Guided journaling to observe thoughts, moods and sensations
Expert MBSR interaction
Real time guidance helps you observe thoughts, emotions and sensations without judgment
Practice mindful awareness beyond formal meditation
MBSR Attitudes
Identify key MBSR Attitudes expressed in your reflections
Decode Your Emotions
Name emotions with precision—allowing you to respond rather than react
Observe Patterns
See recurring topics and triggers that influence your thoughts, emotions and sensations
Speak Your Truth
Give voice to your lived experience and unburden yourself anytime
See what moves you over time
Keep track of your emotional journey and smooth your peaks and valleys over time
What Our Users Say
The mindfulness wisdom of Confidante has been far more profound than I expected.
Melissa, Confidante User
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“There is evidence that mindfulness helps develop effective emotion regulation in the brain.”
Decreased Reactivity
“Research has demonstrated that mindfulness enables people to become less reactive.”
Relationship Benefits
“Evidence indicates that mindfulness predicts relationship satisfaction, ability to respond constructively to relationship stress, skill in identifying and communicating emotions to one’s partner, amount of relationship conflict, negativity, and empathy.”
Personal Well Being Benefits
“Mindfulness has been shown to enhance functions associated with self-insight, morality, intuition, and fear modulation, and improve well-being and reduce psychological distress.”
Increased Mental Clarity
"Mindfulness has been shown to develop increased information processing speed, decreased task effort, and having fewer thoughts that are unrelated to the task at hand."
“Online Positive Affect Journaling (PAJ) is associated with decreased mental distress and increased well-being.
Less Depression & Anxiety
“Online Positive Affect Journaling (PAJ) was also associated with less depressive symptoms and anxiety after 1 month and greater resilience after the first and second month, relative to usual care.”
Increased Resilience & Social Integration
“Online PAJ was associated with higher perceived resilience…study results demonstrate greater self-reported social integration in the intervention group relative to controls at the end of the second month.”
What Our Users Say
Using Confidante guides me to notice my thoughts, moods, and sensations in a way that's easier than meditation.
Andrew, Confidante User
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To support all MBSR practitioners, we will always provide a free version of Confidante.
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