Why I Created AwareFlow

The Moment

I was sitting at my kid’s game when my partner leaned over and said it again.

“You’re doing that thing.”

The sniffing.

I had no idea I was doing it. I never do.

But she always hears it.

Other parents were sitting right there.

I felt that familiar shift. First embarrassment. Then frustration.

Then the quieter thought underneath both:

Why can’t I just stop?

The Search

That night, I opened the App Store and started searching.

Something. Anything.

I wasn’t looking for therapy. I wasn’t looking for a program.

I just wanted a way to notice it myself — before someone else had to point it out.

It didn’t exist.

So I built it.

The Problem

These habits are everywhere.

Sniffing. Throat clearing. Tapping. Small, repetitive sounds.

They’re unconscious. Invisible to the person doing them.

But not invisible to everyone else.

For someone with misophonia, those sounds can feel overwhelming.

For the person making them, being told over and over creates its own kind of tension.

One person doesn’t know. The other can’t ignore it.

And both end up feeling it.

The Gap

There were tools for coping with the sound.

White noise. Headphones. Ways to block it out.

But nothing for the person on the other side.

Nothing that helped you notice your own patterns quietly, on your own terms.

The Idea

What if awareness didn’t have to come from someone else?

What if your phone could notice first?

Not loudly. Not publicly.

Just a quiet signal. A moment of awareness.

Enough to give you a choice.

What AwareFlow Is

AwareFlow is not about fixing you.

It is not about control, or perfection, or stopping every habit.

It is about noticing.

Because once you notice, something changes.

You pause. You breathe. You choose.

And over time, that changes more than forcing yourself ever could.

The Deeper Part

For me, the habit was never just a habit.

It was a signal.

Stress. Tension. Something underneath that I wasn’t paying attention to.

Understanding that mattered.

But understanding alone wasn’t enough.

I still needed a way to notice it in the moment.

What This Is Really About

This isn’t just about habits.

It’s about awareness.

About catching the small signals your body is already giving you.

About creating space before reaction.

About changing something quietly, without pressure or shame.

For Both People

This app was built for both sides of that moment.

The person making the sound.

And the person sitting next to them.

One gets awareness.

The other gets relief.

No one has to say anything.