Mellem

Mellem is a macOS meditation app for the workplace that lives in your menu bar. It monitors your calendar, detects gaps between meetings, and offers brief guided meditation sessions (3, 5, 7 minutes or auto-duration). Features mood-based guidance (stressed, anxious, tired, drained, frustrated, restless), multiple instructor voices, unguided timer mode, smart meeting detection via microphone sensing, and a join-next-meeting button. Privacy-first: calendar data stays local, no audio recording. Pricing: 14-day free trial, £8.99/month or £49.99/year.

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