The Low Tide

For days when your energy runs out before your to-do list does: learn to pace yourself, budget your energy and rest in the ways that actually restore you.

At a glance

• What it is: a CBT-informed pacing journal for low-energy days
• Who it's for: people caught in a cycle of overdoing it on good days and crashing afterwards
• What you'll do: map your energy, set a daily energy budget, choose from a menu of rest, and meet tired thoughts more kindly
• Time: about 10 minutes a day for fourteen days
• Format: 27-page PDF, A5, tappable contents
• Good to know: ongoing tiredness can have medical causes, so please see a doctor if low energy persists; not therapy or medical advice

The origin

Even the sea rests between tides. We researched CBT-informed activity pacing and the science of rest, and refined them in the lab into fourteen gentle days.

What this edition offers

• The boom-and-bust cycle, explained
• The Energy Audit and a daily Energy Budget
• The Rest Menu, and kinder ways to meet tired thoughts
• Fourteen gentle days, an On a Low Tide card and your own Tide Plan

How to use it

Begin with the Energy Audit, then set a daily budget and choose from the Rest Menu, about ten minutes a day for fourteen days. Ongoing tiredness can have medical causes, so please see a doctor if low energy persists. The Low Tide is CBT-informed and for education and reflection; it is not therapy or medical advice.

What's inside

27 pages (PDF, A5, tappable contents) · A Note from the Lab · The Boom-and-Bust Cycle · The Energy Audit · The Energy Budget · The Rest Menu · Thoughts on a Low Tide · On a Low Tide card · Fourteen Gentle Days · My Tide Plan. Instant download.

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