Tools & Insights
Practical tools for difficult moments
Original frameworks and educational pieces I created through years of intervention work — shared to help families, professionals, and people in crisis find connection, clarity, and a way forward.
Intervention conversations
Rapid Response Motivational Interviewing
A six-step framework for brief, high-impact intervention conversations using connection, intentional silence, and carefully applied motivational pressure.
Read the full piecePsychosis and family support
When Someone You Love Is Experiencing Drug Psychosis
A Connection-First guide to creating safety, trust, and a clear next step when someone you love is experiencing psychosis.
Read the full pieceHabits and change
Practicing a Different Path
How small, repeated actions can help change familiar patterns — a philosophy Jacob has carried for years, held up against the science.
Read the full pieceInner narrative and self-kindness
The Story We Tell Ourselves
Notice your inner narrative, practice the kindness you'd offer a child, and turn a harsh “should” into one different word — and a next step.
Read the full pieceWritten by Jacob Hardt, CIP. These materials are educational and do not replace medical, psychiatric, or emergency care.
Coming soon
A book is in the works
I'm currently writing a book with my publisher — a deeper collection of tools, ideas, and real stories from this work. These resources are the beginning of that growing collection.
Let me know when it's out