Higher Mind4.3.3 - App Store

*** ATTENTION: This is a companion app for members of the Mindful Self-Discipline program. You will only be able to use it if you are a member. ***

What if your phone, instead of being a reason for continuous distraction and procrastination, became a tool of motivation, focus and self-discipline? What if it could help you live more consciously, live more on purpose, and achieve your goals?

Enter the Mindful Self-Discipline app-the ultimate “self-discipline in a box” solution. It is one thing to read the book and take notes, but unless you implement the key concepts and practices in your daily life, nothing much will change. This is an app to help you implement, and live, the concepts of the book by the same name (by Giovanni Dienstmann)

With the app you will get the tools you need, daily reminders to keep you on track, and also greater focus and commitment.

TRACK: make progress with your goals
- Keep track of your life and aspirations using the +1/-1 concept
- Set rewards for yourself to keep you motivated
- Get insights on your progress and become aware of your patterns
- Develop the awareness needed to live life more on purpose

JOURNAL: Stay on track and become aware
- Develop self-awareness through a short daily journaling exercise
- Ability to edit and export past entries (your data belongs to you!)
- The three power questions that will help you develop gratitude, see your mistakes without shaming yourself and re-focus on your goals every day
- Create daily reminders so you don’t forget to journal, meditate, and track

The path toward your goals and aspirations doesn’t need to be so long, painful and unpredictable. With the help of this simple yet powerful app, being more self-disciplined in life becomes much easier.

This app is an investment in yourself. I’ve spent years and thousands of hours discovering, practicing, teaching and refining these techniques. If you have a goal or aspiration that you care about, and are committed to achieving it, I think you will love this!

If you have any questions or issues with the app, or want to request an invitation to become a member, send us a message at https://www.mindfulselfdiscipline.com/contact-me/

Version History Fixed course loading issue (HOTFIX) 4.3.3 Jul 16 - Mindful Minutes integration
- 3 new widgets
- New meditations
- UI improvements
- Bug fixes 4.3.1 10/27/2025 - Commitment Boosters inside Aspirations
- PAW Method with audio and vibration options
- Info content bundled for faster loading time
- Shuffle button for Short Videos
- UI fixes
- Bug fixes 4.2.0 04/03/2025 - New meditation player design
- New meditation audio streaming
- New download for offline use experience
- New audiobook player design
- Notification center audio controls
- UI fixes
- Bug fixes 4.1.4 02/11/2025 - NEW GAIA Journal experience!
- User interface improvements
- Several bug fixes
- New Tools Walkthrough video
- Audio playback fixes 4.1.2 12/11/2024 - NEW GAIA Journal Experience
- User Interface Improvements
- Several Bug Fixes
- New Tools Walkthrough Video 4.1.1 12/09/2024 NEW ASPIRATIONS PAGE
- Add up to three aspirations (our most requested feature!)
- Add images to your aspirations
- Create an “anti-aspiration” to keep you motivated

NEW TOOLS
- All Higher Mind / MSD tools are now consolidated in a single page
- Tracker: Track your +1s on a per-aspiration basis
- Day Plan and Week Plan: With step-by-step prompts to help you stay organized and focused
- Focus Timer: A built-in pomodoro-like timer for you to practice your "Power Hours"
- Mental Shortcuts: Powerful reminders to stay connected with your goals and values
- Wise Confidence: Tools and practical summaries from my latest book, to help you more easily overcome your conditioned identity and affirm your aspirational self

BUG FIXES: Solves the video playback issue with the courses and some meditations. 4.0.0 08/01/2024 VERSION 3.3.1

Fixes bugs in the Learn section of the app, such as:
- Sometimes videos loading in the wrong aspect ratio
- Some of the Summaries not being accessible
- Issues with adding some lessons to the Favorites
- Duplicate entries of the audiobook under In Progress
- General usability improvements 3.3.1 04/29/2024 NEW NAME
As part of a bigger rebranding movement for Giovanni’s work, the app was renamed from “Mindful Self-Discipline” to “Higher Mind”.
LEARN area improvements
- Redesigned LEARN page.
- Included the entire Mindful Self-Discipline audiobook as part of the app.
- Included 40+ summaries for the new book, Wise Confidence.
- You can now access the blog articles also inside the app.
- Included feed of Giovanni Dienstmann’s daily videos.
- “In Progress” area now shows the courses you’ve started and not yet finished.
- Courses are now grouped by theme.
OTHER improvements
- App support for simplified account management and cancelation.
- Fixes bug of downloaded meditations not appearing in Settings. 3.3.0 04/19/2024 VERSION — 3.2
NEW ADDITIONS
- Included 22 new guided meditations, most of them for the Wise Confidence book
- New Meditate homepage, with Recommended and better categories
- Play Random feature
- New meditation completed screen
BETTER PLAYER
- Support for Apple Airplay
- Quicker load time
- Speed control
- Remembering the point you were in last time you watched
BUG FIXES
- Fixes issue where you were unable to close the player
- Fixes several small navigation and layout issues
- Corrects duplicated article under Learn
- Fixes issue of Q&A videos not playing on some devices 3.2.0 03/04/2024 Fixed issues. 3.1.2 03/27/2023 Bug fixes 3.1.1 11/08/2022 NEW FEATURE
Video courses are now available under the Learn section! 3.1 10/19/2022 Several bug fixes, including:
- Learn: screen freezing for some time after leaving a lesson page, or on favorites list
- Issues when downloading all meditations
- Glitch on the templates when adding a new note
- Design glitches on History page, Membership page, and Practice -> Awareness page
- Track -> Rewards: text font was too small in some situations
- Screen was freezing when updating aspiration in some situations
- Added spinner for PDF lessons
- Track -> History: Swipe left Edit button was hard to press 3.0.1 07/21/2022 NEW FEATURES:
— New SMART Goals section
— Meditation habit tracker
— Mark lessons as read
— Save time when adding notes to your tracker, by using your history
— You can now set reminders with custom text, and also for your favorite lessons

BUG FIXES:
— Meditations no longer appear as downloaded after they have been deleted
— Fixes an app crash when a user deletes a reward and scrolls down
— Fixes the issue of being unable to export all data
— Several layout and usability improvements 3.0 06/13/2022 New Features:
- Manage all your downloads in a single place (Settings)
- Ability to export all your private data
- Airplay functionality for playing meditations and video answers

Bug fixes and improvements, such as:
- Fixes editing Aspiration bug
- Fixes design issues in Awareness page
- Added Aspiration examples
- Status message now dismisses once user taps in this
- Fixes layout in Dark Mode for the widget and reminders
- Fixes player crash issue when user is watching meditation in PIP mode
- Fixes issue with the cells when user is in edit mode in history
- Fixed the issue where the user is not able to get out of edit mode in History 2.3.3 02/13/2022 FIXED several bugs, including:
- Issue of the user not being able to dismiss the keyboard or scroll down when creating a new journal entry.
- Issue of not opening the right page when tapping the widget, if the app was not running in the background.
- Issue of app not showing results for valid previous search results when user doesn’t manually clear this.

ALSO:
- Layout and usability improvements on several pages
- Enabled autocorrect in Journal and Aspiration
- Automatically trying to load article again, when coming back from offline mode. 2.3.2 11/29/2021 Fixed several bugs, including:
- Issue of not opening the right page when tapping the widget buttons
- Issue of being unable to scroll all the way to the bottom of the Q&A section
- Layout issues with the widgets
- Design issue of the button being cut off when user adds a new journal entry.
- Issue of aspiration line on awareness page not updating when user changes their aspiration in Track page
- Issue of video not loading in App FAQ > App overview page
- Issue of user not being able to open any lessons from Search
- Layout issues on iPhone with smaller screen

This version also includes general design and usability improvements, especially for the Widgets, Practice screens, and Login screens. 2.3.1 11/06/2021 NEW FEATURES:
- Homescreen Widget: easily add +1 or -1, and get to your meditations!
- PAW Method: a step-by-step interactive version, with the Awareness questions and different

BUG FIXES:
- Improved layout and user experience in the Practice screens
- Fixes issue of being unable to play Q&A videos
- Fixes layout issues in the login page 2.3 10/26/2021 FIXES several bugs, including:
- Slow app startup time on some devices
- Issue of not landing in the right page of the app when tapping certain notifications
- Minor layout issues in Home and Meditate pages
- Removes the confusing back button from the Pause screen
- Added missing reminders ‘Meditation’ and ‘Pause’ to the reminder section
- Fixes a glitch with the "3 Breath" method
- Fixes issue of not being able to close the reminder modal
- Fixes issue of Q&A videos sometimes not playing
- Other small fixes and usability improvements

Added a spinner when loading meditations that take longer to load. 2.2.2 10/01/2021 NEW FEATURES:
- Ending bell when finishing a breathing exercise
- Added ability to skip page 15 seconds on the meditation

BUG FIXES:
- Layout fixes in Pause and Meditate screen
- Custom player fixes, including the addition of a new fullscreen UI with meditation image 2.2.1 08/24/2021 Bug Fixes:
- Fixes issue of closing video abruptly in Q&A section due to change in Youtube API endpoint 2.2.0.1 08/10/2021 NEW FEATURE:
"Pause" screen with several different breathing exercises, to help you practice the first step of the PAW Method.

BUG FIXES:
- Layout fixes in the Meditate pages and Search pages
- Fixes issue of heading and title above meditation disappearing after user favorites a meditation
- Fixes design issue for Rewards progress bar in Rewards page
- Fixes issue of incorrect text being displayed in the status bar when the user turns off a reminder
- Fixes issue of long titles getting truncated from search 2.2 08/08/2021 FIXES the following bugs:
- Crash loop for some users when starting the app
- Meditation playback issues where mediation continues to play even after the player is closed
- Some meditation titles getting truncated
- Meditations not showing up in search results
- Favorite star showing the wrong state in some cases
- A couple of typos

Includes several improvements to layout, alerts, and usability.

ADDs a "meditation complete" screen. 2.1.1 07/21/2021 NEW FEATURE:
Ability to download meditations for offline use

BUG FIXES for "Meditate":
- Fixes the issue of two meditations playing at the same time
- Fixes issue of navigation bar and star disappearing from the meditation detail page
- Fixes issue of star icon not being highlighted on favorited meditation in the meditation details page and user not being able to unfavourite the meditation from here
- Cleaned up the "Learn More" links
- Layout and usability improvements 2.1 07/14/2021