ARC Brain-Training Exercises are short daily practices that help the brain settle, refocus, and build recovery skills through repetition and community.
There’s something deeply comforting about being with people who’ve practiced these exercises together and learned how to stay calm, clear, and confident—especially when life gets challenging. Just spending time in that kind of circle can make a real difference.
Click the links below to explore the exercises and learn how to use them.
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Acrostic Poem is a creative reflection exercise that uses a chosen word to guide expression and focus. By building each line from the letters of a topic word, members explore meaning, emotion, and intention in a simple, structured, and engaging way.
Affirmations are a simple daily practice for introducing new, intentional thoughts that support healing and recovery. By gently repeating words that reflect who we’re becoming, affirmations help retrain the brain, soften old inner dialogue, and strengthen new, life-giving patterns—at your own pace, and in your own time.
ARC Work (Inquiry Practice) is a guided group reflection exercise that helps members gently question stressful thoughts and limiting beliefs. Through quiet inquiry and shared exploration, this practice supports insight, emotional relief, and a shift toward clearer, kinder self-understanding—always at one’s own pace and comfort level.
Eight Healing Questions is a guided reflection exercise that helps identify patterns to release, clarify desired change, explore fears and origins, and strengthen the inner qualities that support healing and recovery.
Favorite Benefits is a guided reflection exercise that helps members notice and name the positive changes they’re experiencing in recovery. By focusing on physical, mental, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual benefits, members strengthen motivation, reinforce progress, and make the rewards of recovery more visible and meaningful.
Flashcards are a quick, focused exercise for shifting from old thinking patterns to more supportive ones. By writing and reading a short before-and-after statement, members reinforce new perspectives, interrupt negative loops, and strengthen helpful thoughts through repetition and memory.
Future Now is a visualization and mental rehearsal exercise that helps the brain experience a desired future in the present. By imagining specific details and emotions as if they’re happening now, this practice trains the brain to recognize opportunities, guide choices, and move more naturally toward meaningful change.
GLAD is a brief daily reflection that helps shift attention toward growth and positive experience. By naming gratitude, learning, accomplishment, and delight, this exercise strengthens mood, perspective, and motivation.
Gratitude is a simple reflection exercise that helps shift attention toward what is supportive, meaningful, and fulfilling. Practicing gratitude can reduce stress, improve mood, and strengthen resilience by training the brain to notice what’s going right, even during challenges.
I Feel Good is a simple awareness exercise that helps members notice and name positive experiences. By listing “I feel good…” statements, the brain practices recognizing supportive moments and strengthens access to positive emotional states.
This exercise helps you notice the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and actions. By identifying these patterns, you can reinforce thinking that supports your intentions and gently shift thinking that leads in an unhelpful direction.
PIAGE is a short reflection exercise that combines positive intentions, affirmations, and gratitude. By naming what you’re aiming for, reinforcing supportive beliefs, and recognizing what’s going well, this practice helps orient the mind toward clarity, motivation, and forward movement.
Haiku poetry is a simple creative exercise that uses short, structured poetry to slow the mind, focus attention, and express experience in a calm, contained way. By working within the 5-7-5 format, members practice presence, emotional clarity, and connection—often discovering insight and relief through just a few carefully chosen words.
Self Check-In is a brief daily reflection that helps members pause, clarify priorities, and choose supportive actions for the day. By naming focus, balance, and reminders ahead of time, this exercise strengthens intention and helps prevent getting pulled off course.
Stories of Transformation is a short storytelling exercise that helps members track change, recognize growth, and imagine new ways of being. It supports integration, confidence, and healing by organizing change into a clear, meaningful story.
This exercise is a reflective storytelling exercise that helps members recognize their determination over time and how persistence—even through failed attempts—leads to meaningful change. By naming what they wanted, what didn’t work, and what finally did, members strengthen confidence in the process of recovery and learn to stay engaged even when early efforts don’t succeed.
Wins of the Week is a shared reflection exercise that helps members notice, celebrate, and reinforce progress. By naming victories out loud—big or small—new behaviors become easier to repeat, confidence grows, and members draw inspiration from one another’s success.
WOOP is a structured goal-setting exercise that helps turn wishes into realistic plans. By clarifying what you want, imagining the outcome, identifying obstacles, and choosing a concrete plan, WOOP strengthens follow-through and helps the brain prepare for real-world challenges.
Write a Play is a visualization and planning exercise that helps members rehearse how they want to move through high-risk situations. By writing the scene in advance, the brain practices calm, intentional responses, making it easier to follow a personal plan rather than react on impulse when triggers arise.
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