Healthy Minds Program

Healthy Minds Innovations

About this app

• 2024 Pick: Best Meditation App by Healthline, The New York Times Wirecutter, Vogue, and Sports Illustrated

Well-being is a skill that can be learned. We’re here to guide you along the way.

Backed by four decades of research from world-renowned neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson and the team at Humin (formerly Healthy Minds Innovations) & the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, the Healthy Minds Program trains your mind through meditation and podcast-style lessons to develop skills for gaining focus, reducing stress, and maintaining positive social connections.

Research with the Healthy Minds App showed that just 5 minutes a day of practice leads to a 28% reduction in stress, an 18% reduction in anxiety, a 24% reduction in depression, and a 13% increase in social connection.

Featuring our scientific Awareness, Connection, Insight, and Purpose, Well-being Framework, the Healthy Minds Program is a holistic, all-encompassing meditation app that offers the best of both guided meditations and opportunities to learn. You’ll learn simple skills to enhance personal well-being, build healthy relationships, and improve communication, performance, and creativity.

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What makes us unique?

Developed from Science:
While many meditation apps can claim the scientific benefits of meditation, our practices are developed directly from neuroscientific research. You’ll also hear from the world’s foremost neuroscientists about neuroplasticity and how to train your mind.

Made for Busy Lives:
Our app features active meditation practices that fit into your busy lifestyle. Don’t have time to sit for 20 minutes? Put on an active practice and train your mind while you fold the laundry.

Guided by Measurement:
Thanks to our pioneering scientific research, the Healthy Minds Program offers the first mobile mental and emotional well-being assessments. Learn about your current level of well-being and contribute to cutting-edge research on the science of well-being. Our app also integrates with Apple Health to track your mindful minutes.

Goes Beyond Mindfulness:
Our guided path offers step-by-step instructions for becoming more present in the moment and developing a sense of purpose, meaning, and connection in life.

Driven by Mission and Supported by Donation:
The Healthy Minds Program is made possible by our donors, who support our vision of a kinder, wiser, more compassionate world. Unlike other apps that require a subscription, the Healthy Minds Program is available by donation, driven by a mission to translate science into tools to cultivate and measure well-being.

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Ratings and reviews

Love it. very down to earth and science based. I like that there is a mini 'learn' section to listen to between each meditation. This is where there is often references to scientific research in the field giving me the 'why'. Also, one big thing for me is during the meditations, there are reminders at just the right times about "... if your mind is distracted, that's okay. Everytime you recognize it's drifting, that is strengthening your practice" or something like that.

I love that you can follow a path towards learning more and diving deeper into a healthier mindset. I also enjoy being able to pick between different voices/people speaking so that its auditry is a better fit to my personal needs and help with calming. I appreciate that you can favorite the ones you enjoy best to easily find them again and that there are more current or relevant areas you are able to pick from.

Love this app! I downloaded it last year but only started using it recently and I've already learned so much! It breaks lessons up into easy to digest pieces and the meditation practices are perfect... you can choose the length for some of them which is helpful when you have a busy schedule and every day is different!

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance enhancements