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How to Track Your Mood After Practice

Who this is for: Anyone wanting to measure the impact of their practice over time by logging how they feel before and after.

Priya treats self-compassion like a system to debug — she wants data. Her mood check-ins show self-criticism dropping from 4/5 to 2/5 after completing a Compassion Break, and she uses that trend on her Progress tab to confirm the practice is working. The check-in itself takes about 5 seconds.

Steps​

  1. Complete a practice. Finish any practice — a Compassion Break, a guided exercise from the library, or a journal entry with reframing. The mood check-in prompt appears at the end of the completion screen.

  2. Read the prompt. The app asks: "How are you feeling right now?" This appears as a brief overlay after practice completion.

  3. Select your emotional state. A set of options is displayed — typically covering a spectrum from calm and clear to tense and self-critical, with options for mixed or neutral states. Tap the option that feels most accurate right now.

  4. Optionally add a note. A small text field lets you add a brief note if you want to capture more context — for example, what triggered the session or what you noticed during it. This is optional.

  5. Tap "Save". The check-in is recorded and the overlay closes. You return to the Home or Practice screen.

Expected Outcome​

Your mood data point is saved and appears on the Progress tab. After several check-ins, the Progress tab begins showing trend visualizations: mood across time, mood by time of day, and mood before/after practice comparisons (when both pre- and post-practice check-ins are logged).

Notes​

  • The mood check-in is optional every time. Tap Skip to dismiss it without recording. Skipping does not affect the practice log.
  • You can also log a mood check-in independently, outside of a practice session, via the Progress tab — useful for tracking your baseline on days when you haven't practiced.
  • Mood data is stored locally on free accounts and synced across devices for Plus subscribers.
  • Priya's approach: she treats each check-in as a data point, not a performance. The check-in captures how she's doing right now — it is not a judgment of whether the practice "worked."
  • On the Progress tab, you can view mood trends over 7, 14, or 30 days. This longer-term view is often more revealing than any single session result.

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