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Mindfulness, Happiness, and Well-being: There’s An
App for That!
Meico Marquette Whitlock @amindfultechie
Beth Kanter@kanter
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On a scale of 1-5 (none to high): What’s been your level of anxiety recently?
Poll
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Internal Apps
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“Eat a rainbow everyday.” -John Haydon
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Health & Fitness
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Fitness Pal● Free website and app● Tracks diet and exercise.● Uses gamification elements to
motivate users. ● To track nutrients, users can
either scan the barcodes of various food items or manually find them in the app's large pre-existing database.
● Integrates with other fitness apps.
● myfitnesspal.com
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Fitbit● Activity tracker.● Wireless-enabled and wearable
technology devices that measures data such as the number of steps walked, heart rate, quality of sleep, steps climbed, and other personal metrics involved in fitness.
● fitbit.com
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Desk Yogi● Take an assessment and it
provides a customized “playlist” of yoga stretches you can do at your desk.
● Provides reminders and tracks your progress
● Individual and organizational versions
● Organizational versions includes challenges
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Movement At Work Apps
● Apps for a variety of desktop platforms - MAC/Windows/Linux and mobile phones that provide prompts, reminders, suggested body stretches or eye stretches. Also rack your progress
● Ergonomic desks, keyboards, and chairs as well as standing desks and stands.
https://www.wholefamilyliving.com/apps-to-help-you-move-more-at-work/
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LifeWorks LifeWorks is an employee assistance program (EAP) that brings together employee and corporate wellness capabilities with employee assistance and social recognition programs, and a private social network.
● Health coaching online or by phone● Health risk assessments● Online nutrition and exercise trackers● Gamification-based team challenges● Financial wellness help● Talk to HR!
More Examples:https://www.getapp.com/blog/top-employee-wellness-apps/
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Night Shift on iPhone
● Changes the number of Kelvins or brightness of the screen to warmer light that is less likely to interfere with sleep
● Can automate when it turns off or on
● Not scientifically validated
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Mindfulness
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Calm● App and web site that provides
methods for sleep, meditation and relaxation
● Gives you visuals and sounds of nature, plus guided meditations
● Free and premium versions
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Headspace● The basic techniques of guided
meditation and mindfulness● Beginner-friendly● Provides a full library of guided
meditations by topic - anxiety, stress, gratitude, focus, positive thinking, happiness, and more
● Tracks your progress● Connects to a large community of
app users for group meditations● Free and premium version
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Insight Timer● App (apple + android)● For individuals and organizations.● Largest FREE library of guided
meditations.● Meditation timer.● Shares 50% of all income with its
teachers.● Offers paid courses, playlists, and
premium features.● insightimer.com
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Gratitude and Appreciation
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Grateful● Gratitude journal app that is easy
to use and incorporates gratitude prompts
● Based on scientific studies on gratitude and its impact on wellbeing
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Hey Tacos● Integrates with Slack● Facilitates shoutouts,
celebrations, and other fun
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Happiness
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Super Better● Gamified the process of building
happiness ● Complete short and simple
activities and you gain points and super powers
● Developed by well-known game designer Jane McGonigal and accompanies a best seller book with same title.
● Scientific studies of app users showed increase in happiness
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Happify● Evidence-based activities and
games can help reduce stress, overcome negative thoughts, and build greater resilience by providing effective tools and programs to improve emotional well-being.
● Happify is the single destination for effective, evidence-based solutions for better mental health.
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Shine● Helps users create a self-care
program to reduce work related stress and anxiety
● Links users to a community of people working on reducing stress and anxiety - becomes your accountability buddies
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Connectivity & Relationships
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Fabriq● Prioritize & track your most
important relationships● Get reminders to reach out
consistently● Keep notes & reflections about
your interactions
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Know Your Team● Designed to help new managers
manage their teams better by building trust
● Tools for 1-on-1 meetings, feedback, daily stand-ups, icebreakers, and more
● Knowledge Center based on data from 15,000+ people.
● Community of more than 1,000 managers.
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5 Love Languages App● Based on book’s framework on
how to give and receive love● Provides nudges and reminders
on phrases and actions
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Moodnotes● Track your mood and identify
what influences it● Develop healthier thinking habits● Learn about “traps” in your
thinking and how to avoid them● Bring new, helpful perspectives
to situations● Increase your self-awareness● Reduce your distress and
enhance your sense of well-being
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Donut Bot (Slack)● Slack app that randomly matches
people on your team or in your organization to have coffee
● Design to improve team relationships
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Technology Addiction
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ScreenTime Genie
● Developed by BJ Fogg and Stanford Behavior Science Lab
● Asks you questions about your goals and motivation and provided a customized set of tips
https://screentime.stanford.edu/
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Forest App● App (apple-paid + android (free) +
chrome extension)● See how much time you’re
spending on your phone and which apps you’re using most.
● Change your relationship with your phone, one day at a time, through guided coaching sessions at your own pace.
● See your family’s device usage and establish screen-free times.
● https://inthemoment.io/
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Siempo● Free app (android only) + Chrome and
Firefox extension● Helps un-addict you from your
smartphone by replacing an Android device’s homescreen and giving you more control over notifications.
● Automatically hides the distracting parts of popular websites
● Displays a slider that you have to move to access distracting sites
● Displays rings when you've spent too much time on a distracting site
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Momentum● Free chrome and firefox
extension● Reminds you to identify your daily
focus and to-do list on your New Tab page
● https://momentumdash.com/
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Stayfocusd● Free Chrome extension● Helps you stay focused on work
by restricting the amount of time you can spend on time-wasting websites.
● Once your allotted time has been used up, the sites you have blocked will be inaccessible for the rest of the day.
● http://www.stayfocusd.com/
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Facebook News Feed Eradicator
● Free Chrome extension● Replaces your entire Facebook
news feed with an inspiring quote● https://west.io/news-feed-eradicator/
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Schedule & Task Productivity
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Calendly● Free 1-on-1 appointment
scheduling tool● Paid features● Calendly helps you schedule
meetings without the back-and-forth emails
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Acuity Scheduling● Paid 1-on-1 appointment
scheduling tool● Helps you schedule meetings
without the back-and-forth emails● Accepts payments for paid
appointments● Free with Squarespace
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IdoneThis
● Tracks team tasks● Based on the psychology of small
wins● Free and premium versions● https://idonethis.com/
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Trainual● Award-winning onboarding,
training, and process management software for organizing, communicating, and scaling knowledge.
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Email Tamers
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Unroll.me● Free with a catch● Instantly see a list of all your
subscription emails. ● Unsubscribe easily from
whatever you don’t want.● *Spam alert
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Boomerang● Plug-in for Gmail + Outlook● Schedule an email to be sent
later. ● Easy email reminders.
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Streak CRM for Gmail● CRM built in Gmail● Unlimited pre-schedule emails to
send later● Create email snippets for
frequently used email text● Sophisticated mail merge
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“Eat a rainbow everyday.” -John Haydon
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Mindfulness, Happiness, and Well-being: There’s An
App for That!
Meico Marquette Whitlock @amindfultechie
Beth Kanter@kanter