The Self Study Lab is structured, psychologically grounded method to help you truly understand yourself and build the life your system needs.
Part self-study, part nervous-system literacy, part pattern mapping, and part behavior design — all built into a daily, doable rhythm.
start with awareness and intention — everything begins with paying attention on purpose
understand the forces shaping your behavior — how your brain and nervous system work
observe your patterns with curiosity
run small, meaningful experiments
learn what your system really needs
build daily practices that support growth
create structures that help you thrive
The Nervous System — Where Thriving Begins
The Nervous System — Where Thriving Begins
The truth is, you can only thrive at the level your nervous system allows.
Every practice, habit, or intervention that’s ever helped you — from therapy to exercise to meditation — has worked because it supported your nervous system.
Our systems were built for purposeful contribution, movement, rest, and connection with nature — conditions our modern lives rarely provide. Recognizing this helped me connect the dots and create a framework that meets our most fundamental needs — the ingredients that make thriving possible.
The Two Problems Shaping Most Modern Lives
The Nervous System — Where Thriving Begins
What Real Thriving Requires:
Your First Months Inside the Self Study System
A clear, nervous-system-aware ath that meets you where you are and grows with you over time.
1—Awareness
2—Experiments
3—Integration
4—Alignment
You don't have to move through this on a fixed schedule. Some people stay in awareness longer; others move into experiments quickly. The goal isn't to rush, it's to build a system that fits your real life and nervous system.
What to expect in your first 30 days…
You’ll start with simple 2-minute morning and evening check-ins — and these continue indefinitely because they’re doing real neurological work. Morning check-ins prime your brain’s predictive networks, shaping what you notice and how you respond throughout the day. Evening check-ins help consolidate learning, close stress cycles, and strengthen the neural pathways you’re trying to build.
With those daily anchors in place, you’ll begin noticing your patterns sooner, try a few tiny experiments, and eventually create simple SOPs (Standard Operating Principles) that support clearer, more regulated responses over time.
A realistic example of how the Self Study Lab fits into your life in the first month.
A Structured Path to Self Understanding
Everything begins with awareness and intention — slowing down enough to notice what’s happening inside you and choosing to pay attention on purpose. From there, you move into self-study, observing your patterns with curiosity instead of judgment.
Next comes field research, where you try small, real-life experiments to see what actually helps. Those insights feed into pattern mapping, making it easier to understand your loops, triggers, and needs.
With that clarity, you can create simple Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) — the supportive routines and structures that make life smoother. You reinforce all of this through RESTORE inputs like rest, movement, connection, and meaning, which keep your system grounded and resourced.
And throughout the process, you’re held by support, so you’re never trying to change alone.