Get to know yourself, then track how you grow.
16 in-depth trait profiles and 6 repeatable weekly pulses, plus a daily thirty-second check-in. Reflective self-insight on your device, never a clinical assessment.
From answers to a picture of you, then to your next session.
Each survey is short and written for everyday life, not the clinic.
22 surveys across 3 themes.
Who you are
8 surveysThe stable traits that shape how you think, decide, and do your best work.
A spectrum portrait across openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, warmth, and emotional sensitivity.
You will learn Exactly where you land on five trait spectrums, and which to lean on or stretch.
Built on The five-factor (Big Five) trait model (Goldberg, 1990; McCrae & Costa, 1987).
Take Five DimensionsHow you naturally process information: analytical, intuitive, creative, methodical, or verbal.
You will learn Your top thinking modes, so you can play to them or deliberately stretch.
Built on Cognitive-style research (Allinson & Hayes, 1996; Sternberg mental self-government).
Take Cognitive StyleYour primary motivational engine: autonomy, mastery, purpose, or recognition.
You will learn The single driver that best explains the work you do.
Built on Self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000).
Take What Drives YouSeparates high standards (striving) from self-critical concern, the part that actually hurts.
You will learn Whether your perfectionism is healthy striving or the costly, self-critical kind.
Built on The strivings-vs-concerns model of perfectionism (Frost et al., 1990).
Take Your StandardsGrit across two facets: perseverance of effort and consistency of interest.
You will learn How much grit you bring once the early novelty wears off.
Built on The two-factor model of grit (Duckworth et al., 2007).
Take Staying PowerDispositional optimism: how you expect things to go, and how fast you recover after a knock.
You will learn Your default optimism and how quickly you find your feet after a setback.
Built on Dispositional optimism and explanatory style (Scheier & Carver, 1985).
Take Your OutlookA self-read on mental quickness under pressure and spatial sense.
You will learn A baseline for mental speed and spatial sense you can watch sharpen over time.
Built on Processing-speed theory (Salthouse, 1996) and mental rotation (Shepard & Metzler, 1971).
Take Quick ThinkingYour natural daily rhythm: early lark, morning person, evening person, or night owl.
You will learn Your peak hours, so you can schedule hard work when you are sharpest.
Built on Morningness-eveningness research (Horne & Östberg, 1976).
Take Chronotype
How you relate
5 surveysHow you connect, handle conflict, lead, and show up for the people around you.
A two-axis read on relational style: attachment anxiety and avoidance.
You will learn Where you sit on anxiety and avoidance, and what that means for closeness.
Built on Adult attachment theory (Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991; Brennan et al., 1998).
Take How You AttachYour default conflict styles: competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, accommodating.
You will learn The styles you reach for first when friction hits.
Built on The Thomas-Kilmann conflict-mode framework (Thomas & Kilmann, 1974).
Take In ConflictThe three working parts of empathy: perspective-taking, empathic concern, and personal distress.
You will learn Your balance of perspective, care, and how much of others’ pain you absorb.
Built on Multidimensional empathy research (Davis, 1983).
Take Empathy in ActionFour self-leadership skills: composure, feedback courage, ownership of mistakes, and trust.
You will learn Your strongest and shakiest sides of carrying responsibility, whatever you lead.
Built on Psychological safety (Edmondson, 1999) and autonomy support (self-determination theory).
Take How You LeadFelt social connection across belonging, closeness, and felt support.
You will learn How connected you feel right now, tracked week to week.
Built on Social-connection and loneliness research (Russell, 1996; Hughes et al., 2004).
Take Connection
How you feel & cope
9 surveysYour inner voice, stress, sleep, and recovery, plus weekly pulses that track how you are doing.
How you treat yourself when things go badly: self-kindness, common humanity, and balanced awareness.
You will learn How kind or harsh you are with yourself when things go wrong.
Built on The three-component model of self-compassion (Neff, 2003).
Take Inner VoiceYour two dominant regulation habits: reframing (reappraisal) and bottling (suppression).
You will learn Whether you reframe, bottle, or both, and the very different places each leads.
Built on The process model of emotion regulation (Gross & John, 2003).
Take How You Handle FeelingsFour sides of moving through setbacks: recovery speed, reframing, support-seeking, and persistence.
You will learn Your strongest and weakest sides of bouncing back.
Built on Resilience research (Connor & Davidson, 2003; Smith et al., 2008).
Take ResilienceWhere stress shows up most: which life domains pull you off-center.
You will learn The life domains that pull you off-center most, ranked.
Built on Life-domain stress inventories (Cohen et al., 1983, PSS tradition).
Take Stress TriggersFive facets of the past week: mood, calm, energy, rest, and interest.
You will learn A weekly read on how you are really doing, charted as it moves.
Built on The WHO-5 wellbeing domains (Topp et al., 2015).
Take Wellbeing PulseThe two independent streams of feeling: positive and negative affect, side by side.
You will learn Your positive and negative feeling, weighed against each other over time.
Built on The two-factor model of affect (Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988).
Take Affect BalanceHow stressful the week has felt: overload versus your sense of control.
You will learn How heavy the week felt against how in-control you felt, week to week.
Built on The transactional model of stress (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984).
Take Stress AppraisalHow present and settled your attention has been: present attention and steadiness.
You will learn How present and settled your attention has been lately, tracked over time.
Built on Dispositional-mindfulness research (Brown & Ryan, 2003).
Take PresenceHow the week of sleep went: quality, wind-down, and daytime carry-over.
You will learn How your week of sleep actually went, falling asleep through to the days after.
Built on Sleep-health domains (Buysse et al., 1989, PSQI tradition).
Take Sleep PulseRepeat the pulses, and watch the line move.
Retake a pulse weekly and the app charts the trend. Each retake is stored with its version, so the comparison stays honest.
Climbing
Scores trend up across retakes. The app keeps what is working and raises the challenge.
Holding steady
A flat line is real progress in a busy week. The app names it maintenance, not stalling.
Dipping
Catching an early dip is the point of the pulse. The app flags it and offers a lighter routine.
A daily thirty-second check-in on mood, energy, and focus keeps the picture current between pulses. In-the-moment reports dodge memory bias (Shiffman et al., 2008).
Every result points to a guided practice.
Stress Appraisal
A high-overload week with low felt control
guides you to
Quick Thinking
Lower mental quickness under time pressure
guides you to
Inner Voice
A harsh, self-critical inner voice
guides you to
Empathy in Action
Strong concern but easily flooded by others
guides you to
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Grounded in real research, scoped honestly.
Every survey draws on a public, well-studied construct, named as inspiration.
Inspiration, not the instrument
Naming a construct (the Big Five, attachment theory, the WHO-5 domains) means we drew on the public idea, not that we administer the copyrighted scale.
Reflective, not clinical
These are reflective tools, not clinical instruments. mindima is a mental performance app for general wellbeing, not a medical device, and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition.
Yours, on your device
Your answers stay on your device unless you turn on encrypted sync.
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For the evidence behind the training itself, see the science page.