Your family’s path to digital wellness starts here.

5.3 Billion people are staring at their screens right now.

There’s no rulebook for navigating the digital world. That’s why Rooted was born.

Rooted is a platform designed for families and individuals striving to foster healthier relationships with technology.

We’re here to make you the master of your digital world designed by teens and tailored for families.

Ready to Root?

Sign up for our Family Care Plan, which includes a personalized assessment, collaborative goal-setting through the Family Portal, an engaging learning app for both parents and teens, and exclusive access to virtual support groups—providing your family with a holistic approach to digital well-being.

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  • Founder and CEO

    Larissa May (Larz) is a digital wellbeing pioneer and the founder of #HalfTheStory (HTS), the first non-profit dedicated to empowering the next generation’s healthy relationship with social media. As the first youth-led nonprofit of its kind, #HalfTheStory is a multifaceted institution focused on educating, advocating and mitigating the harms associated with social media and tech use. HTS' evidence-based program, Social Media U teaches key digital metacognition and emotional regulation skills, while empowering young people to understand and advocate for their digital wellbeing. Larz has become the face of a rapidly growing movement towards digital wellness, leading the global narrative around policy and youth-centric advocacy in the US, UK, EU, and UAE. In 2023, Larz was awarded a Rise 25 award from the Mozilla Foundation as one of the top 25 leading innovators in the world. Prior to #HalfTheStory, Larz helped build some of today’s buzziest D2C brands, including Kin Euphorics and Otherland, winning the Business Insider Brand Marketing Rising Stars Award for her work. Larz has also been featured in the WSJ, TIME, Forbes, Refinery29, Good Morning America, The TODAY Show, and NBC.

  • Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer

    Dr. Raghu Kiran Appasani is an Integrative & Addiction psychiatrist and psychotherapist known for his innovative approach to mental well-being. He currently runs a concierge private practice and is a clinical professor at UCSF and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. With a deep commitment to evidence-based practices, he combines psychotherapy, pharmacology, nutrition, and holistic methods to provide personalized care. Dr. Appasani is also a dedicated neuroscientist, exploring the clinical applications of non-ordinary states of consciousness and delving into the human experience and continues to study models of global & community mental health. As an entrepreneur, he founded The MINDS Foundation, a mental health NGO in India, providing mental health education and access to care for over 6.5 million individuals. He is additionally a founding team member and Chief Medical Officer at PYM Health. He has worked in the laboratories of Dr. Michael Greenberg, Dr. Laurie Jackson-Grusby, Dr. Eric Kandel, Dr. Jingyue Ju, Dr. Janice Naegele, Dr. Janice Lalikos, and Dr. Eric Nestler. Through his extensive scientific research, he has published over 35 peer-reviewed articles and edited six books and has been awarded with the Intel Science Talent Search Semi-Finalist Award, the Sanofi-Aventis BioGENEius International Finalist Award, and the Genzyme Award. He has given over 250 talks on mental health, entrepreneurship, global health, and consciousness.Dr. Appasani extends his expertise by advising various mental health organizations, including Mud\Wtr, Outro Health, Of Substance, and Half The Story, demonstrating his unwavering dedication to improving mental health globally. He has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, CNN, YourStory, The Better India, The Hindu, The Boston Globe, Indian Express, The Huffington Post, Thrive Global, The Citizen, and The Times of India.