A few plain moves for when the “real” parents question catches you off guard. A few plain moves for the moment, yours to keep close.

A few plain moves for the guilty text when your body says no to plans. A few plain moves for the moment, yours to keep close.

A few plain moves for breaking the scroll-and-dread loop, right now. A few plain moves for the moment, yours to keep close.

Your parent is home, but it feels like meeting a stranger.

A quick move for the first awkward days back.

You saw the photo, you were not there, and it lands hard. What to do when you find out they hung out without you.

Nothing was said, but you can feel the freeze-out happening. What to do when a friend starts icing you out.

Two friends are fighting and both of them keep calling you. What to do when you are stuck between two fighting friends.

Your best friend is turning into someone you know a little less well. What to do when your best friend is changing.

You told them one thing in private and now other people know it. What to do when a friend shares what you told them privately.

Everyone laughed and it was about you, and you laughed too. What to do when the joke went too far and it was about you.

You went along with it, and now it sits badly. What to do when you laughed along and feel bad about it.

The test you actually studied for came back worse than you thought. What to do in the hour after you bomb a big test.

It is due soon and your partner has gone completely quiet. What to do when your group project partner disappears.

It happened in front of everyone and your face is still hot. What to do after you get called out in front of the class.

You are behind enough that saying it out loud feels impossible. What to do when you are too far behind to say it out loud.

It keeps feeling personal, and you cannot tell if it is. What to do when it feels like a teacher has it out for you.

The grades conversation is happening again and it is escalating. What to do when your parents are on your case about grades.

You can feel it building and you are about ten seconds from yelling. What to do in the moment before you blow up at your parents.

They know, you know they know, and the room is very quiet. What to do in the first minutes after you get caught in a lie.

Something is wrong at home and it is not about you. What to do when home is tense and it is not about you.

They opened it, they did not answer, and you have theories. What to do when your crush leaves you on read.

It just ended and you still have four classes to get through. What to do in the first day after a breakup.

Something private stopped being private very fast. What to do when suddenly everyone knows your business.

Your manager snapped in front of people and you still have five hours left. What to do when your manager snaps at you on shift.

Their tasks keep quietly becoming your tasks. What to do when a coworker keeps pushing their work onto you.

You need the day off and you have rehearsed asking eleven times. It names what is going on underneath and gives you moves you can use right away. No jargon.

The realization lands: in that story, you were the one being mean. It names what is going on underneath and gives you moves you can use right away. No jargon.

It is out of your mouth and you cannot put it back. It names what is going on underneath and gives you moves you can use right away. Skills, not labels.

Everything feels loud and you cannot name a single reason why. It names what is going on underneath and gives you moves you can use right away. Plain language.

The scroll keeps handing you people to measure yourself against. It names what is going on underneath and gives you moves you can use right away. No jargon.

A friend said something that scared you, and you should not carry it alone. Where to start when a friend says something that scares you.

It keeps happening, it is not stopping, and it is bigger than a comeback. Where to start when someone keeps targeting you.

Everything is too much at once, and there is a place to start. Where to start when everything feels like too much.

They saw it and said nothing, and your brain is filling in the rest. What to do when a friend leaves you on read.

The group chat just went sideways and everyone is typing at once. What to do in the ten minutes after the group chat explodes.