Focus
How Do Mindfulness Apps Work?
Research on mindfulness apps is limited, but here’s what we know so far.
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Calm
What Does Headspace Want?
Folding the goal-less nature of meditation into the culture of gamification surrounding apps, Headspace is "winning" on the mindfulness market. But has the app's recent redesign satisfied a larger user base at the expense of deeper convictions?
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Anxiety
The Trouble with Mindfulness Apps
When your favorite mindfulness app says it’s based in science, check twice. Few actually are. Two mindfulness experts and app developers talked to Mindful about how most apps rely on the science of mindfulness in general to back up their claims, and how that could lead to problems—and fines—in the future, like it did for the brain-training company Lumosity.
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Calm
Shift Your Mood, Shift Your Habits
A mood tracking app based in cognitive therapy reminds us that thoughts are not facts.
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A Mindful Texting App For When “LOL” Won’t Cut It
This app helps you navigate tense texts.
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Mindfulness: Apps for That?
Here are a few we’re happy we downloaded. Do you use mindfulness apps?
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