Not magic. Not wishful thinking.
The science behind our gifts that feel simple but grounded in evidence.
Our companions are built from evidence informed micro practices. Then we shape them into text, voice, and gentle music, so your system can take them in easily. With less effort and more impact.
Text (read in silence).
Text + piano soundtrack (press play, then read alongside it).
Voice (no music).
Voice + a light music bed.
Plus: one piano soundtrack piece for each companion, to play on its own, or alongside the text.
Modern life keeps many of us in a constant low level state of alarm, with messages, notifications, expectations, and invisible emotional work.
Your nervous system is not a machine. It has a limit.
When it is pushed for too long, you may feel:
wired and exhausted at the same time
unable to switch off in the evenings
guilty for resting
tense in your body, even when “nothing is wrong”
Our companions are built for real life in this state, and for the ordinary days around it. For the moments when you feel overloaded or depleted, and also for the moments when you simply want more space, steadiness, or lightness without turning it into a project.
We design for people who:
do not want more “work on themselves”
have already tried courses, books, and apps
live with pressure or responsibility, or simply feel too full inside, and want support that reduces load rather than adding more
Every 13-day companion is built from two kinds of micro practices:
realistic steps that support regulation and help the body settle.
guided scenes that change the angle in your mind, so your story about the day softens a little.
help you feel a little safer
When your body settles even slightly, your mind can see new options.
help you see a little different
When your story about the day softens, it is easier for your body to let go.
In every 13-day companion, we weave together 8 nervous-system gifts and 5 story-shift gifts, placed where they are most helpful: early on to reduce urgency and self-pressure, in the middle to open space and shift your perspective in real life, and later to help the change carry forward into your next days.
We do not throw random calming tips at you.
Each small step is shaped around well studied ideas from psychology and neuroscience, translated into something you can actually use on real days.
Slow, steady breathing, especially slightly longer exhales, can help the body shift out of constant fight or flight and into a more regulated state.
Our breathing moments are:
simple enough to use when you are tired
short enough for a break between calls or after a difficult conversation
designed to be felt in your body, not just read on a screen
You do not need long meditations to interrupt stress and reactivity. Even very brief, deliberate pauses can:
stop your mind from spiralling
give your body a chance to soften
make the next decision feel less pressured
We build these into tiny, doable pauses, often just a few breaths, so you can use them on ordinary days, not ideal ones.
When life is heavy or simply too full, the brain starts to scan for problems, and everything can feel darker than it truly is. Gently noticing small good moments, warm light, a cup of tea, a soft blanket, a quiet minute can:
lift your mood a little
reduce the sense that everything is bad
bring a little more space or lightness into the day
Many conscientious, sensitive people live with a harsh inner voice. A softer, more accurate inner voice can:
lower stress
reduce shame
make it easier to rest, reset, or try again without guilt
We quietly weave gentler self talk into the practices, so you are not only breathing differently, you are also speaking to yourself differently.
Story-shift gifts are the days where we do not only support regulation.
We gently change the angle.
For one to five minutes, you step into a simple role or scene, look at your life from there, and come back with softer eyes and a little more space. They are not breaks from the work. They are the second pillar of it.
We treat life as a story, not as a list of failures. By offering roles and small scenes – a guest in your own home, a shopkeeper closing for the night, a future version of you – we borrow from narrative therapy, which helps people see that they are not the problem, but a person moving inside a story that can be told more kindly.
Inside every scene there is a small, clear reframe – one question or micro-choice that gently shifts thought and behaviour:
“If I were just a guest here, what would I let go of tonight?”
“If I were the lighting designer, what is one light I would change?”
These are tiny cognitive-behavioural moves, without jargon, homework or worksheets.
For a moment you step into a safe, ordinary role – visitor, guide, designer, future-you. This is a very soft adaptation of psychodrama and role-play techniques, turned into small, private inner scenes, not big performances.
Low energy first – it must be doable on a bad day. One image, one role, one question is enough.
Everyday roles, not fantasy heroes – no grandiosity, no “ideal self”, just roles you already recognise.
One small scene, not a long plot – your nervous system should feel “I can hold this,” not “I have to imagine so much.”
A soft link back to real life – each scene ends with one tiny action or question that connects back to your evening or your day.
In plain language, we are comfortable saying that our story-shift gifts are:
Inspired by narrative therapy, cognitive behavioural approaches and gentle role-play methods, adapted into very small, low-pressure scenes you can use on your own.
On low energy days, reading can feel like too much. A calm, human voice reduces effort, rests the eyes, and helps the words land more gently. For many people, guided audio support can feel easier than text when the nervous system is already tired or overstimulated.
Sound can shift the body before the mind catches up. Gentle rhythm, predictable tone, and simple harmony can support relaxation and emotional regulation, especially when you want stress relief without having to think your way there.
The piano soundtrack:
one special piece, performed by the creator. Depending on the companion, it is either a well known classical work or an original composition written for that theme. On the days when you do not want to do anything at all, you can simply press play and let the piano piece be enough.
A light music bed for the voice version of every companion:
a separate, simpler background layer designed to support listening without pulling attention away from the words, for anyone who finds melody distracting.
In other words, these are not extras. They are different ways in, so the gift can meet you where you are.
Most people do not need more information.
They need something they can actually do on a bad day.
One to five minutes is enough to:
notice your body
change your breathing
interrupt a spiral
find one small good moment
soften your inner voice, just a little
see one part of your day from a different angle
Small changes, repeated with kindness, are far more powerful than grand promises you never use. That is why our companions are built from tiny daily gifts, not long sessions you need to “catch up on”.
The content is only half of the story. The format also protects your nervous system.
We work with:
A 13-day companion. You enter, experiment gently, and leave with something simple you can carry forward. No pressure to “stay forever”.
Our companions are designed for people who are already living full lives. Sometimes you are stressed, tired, or carrying a lot. Sometimes you are simply craving more space, warmth, or lightness. Either way, this is support without the self improvement spiral.
We avoid fake countdowns, guilt based messages, streaks, points, or progress bars. No one is scoring your rest. Our role is to reduce the load, not add more noise.
Clarity is part of our ethics.
We DO NOT claim to:
treat or cure mental health conditions
replace therapy, medication or medical care
fix your circumstances or remove your responsibilities
We are not a crisis service and cannot hold acute situations. In those moments, professional and emergency support are essential.
What we DO offer is gentle, evidence informed support you can use in everyday life.
Sometimes that support looks like steadiness.
Sometimes it looks like lightness.
Either way, it is designed to help your nervous system and your inner story feel a little easier to live with.
If this page makes sense to your mind, the next step is to let your body decide.
Take three days.
Try three of our tiny practices for free.
Notice what happens in your own system.
If your nervous system says “no difference”, you owe us nothing.
If it whispers “this helps”, the science behind our work has already done its job.
Small gifts. Not a course.
A softer way to stay close
Evidence matters to us. Kindness does too.
So we do both: we build carefully, and we share simply. If you’d like to stay close, join our quiet notes.
We write rarely, only when we have something genuinely useful to share аnd оnce a week, we gift a full companion to one person, as a small reminder that help doesn’t always have to come wrapped in effort.
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