Everyday Practices
Stories for the Mind
For Seeing Yourself in Someone Else’s Story
Welcome. These short stories are here for when you’d like to see your own mind from a little further away. Listen to one, then notice what you recognise in it. Tap play to listen, or download any track to keep.
When Times Got Tough for Jack
For when you’re going through a tough time and your thoughts keep spiralling. Jack comes across a few affirmations on his phone, and one lands: ‘I am the one person who knows exactly what I have been through.’ Over the weeks he starts showing up for himself the way he would for a good friend. The full version ends with the affirmations for you to take in. The story-only version stops at the end of the story, and the short one is a brief scene with the affirmations.
7 min · story and affirmationsDownload
She Believed Her Mind
For when your judgemental thoughts make you feel like a bad person. Melanie secretly believes she isn’t very nice, because of the judgements her mind makes about friends, family and strangers in the street. She learns that these thoughts are automatic, picked up along the way, and part of an old habit of sizing people up. Now she notices them, says to herself ‘That’s what my mind’s saying. I am not my thoughts’, and sometimes even laughs at her mind.
Listen · 6 minDownload
She Broke Up With Him
For seeing how running from a feeling can cost us what we care about. Sam’s girlfriend Sally wants a little more time for herself. Sam takes it as rejection, and to get rid of his fear and jealousy he tries to change her mind, with words and actions that push her further away. I unpack what was going on: we’re taught that feelings like these are bad, so we reach for quick fixes. It ends with what might have happened if Sam had made room for his feelings.
Listen · 10 minDownload
Why They Broke Up
For a shorter telling of a similar story. When Emily asks for more time to herself, Jake feels rejected. Instead of sitting with his fear and jealousy, he uses guilt to change her mind. It brings him fleeting relief and pushes her further away. After the break-up, Jake looks back at how avoiding his emotions blinded him to what Emily needed, and sees that learning to hold space for them is the first step towards healthier connection.
Listen · 5 minDownload
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