Tools
Courses, apps, quizzes, and accounts that can help you take the first step towards becoming more mindful.
Course
Yale: The Science of Well-Being
“In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life.”
Course
Penn Medicine: Foundation Mindfullness
“This course is a structured and foundational process of learning mindfulness-based techniques that can be personalized for use in real life situations.
This 8-week course will train you in mindfulness meditation techniques that can help you to:
Reduce stress
Increase focus and mental clarity
Improve communication in relationships”
App
Headspace
A guided meditation app with themed sessions ranging from managing everything from sleep to stress to anxiety to focus.
App
Calm
An app that was named Apple’s App of the Year, Calm has more than a hundred guided meditations, sleep stories, music, classes, and stretches to help you reduce anxiety and get some calm.
Quiz
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
How mindful are you? This Penn questionnaire is a “15-item scale designed to assess a core characteristic of dispositional mindfulness, namely, open or receptive awareness of and attention to what is taking place in the present.”
Daily Encouragement
Shine Text
Shine is a resource for daily encouragement. It offers a daily motivational text that encourages self-compassion. “It’s like a best friend who’s got your back as you navigate life’s highs, lows, and mehs.”
IG ACCOUNT
@heyamberrae
An encouraging and inspiring instagram account focused on well-being and self-discovery.
IG Account
@teenbreathe
UK-based magazine focused on happier, healthier, more fulfilled lives for teens