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Recovery & addictionGuide5 min read

Urge Surfing: How to Ride Out a Craving (or Any Overwhelming Urge) Without Fighting It

When an urge, craving, or wave of distress hits, the instinct is usually to fight it, distract from it, or give in to it. There's a fourth option, grounded in decades of research on urge surfing and acceptance-based therapy: ride it out. Here's where that approach comes from, and how Jenora's Distress Lab walks you through it.

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Useful when someone needs practical help riding out cravings, urges, or distress.

Updated Jun 10, 2026Practice
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Depression supportGuide5 min read

Part 6: Practical Skills for Living with Depression: Small Actions Can Create Big Change

A practical guide to small steps, behavioural activation, daily habits, movement, self-care, and challenging the depression voice.

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Useful for choosing practical depression recovery steps when motivation is low and daily tasks feel too large.

Updated Oct 20, 2018Practice
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Depression supportGuide5 min read

Part 7: Staying Well & Preventing Relapse: Recovery Is a Practice, Not a Destination

A relapse-prevention guide for depression recovery, including early warning signs, green-yellow-red zones, protective habits, setbacks, and support planning.

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Useful for staying well after depression, recognising early warning signs, preventing relapse, and building a wellbeing plan.

Updated Oct 20, 2018Practice
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Mental health & regulationGuide3 min read

How to Regulate Emotions Without Substances

Many people use substances or other compulsive behaviors to get relief from emotions that feel too big, too fast, or too hard to sit with. That does not make them weak. It usually means they found a fast way to reduce pain.

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Useful when someone needs healthier ways to work through strong feelings.

Updated Oct 20, 2018Practice
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Anxiety supportGuide6 min read

Part 7: Practical Self-Help Strategies: Skills You Can Start Using Today

A practical set of anxiety skills, including pausing, breathing, grounding, questioning thoughts, reducing avoidance, building routines, and focusing on what matters.

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Useful for choosing simple anxiety self-help strategies you can practise in daily life.

Updated Oct 20, 2018Practice
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Daily practice toolsPrintable PDF1 min read

Boundary Clarification Worksheet

A printable worksheet for clarifying healthy boundaries, noticing where they are getting crossed, and planning what to say or do next.

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Best for reflecting on the boundaries you need and practicing how to name them clearly.

Updated Oct 20, 2018PDF · 81 KB
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Daily practice toolsPrintable PDF1 min read

Cognitive Distortions Worksheet

A printable worksheet for noticing common cognitive distortions and reframing them into something more realistic.

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Best for spotting unhelpful thought patterns and practicing more balanced self-talk.

Updated Oct 20, 2018PDF · 26 KB
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Jenora First 72 Hours Home Checklist

A printable going-home checklist covering the first 72 hours after treatment, including a support and safety plan and early warning signs to watch for.

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Best for the first 72 hours after leaving treatment: organizing support, planning the weekend, and noticing warning signs early.

Updated Oct 20, 2018PDF · 444 KB
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Daily practice toolsPrintable PDF1 min read

Jenora My First Week Home Planner

A printable first-week home planner for structuring mornings, daytime, and evenings during the first seven days after treatment.

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Best for planning the first seven days home in morning, daytime, and evening blocks.

Updated Oct 20, 2018PDF · 7 KB
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Jenora My First Week Review

A printable first-week review worksheet for noticing what helped, what to adjust, and what to carry into next week.

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Best for reviewing your first week home and adjusting your plan without judging yourself.

Updated Oct 20, 2018PDF · 7 KB
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Recovery & addictionPrintable PDF1 min read

Jenora Returning Home Toolkit

The complete Returning Home Toolkit: the First 72 Hours checklist, a first week home planner, a support and safety plan, and a first-week review, bundled into one printable guide.

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Best for getting the whole Returning Home path in one download — checklist, planner, safety plan, and review together.

Updated Oct 20, 2018PDF · 514 KB
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Daily practice toolsPrintable PDF1 min read

My Daily Schedule

A printable daily schedule worksheet for building structure, planning supportive routines, and staying grounded through the day.

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Best for building structure, planning the day ahead, and supporting recovery routines offline.

Updated Oct 20, 2018PDF · 567 KB
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Daily practice toolsPrintable PDF1 min read

Smart Goal Worksheet

A printable SMART goal worksheet for clarifying what you want, why it matters, and how to make the next step more manageable.

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Best for turning a goal into something specific, realistic, and easier to act on.

Updated Oct 20, 2018PDF · 54 KB
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Explore the Understanding Depression Series

An eight-part plain-language series about what depression is, how it affects the brain, body, motivation, and identity, and how recovery can be rebuilt through evidence-based support and small steps.

Explore the Understanding Anxiety Series

An eight-part plain-language series about what anxiety is, how it affects the mind and body, why it can feel so convincing, and how recovery grows through evidence-based skills and small daily steps.

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