Healthyself Journal

Healthyself is a voice-first, privacy-first journaling app with warm, supportive, evidence-based questions to deepen your self-reflection.

Key features

• Voice recording - Express yourself naturally through speech instead of typing.

• Warm, supportive, evidence-based questions. Drawing on dozens of research papers and techniques, including gratitude, redemptive narrative construction, mindfulness, famous coaching questions, and many more.

• Privacy-first. Your data is yours. We don't have any access to it, and we prioritise security and resilience.

• Choose your AI. Either on-device or best-in-class cloud (with your API keys).

• Dropbox sync (optional).

• Open source.

Choose your AI

For local AI, you'll have to choose & download the models.

For cloud transcription and AI features, you'll need to provide your own API keys:

• OpenAI API key for transcription (required) and speech output (optional)

• Anthropic API key for AI questions (required)

(Enter these once in Settings and they're stored securely on your device. We never see your keys.)

Asks warm, supportive, evidence-based questions

Drawing on 30+ research papers, including:

• Self-distancing techniques

• Structured reflection vs rumination

• Cognitive-emotional integration

• Implementation intentions

• Optimal session timing

• Gratitude practice

• Redemptive narrative construction

• Progress tracking

• Socratic questioning

• Mindfulness and body scans

• Explanatory style and Seligman's Three P's

And

• A bank of exploratory questions

• Contemplative practices, such as the Beginning Anew practice (Plum Village tradition)

• Famous coaching frameworks

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Belongs to these tags

• Apps
• Mental health
• AI
• Privacy
• Personal Reflection
• Open source