Manual № 29 · Loneliness and isolation
Reaching
The manual for loneliness and isolation.
Connection, rebuilt deliberately.
12 modules — for the person who is lonely — module 11 is for someone trying to reach them
- 01What This Actually Is
- 02Which Kind
- 03The Loop
- 04Doing Before Feeling
- 05Structure Beats Willpower
- 06The Predictions
- 07From Acquaintance to Friend
- 08When It Is the Circumstances
- 09Online, Honestly
- 10Lonely Inside a Marriage, a Family, or a Crowd
- 11For Someone Trying to Reach a Person Who Is Lonely
- 12The Long View
Two editions
Themanual,orthemanualand the toolkit.
Standard edition
The full program: all 12 modules, with the exercises, logs, and checklists that save as you go. Everything you need to do the work.
Elite edition · most complete
Everything in Standard, plus The Toolkit, 14 techniques drawn from across the evidence base, each labeled with where it comes from — to use alongside this program rather than instead of it. With original diagrams throughout.
Start with Standard if you would rather. You can upgrade to Elite at any time for the $30 difference, and nothing you have written is lost. And once you own one manual, every other one is 20% off.
Inside The Toolkit
- 01What Already Works
- 02The Present, and What You Can Actually Move
- 03Doing Before Feeling
- 04What Actually Matters
- 05If This, Then That
- 06The Chain: A, B, C, D, E
- 07The Shapes Thinking Takes
- 08Testing It Rather Than Arguing With It
- 09Unhooking, and Making Room
- 10When the Feeling Is Too Big
- 11Turning the Volume Down
- 12The Kinder Voice
- 13Is This Getting You What You Want?
- 14Solving What Can Be Solved
Educational content — not therapy, diagnosis, or treatment, and not a substitute for a clinician when one is needed. Every manual opens with a safety page. If you are thinking about suicide, call or text 988 now.