Apps and Social Media
We asked our POC mental health providers, colleagues, students, friends, and family for their favorite wellness apps. Here are some for you to try out that are specifically designed for POC (or are just dope, overall):
Apps
Anxiety Reliever
Consists of calming audio recordings, helpful guides, an insightful tracker, breathing tool and supportive messages.
Liberate
Liberate is a meditation app dedicated to empowering the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community on their journey to find inner peace.
Calm
Sleep better, boost confidence and reduce stress and anxiety with the help of guided meditations, soothing music, and bedtime stories.
Fabulous
Fabulous helps users increase their energy levels, be more productive and focused, exercise and sleep better by building healthy. habits and routines in your life.
The Safe Place
A minority mental health app that educates and raises more awareness on mental illness in the Black Community.
Sanvello: Stress & Anxiety Help
Techniques to help you manage your moods and thoughts, so you can understand what works for you to feel better.
Clear Harm
Provides tasks to help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm.
Clear Fear
Focus on learning to reduce the physical responses to threat by learning to breathe, relax and be mindful as well as changing thoughts and behaviours and releasing emotions.
Headspace
Learn to meditate with our 10-day beginner’s course that guides you through the essentials of meditation and mindfulness.
Mantra - Daily Affirmations
Nothing is more uplifting than self-told words. Unleash your subconscious mind power and hug the universe!
Balance
Balance is a personal meditation coach. Each session, you’ll answer questions about your meditation experience and goals. Then using its audio library, Balance assembles a daily meditation catered to you. The more you share over time, the more personalized and effective your meditations become.