Guides
Worksheets, pocket cards, readings, and longer courses for the same parts of life the free pages cover.
The worksheets and cards are made to print and keep by the kettle or in a coat pocket. The readings and booklets are for an evening when you want to think something through. The courses and self-studies run over several weeks, with practices and space to write. Every page in the library stays free to read.
The guides on depression and loneliness are education to use alongside your doctor’s care, and they are not yet medically reviewed. Keep taking any prescribed medicine as prescribed, and talk with your doctor before you change anything. If you’re in crisis in the United States, call or text 988.
The mind control and hypnosis guides are for your own mind only. The manifestation guides pair a wish with real steps and promise no money or magic, and meditation and hypnosis are practices that help you settle rather than cures.
$27 guides
This group holds 23 short pages, pocket cards, and worksheets you could finish in an evening.
The Keeper’s Page
$27
A one-week page for noting which of your own thoughts you kept each day and which ones you let go.
One-week worksheet
Three Evening Questions
$27
Three simple questions to ask yourself at bedtime about the day you actually had.
Pocket cards with a short companion
The Door You Do Not Open
$27
A short reading on why Arcana Mentis teaches you to steer your own will and leaves other people’s will alone.
Short reading in six parts
It explains, in clear words, why everything on this site stays with your own mind.
The Clear Morning Page
$27
Write three lines each morning so the day starts with one clear intention.
One-page morning worksheet, with a short companion
It’s a small habit page for ordinary mornings.
One Walk, One Question
$27
Take one question out for a walk and come home with the next small step.
Eight pocket cards to print and carry, with a short companion
If your memory changes suddenly, tell your doctor right away.
A Slower Evening
$27
A friendly limit for late-night scrolling, written without any scolding.
Eight pocket cards to print and keep, with a short companion
If poor sleep keeps going, mention it to your doctor.
Keys, Kettle, Kindness
$27
A three-step start to the day that even a tired person can manage.
Set of morning cards, with a short guide
It’s a small practice for one corner of your day.
The Small No
$27
Practice one polite refusal that protects your day, with no speech required.
Worksheet for one week of practice
It’s about your own words and your own time.
One Room This Week
$27
Pick one area of life for the week, like meals, letters, money papers, or sleep, and let the rest wait.
Planner sheet for one week, with a short guide
Bring any money, legal, or health questions to a professional.
What I Believe, on Paper
$27
Space to write down what you believe, with no argument attached.
Worksheet for belief and doubt alike
It welcomes belief and doubt alike.
A Pew and a Question
$27
Writing prompts for someone who still keeps a tradition and for someone who has stepped away from one.
Journal prompts in three paths
It treats your faith, or your leaving, with respect.
The Named Aim
$27
Write one aim in clear words, then the next step a neighbor could see you take.
Worksheet for one aim and its first month
No Lightning Required
$27
A short reading on why Arcana Mentis counts on your own next step to move a wish forward.
Short reading in six parts
Letters to Next Month
$27
Short letters to the month ahead about what you plan to do.
Prompt sheets for two months of letters
What We Mean by Hypnosis
$27
A clear explanation of what Arcana Mentis means by hypnosis, what it leaves out, and where self-hypnosis fits.
Plain-language primer in six parts
The Self-Hypnosis Card
$27
A few lines to read to yourself in a comfortable chair, then put away.
Eight pocket cards and a short companion
Never use it while driving or cooking.
Wide Awake After
$27
How to finish a self-hypnosis practice and get on with your day feeling fully awake.
One-page note, with a companion and a week of pages
If you start to feel worse, you can stop at any point.
While the Kettle Boils
$27
Stay with your breath for as long as the kettle takes, then make the tea.
One-page start, with a companion and two weeks of printable pages
Stop any time it starts to feel worse.
When You Cannot Stay
$27
What to do on a day when being still feels wrong, including full permission to stop.
Eight pocket cards, with a companion on how to carry and use them
Stopping is always fine, and your doctor can help if stillness keeps feeling bad.
Beside Your Medicine
$27
A short page to keep with your medical papers that explains how Arcana Mentis fits alongside your care.
Short reading in six parts
Questions for Your Clinician
$27
Space to write the questions you want to ask at your next appointment, including questions about a medicine you’re unsure of.
Worksheet to bring to your appointment
One True Hello
$27
Think of one person you can reach and say one small hello, and then you’re done for the day.
Six pocket cards, with a short companion
The Empty Chair, Named
$27
A page for widowhood and other losses that lets you name who is gone, at your own pace.
Worksheet to fill in slowly
$37 guides
These 19 guides are booklets, prompt sheets, and audio talks, and every talk comes with a written transcript.
Bring It Home
$37
A calm talk on noticing when your attention has drifted and bringing it back.
Audio talk, about 25 minutes, with the full transcript
Your Will, Unborrowed
$37
Small decisions that are yours to make, with nobody else to win over.
Booklet in eight chapters
It’s about your own choices only.
Names and Faces, Gently
$37
Everyday ways to remember a name, offered as good manners and practice.
Booklet in nine chapters
It’s friendly practice, and sudden memory changes belong with your doctor.
The Mind You Still Have
$37
A talk about using the mind you have today, with no shame and no miracle claims.
Audio talk, about 25 minutes, with the full transcript
See a doctor right away if your memory changes suddenly.
Attention, Will, Imagination
$37
This booklet covers attention, will, and imagination, three everyday abilities, with practices for each.
Booklet in eight chapters
It teaches ordinary mental skills and makes no claim of special powers.
One Notebook
$37
How to keep one paper notebook for the tasks that matter and turn off the noisy apps.
Booklet in nine chapters
It’s practical reading for ordinary days.
After the Long Drift
$37
This talk is for anyone who feels the years slipped by, and it starts with taking back the coming week.
Audio talk, about 25 minutes, with the full transcript
It offers small steps forward and respects what you’ve lost along the way.
Holy Days at Home
$37
Ways to keep a feast or a fast at your kitchen table when your place of worship is far away.
Booklet in 10 chapters
It’s open to every tradition and works alongside your own community.
Prayer Without Performance
$37
A reflection you can use if public prayer has started to feel like a show.
Audio talk, about 24 minutes, with the full transcript
It respects your place of worship and your own way of praying.
The Evidence Page
$37
A way to record what you did each week, so your hopes stay tied to real progress.
Booklet in eight chapters, with pages to fill in
Attention Toward a Real Door
$37
Point your attention at something you can actually do, like a call, a form, a walk, or a conversation.
Audio talk, about 25 minutes, with the full transcript
A 10-Minute Return
$37
10 calm minutes of self-hypnosis for winding down, spoken the way a friend would talk to you.
Audio talk, about 10 minutes, with the full transcript
Never listen while driving.
Words You Say to Yourself
$37
How to write a suggestion to say to yourself, in words you actually believe.
Booklet in nine chapters, with practices and room to write
Breath, Counted Softly
$37
A short breath count, spoken without scolding your mind for wandering.
Audio practice, about 30 minutes, with the full transcript
If you have a breathing condition, follow your doctor’s advice first.
Walking in Ordinary Shoes
$37
A way to meditate on the walk to the store, with no special clothes or beliefs needed.
Booklet in nine chapters
Keep an eye on traffic and your footing as you go.
The Next Small Hour
$37
This talk keeps you company for one heavy hour and helps you get to the next ordinary thing, like a glass of water, an open window, or a call to someone you trust.
Audio talk, about 23 minutes, with the full transcript
Letters You Need Not Send
$37
Prompts for writing down what feels stuck, just for you, with no need to share it.
Prompt sheets to print and write on
Sunday Afternoon
$37
This talk keeps you company through a long Sunday afternoon, in a simple, warm voice.
Audio talk, about 25 minutes, with the full transcript
A Table Set for One
$37
How to make a meal on your own feel like a proper meal, with a set table and a little care.
Booklet in eight chapters
$97 courses
Each room gets one longer written course in four to six lessons.
A Month of Self-Command
$97
A month of everyday practice with your own attention, your impulses, and the story you tell yourself.
Written course in four lessons
Six Lessons for a Clearer Mind
$97
Six lessons on calmer evenings, doing one task at a time, and a simple way to keep track of what you want to remember.
Written course in six lessons
It’s a habit course, and health questions belong with your doctor.
Taking the Week Back
$97
A starting week, then four weeks of small steps covering mornings, errands, money papers, and one human contact.
Written course in five lessons
The money lessons cover household paperwork, and investment questions go to a professional.
Doubt, Kept Gently
$97
Five lessons on living with an unanswered question, letting it be there without forcing an answer, and staying gentle with yourself and others.
Written course in five lessons
If doubt comes with despair, talk with your doctor and, if you like, a trusted religious guide.
A Wish and a Week
$97
Start with one wish, then spend seven days on visible work toward it.
Written course in five lessons
The Afternoon Chair
$97
The self-hypnosis course in this room has five lessons on your own chair, your own words, and your own stopping point.
Written self-hypnosis course in five lessons
A Chair by the Window
$97
Four weeks of meditation in an ordinary chair, open to any belief and taken at whatever pace calm comes to you.
Four-week written course
Stop any time the stillness starts to feel worse.
Getting Through the Week
$97
A week of lessons designed to work alongside the care you already have and the doctor who knows your history.
Written course in six lessons
Company, Practiced Gently
$97
Low-pressure ways to spend time with people again, like a regular errand, a short visit, or a club where nobody expects a speech.
Written course in five lessons
$197 self-studies
Each room also gets one bigger self-study, something you’d work through over a whole season.
A Season of Self-Command
$197
The same work at a slower pace over eight weeks, for anyone who likes a steady path and working alone.
Eight-week self-study
A Clearer Instrument
$197
A longer path through attention, memory, will, and imagination, taken at a comfortable pace.
10-week self-study
If your thinking changes suddenly or frightens you, see a doctor.
Your Days, Returned
$197
12 weeks of taking your days back, with respect for who you already are.
Self-study in 12 weeks
Health questions stay with your doctor while you work through it.
A Faith, Looked at Gently
$197
A slow plan of reading, silence, and notes for taking a clear, unhurried look at your faith.
Season-long reading plan in 12 weeks
If you’ve been hurt inside a faith community, a qualified counselor can help.
By Hand, Not by Magic
$197
A longer practice of choosing, acting, and reviewing what happened, built on your own effort.
Eight-week self-study
Hypnosis for Yourself Alone
$197
The history of hypnosis, some common myths, and a self-practice you can use on your own mind.
Self-study in eight weeks
Staying Through the Seasons
$197
A long companion for your meditation practice, including the weeks when you barely practice.
Season-long self-study in 12 weeks
Beside Care, Week by Week
$197
A longer guide for low months, written so you can bring it to your doctor’s appointments.
Self-study in 10 weeks
Company for the Long Loneliness
$197
A longer path for loneliness that has settled in after widowhood, an empty nest, a move to a new city, or too many nights online.
Self-study in 10 weeks