Polyvagal Ladder
Tap a rung: safe & social, fight/flight, or shutdown — and get moves that fit.
Try itSend to client
Plain-language explainers and interactive tools to share between sessions.
9 interactive tools
Shareable client tools
The window of tolerance
The zone where you can think and feel at the same time.
Try itBox Breathing
A 4-4-4-4 breath animator — one minute to drop a gear.
Try it5-4-3-2-1 Grounding
Guided sensory grounding when your mind has run off.
Try itFeelings Wheel
From 'bad' to a specific word — the vocabulary makes the feeling movable.
Try itNeeds Wheel
Beneath the feeling is a need — find it in two taps.
Try itFeelings + Needs Wheel
The combined tour: name the feeling, then name what's underneath.
Try itBody Map
Tap where you feel it — get plain-language notes on what the body might be holding.
Try itThe Four Horsemen
Gottman's patterns that predict relationship damage — spot them and swap them.
Try it22 explainers
Long-form explainers
What is trauma?
Trauma is the lasting impact an overwhelming experience can have on memory, emotion, the body, and relationships.
What is dissociation?
When things get too much, the mind dims the lights to protect you.
The window of tolerance
The zone where you can think and feel at the same time.
Fight, flight, freeze — and fawn
Four ancient responses your body runs before you can think.
What are parts?
Your brain isn't one unified voice — it runs as many specialised networks, shaped by experience.
How does trauma live in the body?
Overwhelming stress can leave the brain and body expecting danger long after the event is over.
What is attachment — and how does it shape adult relationships?
The blueprint for love you learned before you could speak.
Polyvagal theory, in plain language
Your nervous system has three gears: connect, mobilise, shut down.
Grounding techniques: 5-4-3-2-1 and beyond
Simple sensory anchors that pull you back into the room when your mind has run off.
How to regulate your nervous system
Regulation isn't being calm — it's the ability to move between states without getting stuck.
When pain stays after the injury heals
Chronic pain is real — and often a sensitive alarm system, not ongoing damage.
IBS and the gut-brain conversation
Your gut and brain talk constantly — in IBS, the conversation has gotten loud.
Functional seizures (PNES) explained
Real seizures. Not epilepsy. Not faking. A brain-network disorder that responds to therapy.
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) — a software problem in a working brain
FND is a real neurological condition where the brain's wiring is fine but the signals are getting crossed.
Somatic exercises, explained
Small body practices that teach your nervous system it's safe to settle.
Emotional dysregulation, in plain language
When feelings arrive louder, faster, and stay longer than the moment calls for.
Complex PTSD (CPTSD) vs PTSD, explained
PTSD is what an event leaves behind. CPTSD is what a long chapter leaves behind.
What a panic attack is (and isn't)
A panic attack is a sudden surge of intense fear and body sensations. It usually passes, but unfamiliar symptoms should not be self-diagnosed.
Why you're so hard on yourself
The critical voice in your head learned to be harsh for a reason — and it can learn a different job.
What grief actually does to you
Grief isn't a checklist you complete — it's a relationship that changes form, arriving in waves.
Why you can't sleep when you're stressed
A wired brain at bedtime isn't a discipline problem — it's a nervous system still on shift.
What is IFS therapy?
Internal Family Systems is a kind of therapy that treats your inner voices as parts with good intentions — and helps a calmer you lead them.