for those who are off course
looking for their of course moment
watch this first — it'll make the app make sense
Start with Find — it's free and open. Face and Feel unlock when you join the ShiFt programme.
You don't need the right words. Just write what happened — whatever comes first.
No judgement. No agenda. This stays between you and the thread.
What you just named? That's a thread.
And it's been running — quietly, persistently — probably for much longer than this moment.
Notice what just happened.
You recalled an event. You named a feeling — that's the thread. That thread led to a knot — a behaviour that's been running quietly, protecting you, pulling the pattern sideways.
And you've just begun to loosen it.
The more you practise this — the deeper you dig — the more gold you find.
We put the Fun back in the Shit — and life ShiFts.
One thread at a time.
"In thirty years of sitting with people in their hardest moments — the ones who changed their lives weren't the ones who pushed harder or thought more. They were the ones who finally saw the thread — and had someone help them unpull it."
— Merna Dwyer, founder of Threadwork
But this is just a drop in the seam. There's a whole mother lode underneath. That's what Fossick is for.
Before you answer each F — check: is your answer a reason (explaining why) or a feeling (describing how it felt)?
"Is that a reason — or a feeling?"
Apply your feeling from Find to each F. If your feeling is "disappointment" — ask: where has disappointment shown up here?
For each area — apply your feeling and ask: Where has it shown up here? What has it cost me? What would this look like without it?
As you worked through the F's — did you notice one of these voices?
You don't fight the voice. You name it. What's named loses its power to run things from the background. That's a knot loosening.
Look at what you wrote across the 7 F's. Ask yourself:
If mostly feelings and more than one F — that's not fool's gold. That's the real seam. Worth following all the way back to where it started.
♡ What would kindness to yourself look like right now? What's one thing you could do to care for yourself before digging any deeper into the seam?
Please don't do this alone. Lifeline 13 11 14 · Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 · Suicide Call Back 1300 659 467
Or reach out to Merna directly →
Most people never do what you just did.
They feel the knot. They live around the knot. They try to manage the knot.
But they never stop to look at it.
You looked. And now it has a name.
What's named can be followed. What's followed can be loosened. What's loosened can be chosen differently.
Following this thread all the way back — to where the knot first formed — that's what ShiFt is for. That part needs a human. Not just an app.