Selftalk

Short reminders that appear on your screen, then fade away.

Selftalk shows believable affirmations while you work, in your language and in a voice you choose. It is calm by default and built on research, not on promises to reprogram your mind.

Download for Mac Free to try. Needs macOS 14 or later.

Selftalk runs on a Mac. Open this page on your Mac to download it.

Your comfort zone called. Nobody misses it.

Goal
Voice
Say it as

Quiet by design

A reminder is only useful if it does not get in your way. Selftalk keeps it light.

Fades in and out
The default is a slow fade. Quick flashes are optional and come with a safety notice. Nothing appears more than once every 10 seconds, and there is never any strobing.
Steps aside when you present
Selftalk pauses itself during screen sharing and calls, so a reminder never lands in the middle of your meeting.
Yours to shape
Start with eight goals, then write your own lines, add photos, and choose the position, size, color and timing.
Private
No account. Your lines and images stay on your Mac.

In your language

Every goal is written for each language, not machine-translated word for word. Hebrew and Arabic read right to left.

  • English
  • עברית
  • Español
  • 中文
  • हिन्दी
  • العربية
The Selftalk settings window: choose a language, a writing style and the goals you care about
Choose goals, language and voice in one window.

Based on research, honest about its limits

NLP itself has little evidence behind it, so Selftalk does not pretend otherwise. It uses what studies do support.

Believable beats big
Lines like “I'm becoming bolder every day” help. Over-the-top claims like “I am perfect” can backfire, so Selftalk avoids them.
“You” works well
Talking to yourself in the second person improves composure under stress. Choose I or You for the Formal and Casual voices.
Plans, not just wishes
Lines such as “When I feel nervous, I breathe and begin” turn an intention into an action.
Not a treatment
Selftalk is a self-help reminder tool. It is not therapy and not a medical device.

Free, with a 7-day Premium trial

Everything is unlocked for your first week, with no card. After that Selftalk switches to the Free plan on its own, and nothing you made is deleted.

Free

  • All 8 goals in 6 languages
  • Casual voice, I or You
  • Every look and animation, fade or flash
  • Pauses during screen sharing and calls
  • 5 lines and 1 image of your own

Premium

  • Formal, Witty and Meme voices
  • Four extra goal packs: Founder Mode, Public Speaking, Study Mode, Sleep Wind-Down
  • Unlimited lines and images of your own
  • Future Premium features with the same license

Paid licenses are not on sale yet. We will announce the price here and in the app.

Install in a minute

This early version is signed but not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS asks you to confirm the first time.

  1. Download and open the zipDrag Selftalk into your Applications folder.
  2. Open itIf macOS says it cannot verify the developer, go to System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.
  3. Pick a language, a voice and your goalsYour first reminder appears a moment later. Selftalk lives in the menu bar, the Dock and the app switcher, and keeps itself up to date.

Be kind to yourself, on a schedule.

Free to try for Mac. Updates install automatically.

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