🧯 Before You React · Dr. Hines Inc.
A 90-second pause

Before you react

You feel it rising. You don’t have to do anything with it yet. Take ninety seconds first — then decide.

If you might hurt yourself or someone else, call or text 988, or 911. Walk away from the situation now.

Step 1 · Name it

What’s happening in your body?

Naming it takes the edge off. Tap whatever fits — no wrong answers.

Step 2 · Breathe

Three physiological sighs

Two breaths in through the nose, one long breath out through the mouth. Follow the circle.

Tap to begin
Step 3 · Reframe

The truth, right now

Step 4 · Choose

What do you actually want here?

Not what you want to say — what you want to be true after.

You did it

You made a gap.

Between the feeling and the reaction, you put ninety seconds. That gap is where everything good becomes possible. You’re still in charge.

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