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You may know a lot about food and exercise, yet still feel caught in the same patterns. AuraWell makes space to understand the thoughts, emotions and pressures around them.
Build understanding in the Journey. Find help for today in Supportive Spaces. Reflect with Aura along the way.
Begin with practices for steadiness and a compassionate inner voice. Then explore your values and the beliefs, feelings and habits shaping your relationship with body image, food and movement.
Come here when something feels difficult today. Choose support by how things feel: food guilt, exercise pressure, overwhelm, low energy or simply wanting comfort.
Aura is your AI companion across the app. Start with a prompt or your own words to explore a difficult moment, notice a pattern, celebrate something good or find your way to support.
Try a moment of self-kindness, or a guided example that separates what happened from the critic’s story.
A practice from AuraWell for a moment of self-kindness. Press play when you are ready.
If comfortable, rest a hand over your heart, or simply let your hands rest. Breathe as you normally would. You might quietly say: “This is hard. May I meet this moment with kindness.”
Begin with Your Soothe System, then explore your values, body image, food and movement. Return to each area at your own pace.
Swipe or scroll to explore the five areas.
Practise steadiness and meet difficult feelings with care.
Explore what matters to you beyond appearance and expectations.
Understand comparison and self-criticism. Practise a more respectful relationship with your body.
Explore hunger, satisfaction, food rules and guilt with curiosity.
Make room for enjoyment, rest and your own needs.
Your Soothe System comes first so you can practise meeting difficult thoughts and feelings with care. This foundation runs through the wider Journey.
Compassion-focused therapy describes three interacting systems that help explain our responses. Each has a useful role:
Our protective response. It helps us notice danger, but can also show up as shame or a harsh inner voice when we feel judged.
Our motivation to seek rewards and move towards goals. Around food, appearance or exercise, it can become pressure to keep doing more.
Our capacity for safeness, care and connection. AuraWell’s first practices invite you to develop this alongside your protective and goal-seeking responses.
You don’t have to feel calm to begin. Your Soothe System is a place to practise, at your own pace.
These are a model for understanding experience, rather than three separate parts of the brain. Read Gilbert’s account of compassion-focused therapy ↗
Keep photos, reflections and the feelings that made a moment meaningful. Find your Scrapbook of Healing in your Profile.
Illustrative entries · Turn the page to explore.
Built from eight years of coaching conversations.
Across body image, food and movement, Ben saw how often people were working hard while carrying a great deal of pressure and self-criticism.
He created AuraWell to make guided, compassionate support available in everyday life, with space to understand the person and the experiences behind their choices.
BSc Applied Health & Exercise Science
MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology
Founder, AuraWell
Compassion can include rest, honesty, boundaries and taking action.
Explore what your body needs and what matters to you, with space to loosen the pressure around appearance, eating and exercise.
Go at your pace. No pressure to go deeper than you’re ready for. You move forward through support and repetition, not pressure or perfection.
This isn’t about positivity or pushing through. You learn what real compassion sounds like and how to develop a compassionate inner voice.
Not another plan, system or set of rules to follow, but support that meets you where you are.
The home screen offers a quick route for 30 seconds, 3–5 minutes, or something specific that feels difficult.
Recently Used and Favourites make familiar support easier to find again.
Choose gentle reminders that fit your day, and return to the Journey when you are ready.
AuraWell draws on compassion-focused ideas and research into self-compassion, body image and motivation. These are some of the foundations behind its approach.
A review of 21 randomised trials found benefits from compassion-based interventions across several self-reported outcomes, including self-compassion and wellbeing. Many studies were small, and the authors called for stronger, larger trials.
Kirby, Tellegen & Steindl · 2017 ↗In a study of 263 women, self-compassion was associated with a weaker relationship between appearance-related pressures and lower body appreciation. This was an association, rather than proof of cause and effect.
Homan & Tylka · 2015 ↗A study of 406 active college students linked exercising for function with greater body appreciation, while appearance-focused motives showed the opposite association. It supports looking at the motivation behind movement.
Tylka & Homan · 2015 ↗Mantzios and Egan discuss how self-compassion, self-kindness and self-care may relate to eating and health behaviour. This is a perspective paper exploring promising ideas and unresolved questions, rather than a clinical trial.
Mantzios & Egan · 2017 ↗These studies examine broader approaches and relationships. They are not clinical trials of AuraWell and do not establish the app’s effectiveness. AuraWell offers wellbeing support alongside, rather than in place of, professional care.
Begin with Your Journey on the home screen. Your Soothe System introduces foundational practices, including Gentle Rhythm Breathing. The app also offers an orientation to help you find your way.
Choose “Short on time?” on the home screen for a brief grounding moment or a slightly longer practice. Supportive Spaces offers help for specific experiences when you do not want a full Journey session.
AuraWell focuses on your relationship with yourself, your body, food and movement. Its nutrition and movement areas explore awareness, needs, beliefs and pressures rather than prescribing a diet or workout plan.
Aura is an AI companion. AuraWell provides wellbeing support and does not replace therapy, medical advice or emergency support.
Yes. AuraWell is free to start and available on iOS and Android. You can check access to individual features within the app.
Read AuraWell’s privacy policy for information about what is collected, how it is used and your choices.
Excerpts from App Store and Google Play reviews. Open each card to read the complete original.
App store
What I appreciate about this app is that it focuses on the underlying patterns rather than just the symptoms.
Happydays63
l’ve tried lots of wellbeing, fitness, and mindfulness apps over the years, but most of them left me feeling like I should be doing more or trying harder. What I appreciate about this app is that it focuses on the underlying patterns rather than just the symptoms. For me, that has been self-criticism. I hadn't realised how much of my motivation was driven by constantly judging myself until I started working through the content. The body image section has been particularly helpful. It made me aware of how often I criticise myself and gave me practical tools to respond with more self-compassion instead. If you're someone who's hard on yourself or finds yourself repeatedly starting over with the same goals, I'd definitely recommend giving it a try
App store
On the days that my mind feels cluttered and overwhelmed those few minutes on AuraWell help me reset.
Live your best life x
It’s like having a wellbeing coach in your pocket ! Everything on the app feels intuitive and thoughtfully laid out. The soothing voices and guided practices are excellent. I’ve noticed that by taking a few minutes a day with AuraWell helps me reflect on my thoughts and emotions in a healthier way. It creates a space for self care that I actually didn’t think I needed. On the days that my mind feels cluttered and overwhelmed those few minutes on AuraWell help me reset. The impact is immediately felt. I also love using the app before bed as it helps with the quality of my sleep. It’s a great tool to focus on my wellbeing and build sustainable healthy habits I can rely on. Highly recommended!!
App store
I love Auras gentle coaching style and it’s a great place for me to log my health journey.
Mprout99
This app is changing my life - I feel supported & guided to build new healthy habits and change the ways I’ve looked at my progress. I love Auras gentle coaching style and it’s a great place for me to log my health journey. I’d recommend to anyone who wants to take ownership & understand their feelings and to build a healthier, happier future.
Play store
The breathing exercises have also been a great addition, they help me feel calm, grounded, and ready to start the day.
Stacey PARKER-LEONARD
I’ve really enjoyed using this app. It’s helped me become more mindful of noticing positives throughout my day, even when I don’t always log them. The breathing exercises have also been a great addition, they help me feel calm, grounded, and ready to start the day. Overall, it feels supportive and I’m looking forward to using it more.
App store
The content is well organised, and the overall user experience feels thoughtful and supportive rather than overwhelming.
Frozen adventures
I’ve been using AuraWell as part of my health and wellbeing journey, and I’ve found it to be a really valuable app. The layout is clean, intuitive, and easy to navigate, making it simple to stay engaged with the different features. What stands out is how the app brings together multiple aspects of wellbeing in one place, helping me stay focused on my goals while also encouraging reflection, accountability, and consistency. The content is well organised, and the overall user experience feels thoughtful and supportive rather than overwhelming. It’s clear that a lot of care has gone into the design and functionality. A great app for anyone looking to improve their health, wellbeing, and long-term lifestyle habits. Highly recommended.
App store
Downloaded AuraWell a few days ago and it genuinely feels different to most wellbeing apps I’ve tried.
Lalatori15
Downloaded AuraWell a few days ago and it genuinely feels different to most wellbeing apps I’ve tried. Usually apps make me feel like I need to constantly improve or “do better”. the whole app feels calm rather than overwhelming.
l’ve tried lots of wellbeing, fitness, and mindfulness apps over the years, but most of them left me feeling like I should be doing more or trying harder. What I appreciate about this app is that it focuses on the underlying patterns rather than just the symptoms. For me, that has been self-criticism. I hadn't realised how much of my motivation was driven by constantly judging myself until I started working through the content. The body image section has been particularly helpful. It made me aware of how often I criticise myself and gave me practical tools to respond with more self-compassion instead. If you're someone who's hard on yourself or finds yourself repeatedly starting over with the same goals, I'd definitely recommend giving it a try
Happydays63
App store
It’s like having a wellbeing coach in your pocket ! Everything on the app feels intuitive and thoughtfully laid out. The soothing voices and guided practices are excellent. I’ve noticed that by taking a few minutes a day with AuraWell helps me reflect on my thoughts and emotions in a healthier way. It creates a space for self care that I actually didn’t think I needed. On the days that my mind feels cluttered and overwhelmed those few minutes on AuraWell help me reset. The impact is immediately felt. I also love using the app before bed as it helps with the quality of my sleep. It’s a great tool to focus on my wellbeing and build sustainable healthy habits I can rely on. Highly recommended!!
Live your best life x
App store
This app is changing my life - I feel supported & guided to build new healthy habits and change the ways I’ve looked at my progress. I love Auras gentle coaching style and it’s a great place for me to log my health journey. I’d recommend to anyone who wants to take ownership & understand their feelings and to build a healthier, happier future.
Mprout99
App store
I’ve really enjoyed using this app. It’s helped me become more mindful of noticing positives throughout my day, even when I don’t always log them. The breathing exercises have also been a great addition, they help me feel calm, grounded, and ready to start the day. Overall, it feels supportive and I’m looking forward to using it more.
Stacey PARKER-LEONARD
Play store
I’ve been using AuraWell as part of my health and wellbeing journey, and I’ve found it to be a really valuable app. The layout is clean, intuitive, and easy to navigate, making it simple to stay engaged with the different features. What stands out is how the app brings together multiple aspects of wellbeing in one place, helping me stay focused on my goals while also encouraging reflection, accountability, and consistency. The content is well organised, and the overall user experience feels thoughtful and supportive rather than overwhelming. It’s clear that a lot of care has gone into the design and functionality. A great app for anyone looking to improve their health, wellbeing, and long-term lifestyle habits. Highly recommended.
Frozen adventures
App store
Downloaded AuraWell a few days ago and it genuinely feels different to most wellbeing apps I’ve tried. Usually apps make me feel like I need to constantly improve or “do better”. the whole app feels calm rather than overwhelming.
Lalatori15
App store
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