The App
The Optimistic Brain App
The 4-Steps™ approach, with lessons and guided practices on your phone.
Guided exercises, courses and articles you can use anywhere, even without an internet connection. It installs from your phone’s browser in a few taps, with no app store needed.

What’s Inside
Everything you need to learn the four steps and practice them every day.

Everything in One Place
Exercises, courses, bookmarks, blogs and daily tips, one tap away.

120 Guided Exercises
Find a practice by step or by type: meditation, writing, mirror work, visualization and more.

Press Play and Practice
Choose a 5-minute or 15-minute version and follow along.

Step-by-Step Courses
A free Intro Course, the 31-day Core Program, and seven 7-day add-on courses.
Free and Premium
Free
- The Intro Course
- 34 exercises
- 36 blogs and audio lessons
- Daily Tips and the latest news
Premium
$2.49 per month, billed annually at $29.99 USD per year. First-time subscribers get 1 month free.
- Everything in the app for one low yearly fee
- All 120 exercises
- Every course: the 31-day Core Program and all seven add-ons
- All 83 blogs, including the audio lessons
- Bookmarks, so what you use most is one tap away
- Offline access: bookmarked items play without an internet connection
Add It to Your Phone
There is nothing to download from an app store. First open app.optimisticbrain.com on your phone, then follow the steps for your phone and browser. It opens full screen, like any other app.
iPhone or iPad, in Safari
- Tap ··· at the bottom of Safari, then tap Share
- Tap View More
- Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen
iPhone, in Chrome
- Tap the Share button at the top of the screen
- Tap View More
- Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen
Android, in Chrome
- Tap the menu (three dots) in Chrome
- Tap Install app or Add to Home screen
Android, in Samsung Internet
- Tap the three dots at the bottom right of the screen
- Tap Add page to
- Tap Home screen
- Change the name if you want, then tap Add
- Tap Add again to put it on your home screen

Start With the Free Intro Course
A taste of the 4-Steps™ approach, with several guided exercises.