The most important relationship of your life is the one you have with yourself. Investing time and effort into understanding what drives you, and empowering yourself to evolve and learn new things, are essential for a journey to a happier and kinder self. These apps can help you get there.

Do you have a growth mindset, or are you struggling to find the motivation to further develop yourself? There are some wonderful apps to nudge you in the right direction.

Once you know what you’d like to work on to find your purpose or grow your skills, track everything in small, achievable steps. These apps help keep you stay on track.

There are courses for pretty much anything you can dream of – and these apps are where you’ll find them. Become a better photographer, learn about the science of wellbeing, work your way towards professional certifications and more.

With these picks, you can always find something valuable and interesting to read or listen to. If you’re really stuck for time, you’ll also find condensed versions of popular non-fiction books served in quick visual and auditory content bites.

Understanding yourself and being aware of your emotions is not only a benefit to your life in general, but also to the process of learning. Both positive and inconvenient feelings are normal – it’s what you do with them and how you use them to propel you forwards. These apps help you dive into your emotional world.

Being aware of your emotions sets you up perfectly for leading happy relationships with partners, friends and other people in your life. But making those relationships successful and lasting is a lifelong journey of commitments and desire to learn from each other. These apps are great kick-starters for more intimate conversations that bring you closer.

Start coding, master a new language or learn to play an instrument with these apps as your guide. These are some of the most useful and enjoyable skills to add to your repertoire.

Sometimes we learn best when we don’t think we’re learning at all. Games have the power to make us think outside of the box to solve problems, or to sneakily lead us into narratives that hold up a mirror to our selves and our decision-making, revealing unexpected truths.