Everyone finds work that nourishes life, not drains it. That's the vision.
We're working every day to help create work/life integration: connecting self-awareness, trusted networks, compatible opportunities, and regenerative support systems. It's not easy helping people find work that honors their whole selves AND gives back to the ecosystems sustaining us. But that's what makes DayBalancer special. We're putting the power of sustainable, regenerative work in all of our hands.
Our story
Founder Jessie Upp discovered something after two decades helping people develop: making a difference shouldn't cost your wellbeing. But everywhere she looked, talented professionals were matching to opportunities while completely disconnected from their bodies - ignoring hunger, exhaustion, stress signals until they crashed.
After her own work exhaustion, Jessie built the tools she wished she'd had. Using HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired) and ikigai principles and evidence-based, hundreds of members joined to reflect on values and reconnect with their bodies first. We deepened our understanding: you can't sustainably support others while disconnected from yourself. Reconnecting with yourself first to enables opportunities for compatible work. That's work/life integration at its core.
Today, DayBalancer is transitioning to a member-owned cooperative, linking professionals across peer-to-peer networks. We're incredibly grateful to reach this point. And we have more work to do. DayBalancer is a free service for developing trusted networks of mutual support - with paid customization for organizers.
Our promise: Find compatible local work and mutual support through give-and-receive relationships within communities - helping achieve collective balance across five dimensions of life.
Team: Led by Jessie Upp and a cooperative team of advisors below, we’re removing local barriers to regenerative lifestyles by making mutual support networks easy to build at scale. We're building toward member-owned cooperative structure, where value circulates back to its members. Every leader who licenses our platform gains member-owner rights.
Recent milestones
500+ active members building trusted networks
180 portfolio pages created showcasing whole-person profiles
200 professional connections facilitated through values-aligned matching
Hundreds of professionals committed to ecological outcomes
WBE certified woman-owned business
Our platform
Anyone seeking meaningful work that gives back is welcome to use our platform. The more we all use it, the healthier our communities - and planet - become.
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Primary partners: Foundation-funded intermediaries supporting mutual aid networks, worker cooperatives, solidarity economy initiatives, and regenerative community development - including fiscal sponsors, cooperative development organizations, and bioregional networks.
We also serve: Climate organizers, health and education leaders, mutual aid coordinators, cooperative developers, clean energy groups, urban farming collectives, tool library and time bank coordinators.
DayBalancer by the numbers
Oct 2024 - Platform launched
500+ - Active members
5 - Dimensions of thriving
12 - Social foundations
9 - Environmental foundations
42 - Connections needed for opportunity flow
Model - Cooperative structure
Advisory team
