Too much junk not enough meditation
I used this app a lot a year or two ago then went away from guided meditation for some time, now I’ve come back to headspace and very very little practice content has been added but there is now huge amount of worthless videos, podcasts, and all sorts of junk that spams any relevant search while taking away from the functional practice of headspace. The developers have leant more into making a space that feels like some social media interface purely to get users to spend more time in app with eyes on the screen than providing real value to cushion time and practice, decent meditations but overall now disappointed.
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Superb content, frustrating architecture
I’ve dipped in and out with Headspace over the years, and recently (July 2024) felt the need to reconnect with it. Each time I’ve come back, the design and illustration is different but always light and appropriate; a nice place to be. However, I was very disappointed by how frustrating this version is to use. Superb and varied content addressing almost any issue you might be dealing with is lost in a disorganised UI. They will surface a brilliant episode or step but good luck finding the whole program or series. Some things are easy to find like Sleep sounds, but other things come and go and never feel rooted, and I became desperate for a sense of organisation or further ways to find content. For example, the search omits a lot of content and I had to scroll through countless podcast listings to find the second episode of something they’d offered me. Headspace made a great impression on me way back and what they do is still immensely valuable, but it really feels like this 2024 version of the app is designed to frustrate or at least only signpost recent or isolated episodes. Because of this, I cancelled my trial before the first payment.
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Janis
I am going through so much in my life at the moment and I feel G.A.D. has arisen from what I’m going through.
I always felt I could work through things but I feel my overthinking and anxiety has created G.A.D.
Within 2 years, I’ve had my Grandson almost not survive a car accident where his car caught on fire, luckily a beautiful 18 year old lad stopped and pulled our boy out of the burning vehicle, he is going ok now but still has injuries that may be with him forever! My sister passed away after suffering for quite sometime with cancer, my husband has heart failure so watching his decline is cruel! We’ve been married for 50 years next year. And now, my 94 year old old mother is in a nursing home on morphine as we watch her cruel deterioration.
I feel I can’t take much more. Headspace is one of my lifesavers at the moment! I rely on it a lot!
I always felt I could work through things but I feel my overthinking and anxiety has created G.A.D.
Within 2 years, I’ve had my Grandson almost not survive a car accident where his car caught on fire, luckily a beautiful 18 year old lad stopped and pulled our boy out of the burning vehicle, he is going ok now but still has injuries that may be with him forever! My sister passed away after suffering for quite sometime with cancer, my husband has heart failure so watching his decline is cruel! We’ve been married for 50 years next year. And now, my 94 year old old mother is in a nursing home on morphine as we watch her cruel deterioration.
I feel I can’t take much more. Headspace is one of my lifesavers at the moment! I rely on it a lot!
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