliefs and meaning to support sustainable change.
Lateral eye movement from EMDR: Decreases amygdala activation, reduces emotional charge, and facilitates processing of difficult experiences.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy journaling: Surfaces cognitive distortions and alternative perspectives, helping adopt more intentional behaviors.
Breathing: Reduces acute stress and serves as a reset for the body and mind.
Binaural beats music: Influences brainwave activity and supports regulation, focus, relaxation, memory integration, and sleep.
Gratitude practice: Trains the mind to recognize resources and progress, strengthens neural pathways associated with well-being, and builds long-term resilience.
Guided journaling: Supports processing daily experiences, integrating new insights, deepening self-awareness, and a sense of meaning.
Different paths to alignment
Akesa recognizes that people process experiences differently and offers multiple modalities aligned with different processing styles.
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Visual-spatial: Rhythmic lateral eye movement and moving targets in the Sanctuary and Transform tools for those who think in images and patterns.
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Musical: Binaural beats for those who are sensitive to sound and rhythm.
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Bodily-kinesthetic: Breathing exercises for those who process through physical sensation.
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Linguistic: Guided journaling for those who make sense of experience through words, writing, and structured language.
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Intrapersonal: Reflective prompts and CBT-inspired tools for those who process through self-examination and internal awareness.
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Logical-mathematical: The seven-phase Akesa wheel for those who find clarity in structure and progression.
Integrity and privacy
Akesa is built on trust, privacy, and the understanding that well-being is a proactive, personal practice.
A private, self-guided space: Akesa is a personal environment for inner work where your reflections and data remain private. The process supports autonomy and allows you to explore on your own terms.
A preventive well-being approach: Designed for daily awareness and emotional regulation, Akesa helps you navigate life before stress escalates into crisis and maintain a healthy baseline.
Non-medical and non-clinical: Akesa provides evidence-based tools for self-directed well-being. It is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health treatment, diagnosis, or clinical advice. If you are experiencing a crisis, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.
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Frequently asked questions
1. How much time does Akesa require daily? Akesa is designed to fit into a busy day. While a full journey around the wheel is thorough, individual tools like the Sanctuary can settle your mind in minutes. Voice-to-text journaling lets you capture insights in minutes. 2. How often should I use Akesa? The wheel is modular and can be accessed at any time during the day. Using the Plan phase in the morning and the Reflect phase at the end of the day helps create a steady daily arc. The emphasis is on consistency rather than duration, turning stress into insight without overwhelming your schedule. 3. Do the seven phases need to be followed in order? No. While the seven-phase cycle reflects a natural progression of change, the wheel is nonlinear. You can enter at any point based on your immediate need, whether to settle intensity or integrate an experience. 4. Is Akesa a form of therapy? No. Akesa is a self-guided, preventive well-being tool. While grounded in principles such as CBT and EMDR, it is designed for independent use to support daily resilience and clarity rather than for clinical treatment. 5. How is Akesa different from meditation or journaling apps? Most tools focus on a single technique. Akesa integrates multiple modalities, including visual, auditory, somatic, and cognitive, within a structured cycle. Rather than offering isolated practices, it guides you through regulation, reflection, and action in a recurring process designed for lasting alignment. 6. I’m not "stressed”. Is Akesa still for me? Yes. While Akesa is effective at reducing acute stress, its deeper purpose is alignment. It is a tool for anyone seeking to bridge the gap between their current habits and their full potential, helping you navigate life with more intention, clarity, and meaning.
Team
Marie Lesaicherre, PhD, MBA
Founder and CEO
CEO, board member, advisor, coach, scientist,
22 years of experience launching and scaling businesses for GE and startups in the US, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Chrystel LIivolsi
Chief Marketing Officer
Attorney, entrepreneur, social media/film expert in France, the UK and the Middle-East
Loy Lobo
Chief Growth Officer
Senior digital health leader. Expert at taking innovations from concept to market. Startups, scale-ups, tech majors and public sector experience.
Paul Bontrager
US Government relations
Retired Brigadier General
U.S. Army
Join the journey
If you want to be among the first to experience the full Akesa processs, join our early adopters, help shape the app, and receive exclusive rewards for your feedback.
Your feedback will directly influence how Akesa evolves.
Email us at hello@akesahealth.com
