Welcome to your versatile and practical mental fitness toolkit. Designed for minds of all ages and stages, the new Smiling Mind App helps you learn the skills that promote mental wellbeing and create the habits to thrive.
Following extensive research and testing, Smiling Mind has created a new, evidence-based model for building mental fitness.
To create our Mental Fitness Model, Smiling Mind's team of mental health experts—including psychologists, researchers and content creators—undertook a comprehensive process involving:
Literature and evidence analysis
Creation, validation and assessment of the proposed model, including consumer testing and feedback
Intervention mapping aligned to specific skills, cohorts and contexts
Underpinned by this model, the Smiling Mind App empowers you to live mindfully, embrace flexible thinking, grow connections, act purposefully and recharge your body. When we feel stressed, worried, reactive, disconnected or lost, we can use these mental fitness skills to attend to our emotions and feel good again.
The long-awaited search bar is finally in the Smiling Mind App! In Explore you can discover content using search, filters or categories. Search over 700 pieces of content by title, need or age group to find exactly what you’re looking for, when you need it.
Access content across over 50 collections for adults and children, designed by psychologists. Focus your mental fitness practice around a specific goal or need such as managing stress, enhancing focus, sleeping better or growing connections.
Create a mental fitness practice that’s uniquely yours in Routine. More than a daily reminder, Routine allows you to build a custom mental fitness plan with multiple pieces of content. You can set reminders for your Routine on days and times that fit in with the rest of your life to support achievable habits.
In the app’s new My Fitness tab, you'll be able to see how you're tracking. Fitness shows what skillsets you've engaged with, how often you're practising, and visualise your moods over time. Reflecting on the skills you’re building is an important part of creating healthy habits. Plus, it's rewarding to understand the progress you're making!
There’s a range of content for minds of all ages and stages, with collections suitable for children all the way through to adulthood, and sessions that take you from beginner practice to everyday habits!
What began as a pioneering mindfulness based meditation app has evolved to be Australia's go-to digital mental health organisation representing children and young people, promoting and enabling lifelong mental fitness. We've expanded our focus beyond mindfulness to give everyone a comprehensive, evidence-based mental fitness program, and tools to support generational change in mental health.
As a 100% not-for-profit organisation, Smiling Mind exists solely to create positive impact. We believe everyone should have the tools to thrive—that’s why the Smiling Mind App has remained free for individuals and families to access for over 12 years.
The way we look and feel will be changing, but our commitment to creating generational change in mental health remains unwavering. All funding feeds back into our mission—not into pockets.
The Smiling Mind App has remained accessible through the support of our generous community of philanthropists, corporate partners and users. We do not and have not ever received federal government funding towards our free app, despite supporting millions of Australians every year.
