I'm struggling

It's hard right now.
Every day.

You get through the day. Then the night. You've tried pushing through. You've tried resting. You've tried changing things around you. The weight comes back. Different day. Same weight.

In five days you learn tools to carry less, think clearer and feel steadier. You use them on your own life, the same day. And we stay with you after, so you're not doing it alone.

1,350+ people trained99.5% improvedPay on results

Not quite you? I want more · I'm stuck · I'm lost

In your words

You're not the only one who feels this.

“I wake up tired, even after sleep.”

“My mind won't stop at 2am.”

“Small things feel huge.”

“I worry about everything, and I can't say why.”

“I snap at people I love, then hate myself for it.”

“I'm fine on the outside. Inside, I'm not.”

“I'm tired of being the strong one.”

“I'm doing everything right, and I still feel bad.”

If this is you, you're not weak and you're not broken. You're carrying a lot, with tools nobody gave you.

Please read this first

Human Tools™ is skills training, not crisis care. If you are in crisis, or thinking about hurting yourself, please reach out to a doctor, a counsellor or your local emergency services now. You matter more than any course. Come to us when you are safe.

The real problem

You're not broken.
You were never taught.

School taught you maths. Nobody taught you what to do with a thought at 2am, or how to make a hard call, or how to find what matters to you. So there is a gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Your gap hurts.

When the gap between where you are and where you want to be hurts every day, trying harder only adds weight. Skills take weight off.

Why the usual fixes didn't stick.

Books

You read it. You agreed with every page. Then Monday came.

Courses

You took notes. You felt fired up. A week later, the old you was back.

A new job, a new place

New view, same head. You took your thinking with you.

More effort

Trying harder at the same thing gets you more of the same thing.

They gave you information. Information is not a skill. A skill is something you practise on your own life until you do it without thinking. That is what Human Tools™ teaches: science-based tools that take you from where you are to where you want to be.

What changes

What changes when it gets lighter.

The Human Tools™ that fit this door.

Four of the forty-plus tools you learn and use in the five days.

TOOL · THOUGHT DEFUSION

Unhook from the thought

Tools for the thought that grabs you at 2am. You see it as a thought, not the truth, and let it pass.

TOOL · THE CONTROL METHOD

Control, influence, accept

Sort what you control, what you can influence and what you have to accept. Then let go of the rest, on purpose.

TOOL · COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS

Catch the thinking errors

Learn the common errors your mind makes, like all-or-nothing and expecting the worst. Once you can name them, they lose their grip.

TOOL · MUSTS AND PREFERENCES

Ease the pressure

"I must cope" and "it should be easier" are demands that add weight. You learn to swap them for preferences.

We don't ask you to believe us

It works. We measure it.

79%average improvement in five days
81%less worry
75%better mood
80%better problem orientation
99.5%of participants improved
100%would recommend it

253 participants assessed before and after with validated instruments, cohorts 4 to 11.

1,350+people trained by Human Tools™ so far.
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Fast, and easy to say yes to

The first shift comes
in five days.

Not in six months. Not after years of trying. You bring your life, we bring the tools, and the work happens in the room.

The first shift in five days

Wednesday to Sunday. By the end of day one, every problem in your head is on one page.

Used the same day

Every tool goes straight onto your own life, in the room. Not homework for later.

Nothing to prepare

Nothing to read before. Nothing to plan. Just turn up.

Meals on us

A meal every day, and the graduation dinner at the end.

Small groups

Capped at 60 seats a cohort, so you get worked with, not talked at.

Pay in instalments

12 × R2,499, no interest. Only three working days away from the office.

The offer

Everything you get.

The Human Tools™ Experience. One programme, twelve months: five days live, then 115 days of integration, then 8 months in the HT Forum.

The Human Tools™ Experience · 5 days live50 hours in the room, Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 19:00 at the Human Tools™ centre in Woodstock, Cape Town. Led by Ryan Singlehurst. 60 per class.
The core
Forty-plus science-based toolsBuilt from CBT, ACT, REBT and problem-solving therapy. You use each one on your own life, in the room.
Included
A Book About You · your Manual of ExercisesYour workbook. Every worksheet, done in the room on your own life. Yours to keep and come back to.
Included
Before and after assessment, with your personal reportFour validated tests. You see your change in black and white on the last day.
Included
115 days of online integrationGuided practice after the five days, so knowing becomes doing.
Included
2-hour live calls every two weeks, and monthly 4-hour workshopsBring what came up. Keep the tools sharp.
Included
The HT Forum · 8 monthsTwelve people from your own cohort, once a month, working real problems with the tools.
Included
A meal every day, and the black-tie graduation dinnerNothing to plan. Just turn up.
Included
Bonus · Already done Human Tools™ Online?Book the five days within 14 days of finishing Human Tools™ Online and your R2,999 counts as your deposit.
R2,999 back
The Human Tools™ Experience · 12 months · in full
R29,988
or 12 × R2,499, no interest
R2,499 on booking, R2,499 on the last day, then 10 payments of R2,499
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The shorter option · 35 days

Human Tools™ Experience Lite

  • The same five days live
  • Then 30 days of integration
  • 65 hours of tuition
  • Meals, workbook and the graduation dinner
  • Before and after assessment
  • No HT Forum, no live calls
R17,994or 6 × R2,999, no interest
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Try it first · one day

Human Tools™ Online

  • One day, 8 hours, live, online
  • Small group, real trainer
  • Real tools, used on your own life the same day
  • Book the Experience within 14 days and your R2,999 counts as your deposit
R2,999one day · in full
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The free thinking test

  • Your number one thinking error
  • Your clarity score
  • The first tool to change it
Free4 minutes
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Prices in South African rand. No interest, nothing hidden. Flights and accommodation are not included. Outside South Africa? See prices in dollars or dirham.

Human Tools™ is education, not therapy. It does not replace care from a doctor or psychologist. Many people use both.

PAY ON
RESULTS
Our guarantee · The Human Tools™ Experience

If it doesn't work,
you don't pay.

You pay a deposit to hold your seat. We test you before day one and again on day five, with four validated tools for worry, mood, thinking errors and how you face problems. Improve on any one of them and the balance is due. Improve on none, and your deposit comes back in full. Show up for all five days, on time, and do the work. Then the risk is ours.

How the guarantee works
  1. We measure you before the programme and again on the final day with four validated tests: SPSI-R:S negative problem orientation, PHQ-9, GAD-7 and CD-Quest. You see both results on the last day.
  2. An improvement on any one of the four counts as a result. The balance of your fee is then due on your chosen plan, and that commitment can't be undone.
  3. No improvement on any of the four: no further payment, and your deposit is refunded in full within 15 business days.
  4. The guarantee only applies if you: attend every one of the five days in full; are never absent for any day or session; are never more than 30 minutes late for any session; complete the full workbook and all set exercises; and take part in good faith.
  5. Miss a day or session, or arrive more than 30 minutes late to any session, and the guarantee falls away. The full fee stays due.

Booked online? You have a 7-day cooling-off period from booking under the ECTA. After that, or once the five days begin, the guarantee is the only way to cancel. Full terms: Terms, sections 7 and 8 and the Refund policy.

Not quite you?

Same gap.
A different door.

I'm struggling

You don't have to carry it
the same way forever.

Four minutes shows you the thinking error that adds the most weight. A twenty minute call is a calm, no-pressure chat about whether Human Tools™ fits you right now.