Mental Health Delta Division
Phone Apps
MindShift (link)
Cost:
Free
Description:
MindShift is a collaboration between AnxietyBC and BC Addictions Services. The MindShift app is designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety. The app will help youth learn how to relax and develop more helpful ways of thinking.
Pros of App:
- App includes strategies to deal with everyday anxiety and youth-friendly information about anxiety disorders
- App provides inspirational quotes, relaxation/guided meditation modules and active steps to manage specific anxiety issues
- App is easy to navigate, and “chill out tools” are very helpful
Suitable for:
Recommended for youth and adults. Under the “chill out” tab , the guided relaxation, guided meditation and guided visualisation exercises are extremely useful for individuals to develop practical skills.
Mindspace Mindful Meditiation App (link)
Cost:
Free with in-App Purchases
Description:
The Mindspace Mindful Mediation App is a tool for that helps you experience reduced stress, improved sleep, and increased happiness with Mindspace. Discover an everyday mindfulness and meditation app that empowers you to cultivate a daily habit of mindfulness and prioritize your mental well-being. Unwind, manage stress effectively, enhance focus, and release tension in both your mind and body.
Pros of App:
Embrace Tranquility and Joy
Experience reduced stress, improved sleep, and increased happiness with Mindspace. Discover an everyday mindfulness and meditation app that empowers you to cultivate a daily habit of mindfulness and prioritize your mental well-being. Unwind, manage stress effectively, enhance focus, and release tension in both your mind and body.Explore a Universe of Content
Dive into an array of guided meditations, courses, and mindfulness exercises encompassing topics such as stress management, general anxiety, resilience building, and more. These resources cater to any moment and are led by world-class experts from diverse backgrounds. From serene breathwork to guided meditations, our personalized recommendations are tailored to your preferences and emotional state.Customized to Fit Your Life
Mindspace caters to practitioners of all levels and lifestyles. Whether you’re juggling a packed schedule or have ample free time, choose from quick 3-minute mindful meditation sessions or longer ones that seamlessly integrate into your day. Join group meditations with friends, or participate in live sessions connecting you with like-minded individuals worldwide. Envelop yourself in soothing stories, calming sounds, and sleep-inducing melodies that establish the perfect ambiance for tranquil slumber. Enhance focus and relieve stress with our Focus music, designed to keep you in the zone. And don’t forget to explore tension-relieving and joyful movement exercises.Elevate Your Mind, Body, and Sleep
Meditate, practice mindfulness, relax, and achieve restful sleep with Mindspace. Embark on a free trial today and experience the profound impact it can have on your life.Discover the Mindful Meditations
Immerse yourself in diverse guided meditations and mindfulness exercises.
Receive tailored meditation recommendations based on your engagement.
Engage in daily meditation sessions that address a spectrum of topics.
Embrace quick 3-minute mini meditations for instant mental refreshment.
Cultivate meditation skills and find answers to your mindfulness queries.Soothing Sleep and Mindfulness
Induce relaxation and create the perfect ambiance for restful sleep.
Immerse yourself in serene sleep sounds accompanied by ambient nature recordings.
Drift into peaceful slumber with calming sleep music.Cope and Thrive
Master breathwork techniques to unwind and find inner calm.
Use meditations to manage emotions like sadness, anger, and adaptability to change.
Embrace a journey of mindful meditation, relaxation, and restorative sleep with Mindspace. Join us today and discover the transformative power it brings to your life.
Suitable for:
Recommended for youth and adults. Free and paid options.
The Mindfulness App (link)
Cost:
Free for first seven days, then prompt to pay to upgrade
Description:
The Mindfulness App is a tool for increasing awareness in life. It helps with a most difficult aspect of mindfulness practice, namely to remember to be mindful.
Pros of App:
- App has great guided meditation exercises as well as silent meditation for those who are more experienced meditators
- The app allows for personalised reminders to be set up to help users to remember to meditate
- Meditations are adaptable to the user’s situation (with 3-minute, 5-minute, 15-minute and 30-minute meditation)
- App provides guided body scan and centring exercises
- Features are laid out clearly and are easily accessible
Suitable for:
Recommended for youth and adults. Also consider suggesting MindShift as the guided meditations are excellent and free.
Calm-Meditate, Sleep, Relax (link)
Cost:
Free
Description:
This app can help reduce stress, increase calm and improve mood through guided mediation designed to help quiet the mind.
Pros of App:
- App includes 7 guided relaxation sessions from 2 minutes to 30 minutes long
- App is user friendly, easy to use and free
Suitable for:
Recommended for older children, youth and adults
Cost:
Free
Description:
This mood tracker app was developed through extensive testing with youth and professionals who serve them
Pros of App:
- App includes a choice of 7 mood-faces and 28 mood-words as well as capacity to add notes
- App can measure intensity of moods and graph intense emotions
- Built-in e-mail functionality to e-mail mood log to service provider
Suitable for:
Recommended for older youth
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