Apps, art, and ground to stand on.

I’m James. After years of navigating the mental static of Complex PTSD, I realized that the tools we use every day shouldn’t add to the noise. So I started building apps, bringing my day job as an IT process analyst together with AI as a working partner, and I picked up digital artistic tools, painting in Procreate or Adobe Fresco with live brushes. Both became ways to turn a complicated internal landscape into something clear, structured, and steady. This site brings together the three things that keep me anchored: apps designed for real-life recovery and training (with zero data-mining or shame-based scores), my art and photography, and the plain-language resources that helped me make sense of my own patterns. I hope others find this combination exciting, and useful in their own healing journey.

A strength-training log built around machine workouts. It suggests what to lift next, shows which muscles are still recovering, and balances mind, body and practice each day.

• Progression by rep range or reps in reserve
• Muscle recovery and weekly volume body maps
• A daily 天地人 ring for mind, body and practice
• Workouts, steps and State of Mind in Apple Health
• Workout reports written on the phone, never on a server

New: Matrix, Nautilus and Star Trac machines. See the app and its updates →

The companion app for the Jacked on Sobriety community, where recovery meets the gym. No judgement. Just brotherhood.

• Sober-day counter with milestone badges, from day one to five years
• Daily sobriety check-in: cravings, triggers and what helped
• Craving mode and your own reasons for quitting
• Mood check-in and a calendar of your clean days, workouts and moods
• 12 workouts, from push and pull to recovery days
• Crisis lines and recovery programs one tap away
• Daily reminder, step tracking and home-screen widgets
• No account and no tracking: it all stays on the phone

New in version 2.3: craving mode and an app lock. 12 testers are in, and Google’s 14-day closed test is underway: day 2 of 14. Follow the test → See what's new →

A trauma-informed app that builds a private picture of your own stress and sleep patterns from Apple Health, so you can notice what is building before it lands.

• Measured only against your own baseline
• No colour-coded alarms or scores
• A plain-language reason before every permission
• A private journal that stays on your device

Pete Walker, Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

A therapist's practical guide to the four trauma responses and to emotional flashbacks, with the author's articles free on his site.

National Center for PTSD

Plain-language fact sheets on PTSD, symptoms and treatment from the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Open to everyone, not only veterans.

CPTSD Foundation

A nonprofit offering education and peer support for survivors of complex trauma.

NAMI HelpLine

Free information, referrals and support for mental health conditions, in the US.