Guides & gentle practices
Short, kind reads on brain fog, flare-up recovery, restful body-doubling and solution-focused self-maintenance, written for spoonies and neurodivergent readers. Free to read, no membership needed.
This library covers the ground people usually search for after a diagnosis, a flare-up, or the end of therapy: pacing and energy management with ME/CFS, Long Covid, hypermobility syndromes or fibromyalgia etc; neuroplasticity practices for persistent pain; body-doubling and low-pressure productivity for ADHD, autism and AuDHD; and keeping a mental-health baseline steady once weekly therapy stops.
Every guide is written by Kim Clayden, a CNHC-registered solution-focused hypno/psychotherapist who lives with chronic illness herself, and written for low-capacity days: short sections, no hustle, nothing you need to be well enough to start. Begin with one of the three hubs below if you are not sure where to land, or scroll for the full list.
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Three topic hubs that pull the guides together into one place.
Chronic Illness Self-Management
Pacing, fatigue, flare-ups, brain fog and nervous system regulation, the whole picture of managing a long-term condition day to day.
ExploreBody Doubling
What body doubling is, why it works for ADHD, autism and chronic illness, and how a restful version differs from productivity co-working.
ExploreBurnout & Recovery
Recognising burnout, recovering capacity slowly, and holding your baseline steady after therapy or a period of collapse.
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What To Do When Therapy Ends
A gentle post-therapy guide to maintaining your mental health baseline and keeping your hard-won strategies on track.
Read guideIsolation & Brain Fog After Therapy
The quiet gap after therapy ends, why isolation and brain fog often surface, and gentle post-therapy support to hold your baseline steady.
Read guideSelf-Management Habits With Chronic Fatigue
Tiny anchors, pacing-friendly routines, and low-pressure ways to keep self-management habits going on hard days.
Read guideHypermobility, Fatigue & Pacing
Why hypermobile bodies (hEDS/HSD) run out of energy faster, joint-kind rest, and pacing that keeps physio going on flare days.
Read guideHow To Stop Crashing After a Flare-Up
Break the boom-and-bust cycle: early warning signs, a flare version of your routine, and a gentler way back after a crash.
Read guideAccountability Without Hustle
Why traditional accountability triggers a chronic-illness stress response, and gentle alternatives that support pacing and follow-through.
Read guideAuDHD Burnout Recovery
Neurodivergent-friendly accountability, ADHD paralysis coping strategies, and quiet ways to rebuild capacity without pushing back into burnout.
Read guideVirtual Body-Doubling for ADHD
How online focus sessions borrow another person's executive function, and why the gentlest versions work best for ADHD brains with brain fog or fatigue.
Read guideBody Doubling for Autism & Sensory Overload
Why traditional body-doubling can overwhelm autistic senses, and how a restful, camera-optional approach supports autism, AuDHD and sensory overload.
Read guideBrain Fog Management Tools
Practical tools and gentle routines for chronic illness, pacing, cognitive load, and a spoonie-supportive community you can use on a bad day.
Read guideLow-Pressure Productivity for Executive Dysfunction
Self-compassion tools, gentle mental health check-ins, and a neurodivergent-friendly routine you can actually keep.
Read guidePacing Strategies for Long Covid and ME/CFS
Practical pacing skills for post-exertional malaise, plus fibromyalgia brain fog tools that don't require energy you don't have.
Read guideNervous System Regulation for Chronic Pain
How solution-focused peer support and gentle self-hypnosis techniques calm the pain-alarm system and support neuroplasticity.
Read guideWhat is Restful Body-Doubling?
A gentle introduction to body-doubling, what it is, why it helps, and how our restful sessions work.
Read guideNeuroplasticity Exercises for Chronic Pain
Small, low-energy practices grounded in solution-focused therapy, designed for restful body-doubling sessions.
Read guideThe Quiet Corner
A shared, wordless pause for members. Co-regulation without pressure, connection without needing to speak.
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