When your OCD brain gets loud, what does it need to hear?
If you found yourself nodding along during this episode, this is for you.
The Tools We Wish We Had Sooner
In the episode, we walk through our four-step Pocket Toolkit: Observe, Feel, Accept, Align. The toolkit is the process we return to when anxiety spirals. The reminders are the short phrases that help us move through each step—many of which later became the phrases engraved on our Presently bracelets.
Observe
Notice what’s happening in your mind instead of immediately reacting to it.
→ “I’m having a thought.”
→ “This is anxiety.”
The reminder that helps us observe:
My thoughts are passing clouds.
Feel
Allow the emotion to be there without trying to immediately fix or escape it.
→ “This is uncomfortable.”
→ “I can feel this and keep going.”
The reminder that helps us feel:
It’s okay to feel how I feel.
Accept
Make space for uncertainty instead of fighting for certainty or control.
→ “Maybe.”
→ “I don’t need to know.”
The reminders that help us accept:
Embrace uncertainty.
I let go of what I can't control.
Align
Choose the action that reflects who you want to be—not what fear demands.
→ “What would I do if fear wasn’t driving?”
→ Choose that.
The reminders that help us align:
Brave the uncomfortable.
I am separate from my mind.
Take the quiz and find your reminder
We created a short 2-minute quiz to help you identify the reminder your anxious brain may need right now — especially in the moments between therapy sessions.
Founded by sisters with OCD & anxiety
We know the power of feeling truly understood. When we talk to people—whether it’s a friend, a coworker, or a stranger—they listen. Not because we’re offering empty inspiration, but because we’re sharing something real: tools we’ve used ourselves to quiet anxiety and come back to the present.
After both being diagnosed with OCD and anxiety, we kept running into the same frustrating experience: in moments of intense anxiety, it was hard to remember the tools we had learned in therapy. We wished we had something we could wear—something beautiful that could bring us back to those tools in a single phrase.
That idea became Presently bracelets: wearable reminders designed to help people pause, shift their thinking, and reconnect with the present.
Presently yours,
