An instrument, not a medicine

Chasing the calm
your brilliant brain
already knows.

Grounded in published ADHD neuroscience research — not built by clinicians, not a medical tool. Time becomes visible. Attention becomes audible. The forest you grow is your own. No diagnoses, no prescriptions — just the techniques the literature says actually work, made beautiful.

listening · ambient · 5.5 cycles per minute
The premise

Your attention isn't broken. It's tuned differently — and the right scaffolding turns it into a superpower.

Six pillars from the ADHD literature, translated into something you can actually use today. Each tool below was chosen because the evidence is real, the cost is zero, and the dopamine loop is honest.

01 / Time

Time becomes visible.

Time blindness is one of the most replicable findings in ADHD research. We externalize it — a breathing dial, not a digit clock — so the prefrontal cortex can borrow from the visual system.

Visual time · Pomodoro · Externalization
02 / Sound

Audio that steadies the wave.

The "stochastic resonance" research (Söderlund & Sikström) shows moderate-volume white and brown noise can improve attention and recall in ADHD subjects — and often not in neurotypical controls. We synthesize all four modes live in your browser. 40 Hz gamma binaural is included as an experimental option.

Brown · White · Pink · 40 Hz · Web Audio
03 / Ignition

The first step, never the whole staircase.

Task initiation fails when the prefrontal load is too high. The Spark tool collapses any vague intention into one concrete, two-minute first action — the cheat code for executive dysfunction.

Task initiation · Implementation intentions
04 / Reset

A landing pad for the spiral.

Rejection sensitivity, emotional flooding, RSD. The 5-4-3-2-1 grounding sequence pulls the nervous system back into interoceptive contact in under 90 seconds. We pace it for you.

Interoception · Polyvagal · Grounding
05 / Presence

Body doubling, quietly.

Working alongside another person — even silently — reliably increases task completion in ADHD adults. We host the rooms. You bring the work. No webcams, no chat, just shared time.

Body doubling · Co-regulation
06 / Growth

A forest, not a streak.

Streak mechanics weaponize shame. Your Focus Forest only grows — it never shrinks, never breaks, never punishes the bad weeks. Dopamine without the leash.

Reinforcement · No-shame design
The toolkit

Four instruments. Calm on demand.

Everything below is live. Try it now — nothing leaves your device.

Focus Tide
25 / 5 · 40 Hz

A breathing pomodoro with an optional 40 Hz gamma binaural carrier. Headphones recommended.

25:00
focus
Soundscape
stochastic resonance · ADHD-supported research
Task Spark
Brain dump → first step

Drop a vague, overwhelming task. Get a concrete two-minute first action that actually starts.

Local · no upload

Your runway

Calm Reset
5 · 4 · 3 · 2 · 1

For the spiral. A paced sensory return — under 90 seconds — that pulls you back into the room.

5
Press begin when the wave arrives.
interoceptive return — 5-4-3-2-1
Body Double
Quiet co-working

Drop into a silent room. No cameras, no chat. Shared time, shared timer. Other ADHD brains, working.

Deep WorkComplex tasks · sustained focus
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Easy WinsLow-energy day · all valid
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CreativeWriting, designing, making
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Your forest

Every focused breath, a tree.

Each completed Focus Tide grows one. The forest never shrinks — bad days stay green, good days plant new ones. Hover a tree to see when you grew it.

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The coach

An AI that knows the literature — and your weather.

A private companion trained on the same neuroscience the rest of this app is built on. It remembers your patterns, suggests the right tool for the moment, and never moralizes. Coming next — joining the toolkit above.