Break habits with science and self-compassion

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Break habits


with science-backed tools

Confront cravings, track your progress, and build lasting change with tools from ACT, CBT, and mindfulness-based relapse prevention.

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I see this app as being something I will use to reach many of my goals and manage my habits.

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The UX feels welcoming, calming and comfortable. Its a safe space to validate my feelings and get the help I need. Highly recommend to anyone struggling with addictive behaviors like me.

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Finally a digestible, simple app to help me better myself in healthy manageable ways.

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Tools that work when urges hit

  • Ride out cravings safely with urge surfing and in-the-moment coaching
  • Calm your nervous system with guided breathing, grounding, and mindfulness
  • Rewire unhelpful thought patterns by challenging permission-giving thoughts
  • Learn what works: track urges, triggers, and outcomes across 45+ evidence-based tools

Evidence-based

Our evidence-based approach

Neurture's tools are grounded in established clinical frameworks and reviewed by licensed clinicians. Below is how the 45+ coping tools in the app map to the underlying methodologies.

Clinical frameworks

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): values clarification, willingness/acceptance, cognitive defusion, mindfulness
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): cognitive restructuring, relapse prevention, behavioral substitution
  • Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP): mindful awareness of triggers and cravings (e.g., urge surfing)
  • Mindfulness, grounding, and somatic regulation: paced/diaphragmatic breathing, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, NSDR/yoga nidra

How this shows up in Neurture

  • Urge Surfing and Sitting with Urges (ACT/MBRP) to ride cravings without acting
  • Observing Thoughts and cognitive defusion meditations (ACT)
  • Thought Trap Challenge, Straight Thinking, and Consequence Analysis (CBT)
  • 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding, Breathwork (4-7-8, box, coherent), and Deep Relaxation/NSDR
  • Values Reminder, goals, and urge/trigger/outcome tracking to reinforce change

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recommended by Clinical Experts

Leo DeBroeck

Leo DeBroeck, MS, LMHC, CMHS

Sea Mar Community Health Center

Empowers counselors to extend care beyond the therapy room while keeping clients engaged in evidence-based practice.

Dr. Sarah Coe-Odess

Dr. Sarah Coe-Odess

Mass General Hospital

Neurture is a valuable, evidence-based resource with structured tools that empower users to break unhealthy patterns and pursue a more intentional, fulfilling life.

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