  The current pandemic has forced people globally to remain in isolation and
practice social distancing, which creates the need for a system to combat the
resulting loneliness and negative emotions. In this paper we propose Nora, a
virtual coaching platform designed to utilize natural language understanding in
its dialogue system and suggest other recommendations based on user
interactions. It is intended to provide assistance and companionship to people
undergoing self-quarantine or work-from-home routines. Nora helps users gauge
their well-being by detecting and recording the user's emotion, sentiment, and
stress. Nora also recommends various workout, meditation, or yoga exercises to
users in support of developing a healthy daily routine. In addition, we provide
a social community inside Nora, where users can connect and share their
experiences with others undergoing a similar isolation procedure. Nora can be
accessed from anywhere via a web link and has support for both English and
Mandarin.
