# Calm and Confident — Relax and reconnect

> Guided meditations for anxiety relief and confidence building using neuroscience. (iPhone/iPad app by trauma and pain management services pty ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/calm-and-confident/id1541093309 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [trauma and pain management services pty ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/647038077)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 8 App Store ratings · 8 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 568 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2020-12-29
- Data updated: 2026-09-03
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/calm-and-confident/id1541093309/reviews.md

## What is Calm and Confident?

Harness your innate survival responses to reverse anxiety and tension and feel more confident, naturally. Based on the popular CD of the same name, Calm and Confident is for anyone who is struggling with too much stress and not enough confidence. As the name suggests, this app is designed to help you feel both calm and confident. The app comprises innovative 10 guided meditations based on trauma therapy principles. Two of the central sessions are the 19 and 27 minute respectively Calm and Confident sessions. These transformative sessions incorporate focused attention, sensory stimulation, relaxation and re-connection with personal resources to change how you feel about yourself. Another session (‘Healing Anxiety’) addresses the role that childhood emotional neglect plays in maintaining anxiety.  Other sessions are designed to stimulate increased self-awareness, emotional regulation and security through various combinations of auditory, visual and mental stimuli.

Feeling calm is essential for health and wellbeing, but without confidence it's just a nice feeling. Confidence is the end-product of feeling calm; it means experiencing yourself as connected, self-aware, energized, whole, and capable. Confidence is feeling okay about your feelings, needs and wants - it’s about feeling able to become the best version of yourself – not necessarily perfect, but the best ‘you’. As Lao Tzu said, ‘Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.’ Calm and Confident will help you to find your inner friend.

Based on recent discoveries regarding brain structure and functioning, Calm and Confident uses applied neuroscience to teach you how to communicate more effectively with your nervous system to effect change. The deepest learning comes from experience, activities which stimulate sensory-emotional learning. This is different to  the ‘2+2 = 4’ kind of learning you got in school – it’s the learning that comes from doing something which changes how you feel about yourself – leading to new connections, new neural pathways. This kind of learning takes you from ‘I’m worthless’ to ‘I’m okay’; from ‘I can’t’ to ‘I can.’

The secret to achieving such confidence (when stress is getting in the way) is focused attention + bilateral stimulation (BLS), a unique combination which stimulates an in-built activation-deactivation circuit in your nervous system. BLS enables you to ‘hijack’ your own fight-flight response and transform anxiety and tension into relaxation and calm, naturally and effortlessly. It does this by harnessing your brain’s innate information processing capabilities. When your brain detects a stimuli such as BLS it‘s threat systems get activated while it figures out what’s going on. After a few seconds, once your brain recognizes there is no threat (no sabre-toothed tiger), it returns to normal levels of arousal, bringing your body with it. This happens naturally and quickly, without your having to try.

The resulting feelings of relaxation not only reduce stress – they also facilitate increased confidence. When your nervous system is in a relaxed state it is more receptive to the true real-life affirmations embedded in the tracks on this app, resulting a more positive self-state. The amazing part is that this all happens as naturally as you might experience the pleasure that comes from watching a sunset or walking on a beach. This effect has been confirmed by research. 

Bilateral stimulation is a treatment element of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) EMDR, the revolutionary treatment for PTSD. The method seems to resolve trauma-related memories and feelings more rapidly and effectively than traditional methods.

The app can be used for emotional ‘first-aid’, as an adjunct to psychotherapy and as part of long-term efforts to feel more confident. You can learn to feel different - you know much more than you think.

## Key features

- Guided meditations based on trauma therapy
- Applied neuroscience techniques
- Bilateral stimulation for nervous system regulation
- Sessions for healing anxiety and childhood neglect
- Enhances self-awareness and emotional regulation
- Promotes natural confidence and relaxation

## Recent user reviews (8 of 8)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/calm-and-confident/id1541093309/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Wonderful relaxation

*2025-02-22*

As licensed professional counselor and EMDR trained clinician, I love this app personally for myself. It helps me sleep really well and just generally unwind. I highly recommend it!

### 5/5 — Best Bilateral Stimulation Meditation App

*2024-10-14*

My therapist recommended this app and it has been extremely helpful for me.

### 4/5 — Self care +++

*2022-03-23*

I love this app! I look forward to taking a break a couple times a day (or more).
The only thing I would add, is a way to reset the playlist for different situations or events or even time of day,  maybe even a couple of pre-set playlists.
Regardless, I’ll be listening!

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2021-11-09*

Worked for me. I would definitely recommend this app to others.

### 5/5 — 5 Star Rating

*2021-04-15*

This APP works wonders. I feel better every time I use it. It not only lifts my overall mood but also helps to manage my Anxiety. There’s lots of variety to suit your needs and preferences. Highly recommend!!

### 5/5 — Life changing

*2021-04-15*

This use of emdr has helped me deal with significant stress and anxiety brought on by family tragedy. It gives me a mechanism to settle my stresses. Combining neuroscience and psychology is amazing in its results.

### 5/5 — Life saving app

*2021-02-26, version 1.0.4*

This app is amazing. The first time I heard it I felt so upbeat. Subsequent plays have been similarly positive. Over the course of a few weeks of listening to his app I have found some long lost confidence which has helped me to start to deal with a person in my life who regularly undermined my confidence. Long may it's effect last. Thank you Mark Grant.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2021-02-25, version 1.0.4*

This app has helped me enormously. After listening, I feeler calmer, more balanced and stable. It synchronizes the left and right sides of the brain to create harmony within.
I would give it 6 stars if I could. I am truly thankful and grateful to Mark Grant for his gifted work in creating this app to help people transform their lives. I rotate three tracks; Calm Stress Release and Healing Anxiety.

## Frequently asked questions about Calm and Confident

### What is Calm and Confident?

Calm and Confident is a health and fitness app that uses guided meditations based on trauma therapy principles. It aims to help users reverse anxiety and tension, fostering natural confidence through applied neuroscience and bilateral stimulation.

### How does Calm and Confident work?

The app utilizes focused attention and bilateral stimulation (BLS) to communicate with your nervous system. This combination helps to transform anxiety and tension into relaxation and calm by harnessing the brain's innate information processing capabilities.

### What kind of meditations are included in Calm and Confident?

Calm and Confident features 10 guided meditations based on trauma therapy principles. Key sessions include 19 and 27-minute 'Calm and Confident' sessions, and a 'Healing Anxiety' session addressing childhood emotional neglect.

### What is the price of Calm and Confident?

Calm and Confident is a paid app priced at $4.99. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions mentioned.

### What devices is Calm and Confident available on?

Calm and Confident is available on iPhone and iPad devices. It supports iOS devices, including iPods.

### How often is Calm and Confident updated?

The latest version of Calm and Confident is 1.0.6, which was last updated on May 25, 2021. The app was initially released on December 29, 2020.

### What is the age rating for Calm and Confident?

Calm and Confident has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for children aged 4 and above, as well as adults.

### Does Calm and Confident have ads?

No, Calm and Confident does not contain advertisements. The app is ad-free, allowing for an uninterrupted user experience.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.6 — 2021-05-25

Some small fixes for a better experience.

### 1.0.5 — 2021-05-19

We’ve updated the app to add the new article and fix some small things

### 1.0.4 — 2021-02-11

Added scroll for tracks description.

### 1.0.3 — 2021-02-04

Articles text updates.

### 1.0.2 — 2021-01-12

Articles text updates.

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