Founder Builds Global Adult Wellness Platform From a Bedroom Using a £100 PC

LONDON - Feb. 15, 2026 - PRLog -- MyJoyToys founder Kelly has shared the personal journey behind the UK-based adult wellness platform recognised for pioneering mental-health-focused innovation in the adult retail sector.

Built independently without investors, funding or ever hiring a single member of staff, MyJoyToys has introduced multiple industry-first initiatives combining sexual wellness with emotional wellbeing and trauma-informed support.

During childhood, Kelly spent part of her early life receiving mental health care. As an adult, she began questioning why conversations around sexual wellness and emotional wellbeing remained disconnected — particularly in an industry often focused on products rather than people. That question became the foundation for MyJoyToys.

The platform was created in the box bedroom of Kelly's home using a second-hand £100 mix-and-match PC purchased on eBay. Today, she is still working from that same room and computer, having built the platform independently while achieving seven global industry-first milestones.

Independent market analysis and press coverage later confirmed MyJoyToys as the world's first adult toy brand built entirely around mental health and trauma-informed support.

Kelly has since continued designing and developing new initiatives herself, including:

• AI emotional wellbeing companions built from scratch
• A CEO-designed mental health clothing line
• A mental health peer-support community forum built from the ground up

"MyJoyToys was never meant to be just another store," Kelly explains. "It was built to challenge stigma and change how the world talks about intimacy and emotional wellbeing."

With seven global industry-first milestones now achieved, the independently built platform continues to grow as part of the shift toward wellness-focused adult retail.

About MyJoyToys
MyJoyToys is a UK-based adult wellness platform recognised internationally as the world's first adult toy brand built entirely around mental health and stigma-free sexual wellbeing.

Media Contact
Kelly Rowntree — Founder & CEO
info@myjoytoys.co.uk
https://www.myjoytoys.co.uk