Expanding Gratitude

If your work has shaped this, I would like to meet you.

This is a quiet page for creators, teachers and artists whose work has already shaped what I am building.

A co-lab space · Expanding Gratitude

I built Expanding Gratitude in one of the hardest seasons of my life. It was never meant to be a product. It was a lifeline for me, then for my friends and family, and now for a growing community.

Along the way, certain voices, songs, meditations and sounds held me while I built it. Yours is one of them.

This page exists because words in an inbox can feel small. I wanted to give you somewhere quiet to see what your work helped make possible.

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What it is
A gratitude, journalling and mindset app. Live, in beta, launching to the Play Store in the coming months.
What makes it different
Gratitude is not framed as positive thinking. It is a neurological intervention, backed by evidence, delivered as a daily practice.
Who it is for
Adults working on their wellbeing, day to day. People who are not in crisis but are carrying something. Someone who wants a practice, not a lecture.
The spine
A twelve point emotional spectrum. The app meets a person where they are on any given day, rather than demanding they arrive somewhere better.
The promise
Small, steady, sacred.

What working together could look like

These are three shapes a collaboration has taken so far. There are others. This is a starting point, not a menu.

Licensing your existing work

A meditation, a song, a track, a frequency, a piece of writing. Brought into the app with full credit, introduced to a community that is actively looking for exactly what you make.

Co-creating something new

A track, a script, a series, a practice, built for a specific moment inside the app. Something original that carries the person the way your work has carried others.

Launch collaboration

A partnership around the Play Store launch and the social rollout. Cross-introduction between our audiences, done with care and mutual respect.

What I am not asking for

I am not asking you to promote something you have not felt. I am not asking for a favour based on how much your work has meant to me. I am asking for a conversation, and only that, unless something in the conversation feels genuinely aligned to both of us.

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The person behind it

I am Jenna van der Westhuizen, the founder of Expanding Gratitude and the studio that built it, Hodova, based in Cape Town, South Africa.

I built this because gratitude changed something in me I did not expect. This work was never meant to be about me, it is a mirror, not a personality. So this page will show you what I have built, not a biography.

A short call, at a time that suits you.

If any of this lands, the next step is a conversation. Write to me with two or three windows that suit you, and I will find one that works across our time zones.

If it is not the right fit or the right season, that is completely welcome too. Either way, thank you for the work you have already put into the world.

Start the conversation

Or send a note through the contact page and choose “Collaborating with you”.