Web Stories & Shorts

Tap-through shorts from MindLift: one idea, under a minute. Web Stories on overthinking, grounding, worry time, and CBT thinking traps — free, no sign-up.

Shorts

MindLift Shorts

Tap-through stories: one idea, under a minute. Each short distills a full MindLift guide into a story you can finish while the kettle boils — free, no sign-up.

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Your Brain at 3am: Why Night Thoughts Feel Worse

The same thought that felt manageable at 6pm can feel like a verdict at 3am. Here is the mechanical reason — and the CBT move that works with it.

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Calm hands resting open, grounding in the present moment

The 5-4-3-2-1 Reset: One Minute Out of a Spiral

A sensory grounding technique for the moment anxiety takes over: five things you can see, four you can feel, three you can hear, two to smell, one to taste.

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9 Thinking Traps That Feel Like Facts

Cognitive distortions are fast threat-detection shortcuts your brain runs without asking. Nine of the most common ones — and the four-step way out.

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Worry Time: Schedule Your Overthinking

The CBT technique that gives worry one 15–20 minute daily appointment — and teaches your brain the rest of the day is off-limits.

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The 7-Column Tool Behind Every CBT Technique

The classic CBT thought record, one column at a time: situation, emotion, automatic thought, evidence for, evidence against, balanced thought, re-rate.

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Thought Loops: Why Your Brain Replays the Same Worry

A thought loop re-processes the same material without ever reaching a conclusion. Why loops form, the 8 most common, and how one actually ends.

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What are these?

Each short is a Google Web Story — a full-screen, tap-through version of one MindLift guide, kept to roughly one idea per page. They open instantly, need no app, and end with a link to the full article. Want the long-form versions? They all live on the blog, and the free quizzes go one step further — no email required to see your result.