Not a Course
Gentle online companions made of tiny daily gifts, not tasks.
Inspired by real life, shaped to support calmer evenings, quieter minds, and lighter days.
Read, listen, or do both in 1–5 minutes. One minute on busy days. Five when you can.
No cost. No commitment. No pressure.
It is for the days when life feels a little loud, inside or out.
And for the days when you simply want to feel lighter, without making it a project.
We call our programmes COMPANIONS,
because they walk beside you,
guiding you, one gentle step at a time,
for as long as you need them.
We call our tiny practices GIFTS,
because they arrive small and finite,
made to fit real days,
something to receive, not complete.
This is for you if you:
often feel “switched on”, even when the day is over
carry more of the mental or emotional load at home or at work
find it hard to wind down at night, even when you want to sleep
wake up tired, or feel “fine”, but rarely properly rested
live with ongoing stress, anxiety, or notice early signs of burnout
do not have the energy or the desire for another course, challenge, or meditation app
simply want a gentle and low-effort way to soften the edges of the day
these tiny gifts were built with days like yours in mind.
this can also become a warm, beautifully personalised gift for them. As it already has for many people.
Our weekly quiet gift
Before we go into the details, let us share a small habit of ours. When something helps, we like to pass it on. Once a week, we gift a full companion to one person at random.
Leave your email below to join our quiet notes (our newsletter). In your first email, you can choose to be included in the weekly quiet gift.
No purchase necessary. 18+. Open worldwide where permitted.
We don’t use off the shelf scripts. We work with proven principles, then create our own practices from them, shaping the words, pacing and sound into gifts that feel specific, low-effort, and powerful.
You don’t get a huge programme to push through. You’ll get a small, carefully woven sequence of gifts, light enough to do even on a busy day, and satisfying enough to want to revisit.
Tiny practices for breath, body and attention, drawn from well known psychological approaches and softened into something you can actually do on low energy day.
Gentle scenes where you step into another role, and see your own life from a slightly kinder angle. Just long enough to feel like another life for a moment, and short enough to bring that softness back with you.
Each companion: 45 €
Approx. 52 USD / 39 GBP / 42 CHF / 72 CAD / 78 AUD.
One-time payment. No subscription. Lifetime access.
It’s designed to feel far more substantial than its price.
Those 13 days are not modules, workbooks or a giant video library.
Each gift is either a light nervous-system practice or a gentle story-shift scene, offered in four versions so your body can choose what it can say yes to today.
A short, clear text that lands immediately.
Press play on the original piano piece, then read alongside it. This gives the practice a gentle rhythm and a more immersive feel.
Just press play. A calm voice guides you from start to finish, so you don’t have to figure anything out.
A soft voice with gentle music underneath. Ideal when you want to feel supported and carried through, not talked at.
Listen and read at the same time, if you like, with voice only or voice and music.
You simply use the companion soundtrack on its own, or as a gentle layer in the background.
The soundtrack is a single piano piece, performed by one of the creators. Depending on the companion, it is either a well known classical work or an original composition shaped to the theme, so it can hold you while the words do their work.
For the voice with music version, we use a different, lighter background bed, designed to stay out of the way for anyone who finds melody distracting.
And on the days when you have no appetite for anything, you can simply press play and let the piano piece be enough.
For a busy, tired, or dysregulated nervous system, words matter.
“Task” suggests effort, performance, judgment.
“Gift” suggests receiving, softening, a moment you’re allowed to enjoy.
“Course” suggests a curriculum to keep up with, progress to track, and a subtle pressure to do it “properly”.
“Companion” suggests someone walking beside you, gently guiding and simplifying the whole process, not adding to it.
Underneath, each gift is still evidence-informed. A tiny breathing shift, a grounding micro practice, or a small story-shift scene that lets you see your day from a different angle – all gentle but proven ways to give your body and the way your mind holds your days a bit more room, without promising a dramatic “nervous system reset”.
We call them gifts, so they arrive with no pressure and full of kindness.
You are receiving support and joy, not failing another set of exercises.
A few lines people have sent back to us after spending time with a companion.
No review pop-ups, no rating prompts, just real words from real days.
"Ok, so I’m the person who overthinks everything. These micro practices pull me back into my body, which sounds kind of dramatic but it’s true for me. Shoulders drop, jaw unclenches and my head goes quieter for sure.”
“This is a weird one to explain, but finishing the companion genuinely changed how my days feel. Not in a big spiritual way, just… less noisy somehow. I actually looked forward to the daily gifts because I never knew what I was going to get each day, and now that it’s done I weirdly miss them but happy I can do it again. Those short daily moments made me notice good things again.”
“Hey, just wanted to tell you the voucher was really lovely. I sent it to my sister (she’s been carrying a lot). She has started a couple of days ago and today she texted me that it already feels like it’s okay to slow down."
We focus on small, realistic shifts your body can actually use.
Short breathing tweaks, somatic micro practices, gentle attention shifts and softer self-talk, drawn from psychology and nervous system research.
Words for meaning, voice for safety, music for rhythm – so you can choose the version that fits your day, instead of forcing yourself into one format.
Every gift comes in a 5 minute version and a 1 minute version for rough days, and you only ever meet one tiny gift at a time – never a pile of exercises.
We start with proven methods, then craft personalised practices and original story-shift scenes into a calm daily rhythm for real life. For busy days, and calm days.
Each companion is designed with a specific purpose.
Different approach, different pace, different gifts, and a soundtrack designed to match the feeling of that moment, not a one-size-fits-all template.
Nothing is copy pasted or recycled.
Each companion is built as its own small world, so it can meet you more precisely, feel easier to return to, and work more deeply when you need it.
All of our companions are 13 days. Not 7, not 15, not 30.
Thirteen days give us space for eight nervous-system gifts and five story-shift gifts, in a pattern we’ve tested until it feels light, doable and still genuinely helpful.
Over 13 days, you get a steady series of easy and enjoyable calming gifts to support nervous system regulation, so it moves from a single good moment to a rhythm you can come back to.
Thirteen is deliberately unexpected. It wakes up attention, so it feels less like a standard programme with built-in boredom and effort, and more like an invitation than an obligation.
We’re Natalie, a psychologist, and George, a writer, musician and guide. We’ve spent years helping people under pressure, and exploring how words, music and voice can shape nervous system wellbeing.
We both know what it’s like to hold a lot for other people, while our own systems quietly run on empty.
Short, clearly defined companions with an ending, created for specific roles and seasons of life.
No points, no “you missed a day”, no notifications designed to make you feel bad.
We’re not here for personal info, only to offer something that genuinely helps.
Your nervous system already has enough to do.
Our job is to reduce the load, not add more in the name of help.
You don’t have to believe any of this yet. Let your body decide.
For three days, you’ll receive one tiny gift per day that you can:
read,
listen to as a calm voice,
or hear with soft music.
One minute, if that’s all you have. Five if you can.
Some people come here for calmer evenings.
Some for a quieter mind.
Some because they are holding a lot.
You don’t have to be in crisis to need something gentler and relaxing.
If nothing softens, it may simply mean that this is not the moment your nervous system can take on something new.
But if something feels even 5% lighter, you’ve found a kind of support your nervous system recognises as helpful.
Tiny gifts. Not a course. No pressure, ever.
It’s not a course, and it’s not therapy. It’s a short, evidence informed companion made of tiny gifts that support your nervous system in everyday life, and invite a little more warmth and play back in.
Nervous system regulation is your body’s ability to downshift from stress and come back to a steadier state.
No, not at all. You don’t need to have a “problem” to be here. These are small wellbeing gifts for real days, whether you’re under pressure or simply want to feel better.
Yes. This isn’t a lifestyle or a routine to keep up with. It’s a simple, low pressure way to step out of the noise. You can pause, repeat, skip, or come back on a different day. Even one minute can be enough to feel a little better.
No. These gifts are made for real life and real moods. You don’t need to empty your mind or do anything perfectly.
If you can spare one minute, you can do it.
Each companion is €45.
That includes lifetime access to a 13 day journey of 13 gifts (practices). Each gift comes in two lengths, a 1 minute version and a 4 to 5 minute version.
We price in euros because of where we are in the world.
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