Three Must-Have Apps for Every Pilot
6/29/202615 min
Season 2 Bonus Episode
Monday Briefing 11
Your flight bag is full of tools to help you fly safely—but what about the tools that help take care of the pilot? In this Monday Briefing, we share three simple apps we think every pilot should have: Water Llama for staying hydrated, MyFitnessPal for understanding how you're fueling your body and brain, and Insight Timer for managing stress and training your nervous system. None are aviation apps, but all can help support better focus, decision-making, and overall performance.
The key isn't perfection—it's consistency. Just as you rely on checklists and instruments in the cockpit, these apps provide objective feedback that makes healthy habits easier to build. Pick one app, try it for a week, and see what you learn. Small daily actions can make a big difference in how you feel—and how you fly.
Links:
Water Llama: Water tracker app & drink water reminder app
My Fitness Pal 280 million users and counting: log food, track macros, identify nutritional content of food, track work outs, etc...
Insight Timer: simple and clean interface plus guided meditations, breath work, relaxations, and meditation courses
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsGita Brown· Host0:00
[upbeat music] One, two, Mike, Oscar, runway two seven, clear for takeoff. Welcome to the Calm Cockpit podcast Monday Briefing, your short reset for pilot well-being and high performance. This mini episode is designed to fit into your real life and get you set up to win the week ahead. Pilots, you are already disciplined, and what we don't need is more effort, sometimes just clear reminders of positive habits that help us stay steady, focused, and aligned with how we wanna show up in the cockpit and in our everyday lives. Each Monday Brief covers one simple, practical idea you can apply immediately, something that will support your performance and set off your week on the right foot. Welcome, everyone. My name is Gita Brown. I'm a mid-life student pilot, and I'm also a yoga and meditation educator with over 30 years of teaching high performers how to improve their lives without adding stress. My co-host is John Niehaus, certified flight instructor and professional pilot, and he and I talk about all the time on this show that peak performance isn't about finding one magic solution. It's more about stacking small habits that support your brain, your body, and then of course, by extension,