Adesso helps you move through your day with clarity + calm.
welcome to life, on purpose.
Your day, with intention.
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Begin your day inside adesso before your calendar or notifications take over. You’ll be guided through a simple morning routine and set a daily focus that anchors how you move through the rest of the day.
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Your calendar events, organized into a clear, readable view for today. Adesso surfaces what’s coming up next and what remains later in the day, with color-coded calendars to help you stay oriented at a glance. You can check events off as they happen, make quick edits directly in the app, and shift into day, week, or month views if that helps you feel more grounded.
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Your tasks, pulled into one focused list for the day. Check items off as you go, move things around as needed, and keep track of progress without pressure to complete everything at once.
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A simple snapshot of how your body is doing. Adesso integrates with Apple Health to reflect activity and rest, allows manual water tracking, and keeps wellness visible without turning it into a performance metric.
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Whether you need a short reset or a moment to slow your nervous system, adesso gently guides you through box breathing, a breathing technique that helps to regulate your nervous system. Your journal is also housed in adesso, ready to hold your thoughts whenever you need it.
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Instead of setting “big goals” tied to hustle or rigid timelines, adesso helps you focus on what you actually need across different areas of your life. Using a wellness wheel, you can choose an area (like mental, physical, financial, or social) and set one intentional focus at a time. Goals are designed to support clarity and balance, not pressure, and can evolve as your needs change.
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A space to unload thoughts, ideas, and mental clutter. Your brain dump can be quickly captured, then organized into actionable tasks or goals when you’re ready.
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A guided way to close out the day inside the app. Move through your evening routine, reflect on a gratitude prompt, and mark the day complete. You can also save a day recap (a simple record of what you showed up for) before intentionally transitioning into rest instead of immediately jumping into tomorrow.
Hi, I’m Rachel, and this is the story of Adesso.
For as long as I can remember, I treated my calendar like a coloring book, filling every blank space with something. I didn’t know how to pause.
I started my first part-time job at twelve, worked four jobs to put myself through college, and moved through seasons of life as a professional musician, a corporate manager, and a marketing director. From the outside, I was productive and accomplished. Inside, I was exhausted. I wasn’t really living. I was checking things off a list, performing to feel “good enough”, and never quite getting there because I was miserable.
Each time I reached the same exhausted point in the burnout cycle I’d been stuck in for years, I tried to find a new planner app to help me feel organized and in control. None of them ever quite worked for me. This cycle repeated, over and over.
And then my life began to shift. I founded a business built around supporting mental health professionals through creativity, connection, and authenticity. I met the love of my life and got married. We bought our first home. We’re starting our family.
In the background of all of this, I learned a few things that changed everything:
You are in the driver’s seat of your life. If you want something to change, you have to make it happen.
There is no gold medal for being the most burnt out, overwhelmed, or exhausted person in the room.
Life is short and fragile. When we spend it fixated on what’s next on the calendar or to-do list, we miss the life that’s happening right now.
Self-care isn’t indulgent…it’s fuel. You can’t pour from an empty cup.
Coming off the heels of scaling my business, planning my wedding, moving, making a new house into a home, and navigating all kinds of *life*, I hit that same burnout point again.
But this time, I wanted a different kind of support.
I wanted structure that supported my goals without pushing me harder. A tool that helped me stay organized while also learning how to slow down, be present, and take care of myself. Something beautiful and intentional, helping me continue to build the life of my dreams without pressure, extremes, or all-or-nothing thinking.
I couldn’t find that app, so I built it.
And that’s how Adesso was born.
(PS, Adesso means “now” in Italian. ♡)
why adesso?
Hi, I’m Rachel, and this is the story of Adesso.
For as long as I can remember, I treated my calendar like a coloring book, filling every blank space with something. I didn’t know how to pause.
I started my first part-time job at twelve, worked four jobs to put myself through college, and moved through seasons of life as a professional musician, a corporate manager, and a marketing director. From the outside, I was productive and accomplished. Inside, I was exhausted.
I wasn’t really living. I was checking things off a list, performing to feel “good enough”, and never quite getting there because I was miserable.
Each time I reached the same exhausted point in the burnout cycle I’d been stuck in for years, I tried to find a new planner app to help me feel organized and in control. None of them ever quite worked for me. This cycle repeated, over and over.
And then my life began to shift. I founded a business built around supporting mental health professionals through creativity, connection, and authenticity. I met the love of my life and got married. We bought our first home. We’re starting our family.
In the background of all of this, I learned a few things that changed everything:
You are in the driver’s seat of your life. If you want something to change, you have to make it happen.
There is no gold medal for being the most burnt out, overwhelmed, or exhausted person in the room.
Life is short and fragile. When we spend it fixated on what’s next on the calendar or to-do list, we miss the life that’s happening right now.
Self-care isn’t indulgent…it’s fuel. You can’t pour from an empty cup.
Coming off the heels of scaling my business, planning my wedding, moving, making a new house into a home, and navigating all kinds of *life*, I hit that same burnout point again.
But this time, I wanted a different kind of support.
I wanted structure that supported my goals without pushing me harder. A tool that helped me stay organized while also learning how to slow down, be present, and take care of myself. Something beautiful and intentional, helping me continue to build the life of my dreams without pressure, extremes, or all-or-nothing thinking.
I couldn’t find that app, so I built it.
And that’s how Adesso was born.
(PS, Adesso means “now” in Italian. ♡)