How To Stay Focused in about 60 seconds
THE FRAME GIVES YOU THE PAUSE. THE CARDS GUIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT
Focus Frame is a screen-free mental and emotional wellness tool built around brief, approximately 60-second practices.
The physical product consists of:
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a small acrylic frame containing liquid and glitter
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interchangeable practice cards that slide into the frame
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themed card decks for different needs and audiences
Whether you're working, studying, parenting, or simply feeling overwhelmed, Focus Frame provides a 60 second way to pause, reduce stress, and strengthen your ability to focus. The more often you use it, the easier it becomes to interrupt distraction before reaching for one.
Step 1: Pick a Card
Choose a card that fits the challenge you're facing today, then place the frame somewhere you'll see it throughout the day.
Step 2: Shake the Frame
When you feel distracted, overwhelmed, or simply want to practice, shake the frame until it's filled with swirling glitter.
Step 3: Take a minute
Follow the card prompt as the glitter settles in about a minute.
The gap between learning a skill and using it.
We're pretty good at teaching people skills that can help. The harder part is integrating them into everyday life. People are busy. Life is busy. And when someone is already stressed or overwhelmed, they're probably not going to stop and do a 20-minute exercise.
That's where one minute matters. Focus Frame breaks those skills down into short practices that are easy to use in a session and realistic to keep using outside of it. It helps turn something someone learned into something they actually do.
One tool. Different jobs.
Focus Frame can support three stages of therapeutic work
Stay With It
Focus Frame may provide a visible point of attention during difficult therapeutic work. Some clients may find the brief, concrete practice easier to approach than a longer exercise. It should be introduced collaboratively and used within the clinician’s existing treatment plan. It does not replace clinical assessment, pacing, stabilization, or crisis support.
Practice It
There’s also the habit piece. When people are uncomfortable, they already tend to reach for something and stare at it, usually their phone. The Frame uses that same familiar grab-and-look behavior, but instead of taking them away from the experience, it can help them stay with it. Over time, you’re also creating a new association with that reaching behavior: discomfort doesn’t automatically mean escape. Reaching for something can become connected with grounding, staying present, and responding differently.
Maintain It
Progress still requires maintenance. Think about setting a goal to get in shape. You work out consistently, reach your goal, and then stop exercising altogether. Eventually, some of what you built is going to fade. You may not need to work as hard as you did in the beginning, but maintaining progress still takes some effort.
Mental and emotional skills work the same way. As someone improves, they may use Focus Frame less often, switch to different cards, or use it more preventively. The goal isn't to depend on the tool forever. It's to keep practicing the skills they've built so they're there when they need them.
Why a physical, screen-free tool?
Phones are already part of many people’s automatic response to discomfort, boredom, anxiety, overwhelm, and distraction. Focus Frame intentionally uses the familiar behavior of reaching for and looking at something without pulling the person into another stream of digital distraction.
The sequence is simple: Reach → look → regulate → return. A tangible object that remains visible functions differently from an app, worksheet, or a skill someone has to recall from memory. It provides a persistent, physical anchor in the room.
Where it Fits
Focus Frame does not require adding a new curriculum or treatment model. It is a physical support for the work you are already doing in various clinical and community contexts.
In session
Within reach during difficult emotional or therapeutic work to provide a sensory anchor.
Between sessions
A physical reminder to practice what the person is learning in their everyday environment.
Waiting rooms
A brief grounding or reset before a session to prepare the client for therapeutic work.
Groups
Integrated into existing mindfulness, recovery, grounding, or skills training work.
After active treatment
Used as an ongoing reminder or maintenance tool to support long-term skill retention.
Not another treatment model. A tool for the work you're already doing.
Focus Frame can support or complement the approaches you already use without claiming to treat any single diagnosis. It provides the physical infrastructure for clients to practice the skills you are teaching, making the transition from office to everyday life more manageable. It may be useful during active therapeutic work or can complement long-term support strategies.
Mindfulness & Grounding
Distress Tolerance
Trauma Treatment
Attention & Focus
Recovery & Relapse Prevention
Emotion Regulation
Exposure Work
Memory Reconsolidation
Behavior Change
How professionals are using Focus Frame
The Focus Frame helps my neurodiverse pre-teen and me slow down, regulate our emotions, and connect more effectively. It’s been a huge source of support in today’s fast-paced, overstimulating world.”
Dr. Reina Remigio, PhD, PMH-C, EMDR-C, RYT-200
Licensed Psychologist
Can help provide a sensory grounding point when distress levels rise near the window of tolerance.
See how it fits into your work.
Invite Focus Frame into your practice in a low-pressure way. From individual clinical tools to large-scale organizational support, see how it complements the work you're already doing.