Circles of recovery
Progress, not perfection.
Recovery rarely moves in a straight line. Circles of Recovery is a practical Space to Breathe Therapy resource designed to help people place their energy where it can genuinely support healing and rebuilding, rather than becoming trapped by fixed timelines, comparisons or the pressure to never struggle again.
CIRCLE OF CONTROL
Today's gentle next step, eating, drinking and resting, how you speak to yourself, immediate choices and coping strategies.
CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE
Building a support network, changing routines gradually, asking for practical help, creating a supportive environment and reviewing what can be learned from setbacks.
CIRCLE OF CONCERNS
A fixed recovery timeline, other people's comparisons, never having a difficult day, the past and other people's choices.
The full guide explores what recovery can really look like, difficult days, setbacks, pacing, boom-and-bust patterns, practical support, realistic expectations and ways to build a sustainable recovery without turning healing into another impossible workload.
MY CIRCLES OF RECOVERY MAP
The included worksheet helps you define what recovery means to you, identify today's manageable actions, recognise what you can influence over time, release what cannot be controlled and build a personalised difficult-day plan.
MESSAGE FROM MAGGIE
Recovery can become another place where we judge ourselves: I should be further along, I should be coping better, I should not still have difficult days. Try taking the word 'should' out for a moment. What does your body, mind or life actually need today? One gentle next step is still a step. A setback does not cancel everything you have learned, and needing support does not make your recovery less meaningful.
The guide also includes book recommendations, UK support resources and guidance about when additional professional help may be needed.
Space to Breathe Therapy
Educational and coaching resource. Not a substitute for personalised clinical care.
