Calm Cards

CALM CARDS

Accessible tools for moments that feel too much

When emotions rise quickly, it can be hard to know what will actually help.

Calm Cards offer simple, science-informed prompts designed to help you pause, steady big feelings, and find your footing again — one small moment at a time.

✔ Designed by a psychologist
✔ 32 practical regulation cards
✔ Pocket-sized support for everyday overwhelm

Trusted support for real life

Used by parents, therapists, teachers, and adults navigating everyday stress, Calm Cards are designed for the moments that matter most — when you need something simple that actually helps.

What’s inside the deck

Each Calm Cards deck includes 32 colour-coded prompt cards, organised into four supportive sets:

🟨 Ground Your Body
Simple sensory tools to steady overwhelming feelings

🟩 Notice What’s Here
Mindfulness prompts to slow down and observe what you’re experiencing

🟦 Think More Helpfully
Gentle perspective shifts to help you respond instead of react

🟪 Feel Safe Enough
Reassuring prompts for moments of stress, overwhelm, or shutdown

Each card offers a short, practical prompt you can use immediately, whether you have 30 seconds or a few minutes.

How Calm Cards help

When emotions feel intense, the hardest part is often knowing what to do next.

Calm Cards give you something to reach for in the moment, helping you to:

• steady your nervous system
• pause before reacting
• shift perspective
• reconnect with a sense of safety

One small moment at a time.

When people use Calm Cards

Keep them nearby and reach for them:

• during overwhelming moments
• before difficult conversations
• at the end of a long day
• when stress builds quickly
• to reset between home and work, or work and home
• as part of a calm corner or self-care routine

There’s no right order or perfect way to use them.
Start anywhere. Use one, or layer a few. Let your needs guide you.

Product details

• 32 colour-coded prompt cards
• Card size: 120 × 90 mm
• Premium laminated matte card stock with rounded corners
• Durable tuck box
• QR code access to extended guidance and examples

Easy to keep nearby — in your bag, desk drawer, car or calm space.

For daily display and a visual reminder to use them regularly, add a Calm Card Display Stand for $6.00 (usually $9.99, discount applied in checkout). 

Designed by a psychologist

Calm Cards were created by Joanne Sorley, psychologist and founder of Pocketful of Meaning.

Each card translates evidence-based emotional regulation tools into simple, usable prompts for everyday life.

No jargon. No overwhelm.
Just gentle, practical support, when you need it most.

A small moment can change everything

When emotions feel overwhelming, even a brief pause can shift what happens next.

Calm Cards give you a place to start —
one small moment at a time.