Resources
Apps
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Calm
Calm is a well-known app designed to support sleep, relaxation, and meditation. It offers daily guided meditations, mindfulness exercises, relaxing music, ambient sounds, and sleep stories to help users unwind and build healthier routines.
Insight Timer
Insight Timer is the world’s largest free library of guided meditations, featuring over 250,000 sessions led by thousands of teachers. The app includes meditations for sleep, anxiety, stress, and mindfulness, along with a highly popular meditation timer that offers ambient sounds and customizable bells.
Headspace
Headspace focuses on mindfulness and meditation through structured, science-backed courses. The app offers guided meditation programs, mental health tools, and movement sessions that support stress reduction, focus, and emotional well-being.
UCLA Mindful
Developed by the UCLA Mindfulness Awareness Research Center, this app allows users to practice mindfulness meditation anytime, anywhere. It offers educational tools and guided practices designed to reduce stress, teach mindfulness concepts, and support resilience and overall well-being. The app was created with a mission of radical accessibility and is completely free to use.
Breathwrk
Breathwrk uses neuroscience-based breathing exercises to help users calm their nervous system, improve focus, boost energy, and fall asleep more easily. The app offers guided breathing sessions, classes, and habit-building tools across several wellness categories.
Happier
Happier Meditation is an award-winning app focused on helping users build emotional strength and cultivate greater happiness. It offers a range of free guided meditations designed to support mindfulness, emotional awareness, and everyday well-being. The app is well suited for people looking for a simple, approachable introduction to meditation.
Moodnotes
Mindshift CBT
Moodfit
Moodnotes is a mood-tracking and journaling app designed to help users identify thinking patterns and develop healthier perspectives over time. Using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-based techniques, the app allows users to log moods, explore the reasons behind emotional fluctuations, and practice more balanced thinking.
MindShift CBT is a free, evidence-based app that uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) strategies to help manage anxiety, stress, and panic. It supports users in developing more helpful thinking patterns, building coping skills, and identifying practical steps to take control of anxiety. The app is especially useful for people looking for structured, self-guided anxiety tools grounded in research.
Moodfit is designed to help users improve their overall “mood fitness” through a comprehensive set of mental health tools. The app helps users track mood changes, identify patterns, and better understand how nervous system activity can influence thoughts, emotions, and behaviour.
Rootd
Sanvello
Rootd is designed to help users navigate anxiety and panic attacks, either by facing symptoms directly or finding comfort quickly. A key feature is the app’s “big red button,” which provides immediate support during moments of distress.
Sanvello focuses on mental well-being by offering on-demand Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-based tools for managing stress, anxiety, and depression. The app includes guided meditations, thought journaling, mood and health tracking, educational courses, and a community support forum.
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PTSD Coach Canada
PTSD Coach Canada is an evidence-based app designed to support individuals experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms. Developed by Veterans Affairs Canada and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, it offers psychoeducation about PTSD, self-assessment tools, and practical coping strategies to manage symptoms such as anxiety, hyperarousal, and sleep difficulties. The app can be used independently or alongside professional mental health care.
PTSD Family Coach
PTSD Family Coach is designed to support family members and loved ones of individuals living with PTSD. The app provides education about PTSD, guidance on coping with stress, tools for supporting someone with PTSD, and strategies for maintaining personal well-being. It also includes self-care exercises and resources to help families better understand and navigate the impact of trauma together.
