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Quiet the Noise

Take care of the mind that carries everything.

A busy mind is everywhere and nowhere.
Meditation allows you to find steadiness amid the noise. Manage to-dos, emotions, and challenges with greater ease.

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The Modern Mental Load

It’s hard to be present with a scattered mind.

If you’re juggling responsibilities, relationships, and work while still trying to find time for yourself, your attention is anywhere but here.

Control your thoughts, control your stress.

Meditation teaches you to notice your thoughts and let them go. Seeing your brain’s patterns is the first step toward creating change.

You don’t have to believe everything you think.

Your mind produces thousands of thoughts every day. Many are useful, but many are just habits of worry, planning, or self-criticism. Meditation helps you see thoughts as events in the mind, not instructions to follow.

See yourself
more clearly.

Meditation doesn’t stop your thoughts—it changes your relationship to them.

Awareness

Recognize when your thoughts start to spiral.

Distance

See your thought patterns clearly instead of getting trapped inside them.

Calm

Gain control over mental chatter.

Clarity

Return your attention to what really matters.

The Practice

Just 10–15 minutes each day is enough to change your relationship to your thoughts.

Bring clarity back to everyday moments.

In the Waking Up app, you’ll find:

Guided meditations

Short daily practices that help quiet mental noise and develop awareness.

Series on emotional well-being

Including approaches informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

Conversations about living well

With leading thinkers exploring happiness, purpose, and the nature of the mind.

100K 5-Star Reviews

Built for people who want a clearer mind.

Waking Up was created by neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris to make the insights of meditation and philosophy accessible to everyone.

Kelly Boys

Mindfulness trainer, coach, author, and speaker.

Amanda Knox

Author, journalist, and host of Hard Knox.

Maria Popova

Creator of The Marginalian and The Universe in Verse.

Susan Cain

Author of Quiet. Researcher on introversion and sensitivity.

Annaka Harris

Author of Conscious. Explores mind and awareness.

Your mind deserves a break.

Start free for 30 days. Cancel anytime. No ads. No noise.