Free Library
Free tools that help you read your nervous system state and change your environment to match it.
The Free Library is a set of free tools organized by the Velelle three-state framework: Overwhelmed, Burned Out, and Scattered. You get diagnostic quizzes, reset tools, color and light guides, state explainer pages, and an evening protocol. Every tool is free and no login is required.
Which free tool should you start with?
If you do not know your state yet, start with the Starter Kit. If you are in a hard moment right now, use Make It Stop.
Emotional Environment Starter Kit
Answer eight questions about your space. The kit identifies which nervous system state your environment produces and gives you the three highest-impact changes for your situation. No renovation required.
Takes about 3 minutes. Results are immediate.
Make It Stop
A nervous system reset for the Overwhelmed, Burned Out, and Scattered states. Tell it what state you are in. It tells you exactly what to do next. Built for the moment you have no bandwidth left.
Scenario Finder
Answer two questions and route to the state result that fits your current moment. A fast triage when you know something is off but cannot name it.
Understand your state
Not sure which state you are in, or want to go deeper? These pages explain each state in plain language, with the science behind it and where to go next.
Am I Burned Out or Just Tired?
Rest fixes tired. Rest does not fix burnout. This page explains what the Burned Out state actually is, why rest alone does not reach it, and how to tell it apart from the other two states.
Am I Overwhelmed or Just Stressed?
Stress is a response to a specific problem. Overwhelmed is what happens when your body takes over before you can respond. This page explains what is happening and why thinking through it does not work.
Why Can I Not Focus?
Scattered is not a discipline problem. Your brain's filtering system has run low. This page explains what the Scattered state is, why trying harder does not fix it, and how your environment affects focus.
What is the Velelle three-state framework?
Three nervous system states, each with its own signs and its own fixes. Overwhelmed speeds you up. Burned Out flattens you. Scattered breaks your focus apart. These tools help you tell them apart.
Know Your State
The Velelle three-state framework behind every tool on this site. The signs of each state, what helps, and what makes it worse.
What Color Does Your Room Need?
Color and light prescriptions for each nervous system state. Which colors to use, and the light temperature that goes with them, based on chromotherapy research.
Design Your Evening
A six-step protocol to close the day and set your evening environment for the state you are in. Includes a color and light step for each state.
Sensory Environment Field Guide
Color is one input. Your environment has five. For sound, scent, texture, temperature, and light: what a dysregulating version looks like, what a regulating version looks like, and one swap to make today.
What can you download or get by email?
One free PDF guide, plus two tools on the way. Add your email and we send each one the day it goes live.
Emotional Environment Morning Guide
A guide to building a morning that supports your mood before the day has a chance to take over. Color, space, and rhythm. Practical and immediate.
Weekly Reset Planner
A weekly planning tool built around your emotional environment. A regulation tool, structured one step at a time.
Country Life Coloring Book
A free download from the next coloring book. Cottages, gardens, and landscapes, drawn around the same color principles as the rest of the library.