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How a person bounces back
Trace what a silence does to a mind, what an alarm does to a body, why another person's envy is about their own place, and how long a body takes to come back round.
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15 lessons
About 68 minutes in total. Your progress is kept on this device — no account, nothing sent anywhere.
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The lessons
A silence becomes a storm
4 lessons · about 18 min01The gap gets filled
Spot how a mind fills an empty space with a story, and how much other people really notice.
About 5 min
02The alarm rings before the thought
Trace what the body does in the first seconds after a hurt, and why a text can set it off.
About 5 min
03Bad weighs more than good
Work out why one cold moment outweighs five warm ones, and how many it takes to balance.
About 5 min
04The replay rings the bell again
Tell apart the hurt that happened from the replays, and work out which one takes the most time.
About 5 min
The other side of the silence
4 lessons · about 18 min05They had their own day
Spot why we explain our own silence by our day and other people's by their character.
About 5 min
06Envy is a ranking, up close
Work out the three things that make envy, and what an envious person's silence is for.
About 5 min
07A pattern, not a day
Tell apart one cold moment from a pattern by counting, and say what a label hides.
About 5 min
08Power turns up the volume
Work out why the same silence lands harder from a boss than from a friend.
About 5 min
The body keeps its own clock
4 lessons · about 18 min09Three clocks
Put the body's three clocks in order, from the minutes to the days.
About 5 min
10A decision runs ahead of a feeling
Tell apart deciding to forgive from feeling forgiving, and say why the body is slower.
About 5 min
11The out-breath is a brake
Trace how the heart speeds up and slows down with each breath, and what that does to the alarm.
About 5 min
12Sleep sorts the day
Work out what one night does to a hurt, and what a night without sleep does to the alarm.
About 5 min
The whole circle
3 lessons · about 14 min13A band, not a switch
Work out resilience as two numbers: how wide the band is and how fast the return.
About 5 min
14The same event, two stories
Trace how the story a person tells about a hurt changes what the body does with it.
About 5 min
15Key 21: the world
Take one real day apart into its four corners, and say when the circle is closed.
About 5 min