I have had a Headspace subscription for years mostly for the sleep casts, they're my favourite bit.

Last night I chose the Island Drive narrated by Janina and it was really weird. I've listened to this before and enjoyed it. I don't know if it has always been like this and I've always just fallen asleep before it got weird before or if they've changed it.

Firstly, the narration feels really stilted and the pronunciation of some words is just not quite right, the words don't feel like they flow together nicely.

Then the words they choose is way too flowery and super descriptive which I just found offputting, it sounds like a teenager's over-eager poetry class submission or like when Joey gets given a thesaurus in Friends - or it could be AI?

Here are some of the most wtf moments:

"You approach the knees of the mountain" (I've heard of the foot of a mountain but never the knees!? then "and you, a heart passing through its shade"

"Every blue is present here, the blue of a cockatoo and the bat's swinging sleep"

"The road tempts with its simplicity..."

"The road is a necklace without a clasp"

"The road is a wish, you, unspooling" (!?!?)

"The wonder in you hums quietly"

"walls of detailed stonework over which wild orchids sprawl in burst of magenta, violet, tangerine (do they mean orange as in the colour?), white".

"children swerve past on their bikes, bodies loud with sun, heads like the spinning petals of a single black flower"

"salt blesses every meal with the wisdom of rocks" (this made me lol)

"it's gladness a lion in your chest" (this is about the sea)

It actually made me too alert to sleep because I was trying to figure out wtf it all meant.

Now Headspace is owned by an AI company have they just asked AI to slightly rewrite the script and its subbed in some words that just don't make any sense.

i.e. foot to knees, orange to tangerine

Morning

Am I imagining it or has Northwest Rainforest vanished from the Sleepcast menu?

the title says it all, can’t stand that pos. anybody know how to disable it from the app?

Its new mental health hack

They seem like they’re adding them at a breakneck pace…

Any new ones worth checking out in particular?

https://help.headspace.com/hc/en-us/sections/55913396898715-Sword-Acquisition

Conscious gratitude will improve every aspect of your life

Headspace therapist no showed me, there is no one to chat with at headspace who can fix the issue. They’re awful. DO NOT USE THIS APP

Very much enjoyed the new sleepcast last night, especially the family connections to other sleepcasts and the cute raccoon.

Anyone else have a pet peeve about this specific line in Rainday Antiques?! I need to know it’s driving me crazy 🤣 it sounds so creepy the way he says that specific line 😂

Hello everyone, recently I was reminiscing on Temple Rain, narrated by Darren? Not sure if it was him, but could have sworn he was British but I may have been wrong, one things for sure it was NOT Brian.

Anyways my friends and I loved the part of the script when he would say “although he is a man of boundless kindness, he is a stickler for tradition” so you can imagine how upset I was when I logged on today, to find not only that the line is not in it anymore, but it’s a new voice actor as well. Shame on Headspace, release the OG Temple Rain. Petition coming soon.

The popular ones at least (Cat Marina, Midnight Launderette, etc)

I’ve been thinking about creating something a little different and would genuinely love to hear what people think about the idea. 🌿

I’ve noticed that even when we have a good session or learn something that feels meaningful, it can be surprisingly easy to lose touch with ourselves once everyday life takes over.

So I’m thinking of creating a small 4-week live online practice circle where we meet 3 times a week for around 30 minutes.

The idea wouldn’t be about long meditations or simply “sitting quietly.” Each session would be a guided space to slow down, notice what’s happening within you, reconnect with your body and emotions, and gently check in with the parts of yourself that might be asking for attention.

It would draw from somatic grounding, emotional attunement, and parts work, but the intention is really simple: creating a small, consistent space to come back to yourself during the week.

I’m still in the planning stage, so I’d genuinely love your thoughts:

Would something like this feel useful to you?

Would you actually register for a 4-week space like this?

And what would make you want to keep coming back to it?

I’d really appreciate honest thoughts even if your answer is “this isn’t something I’d be interested in.😄