Breathing  ·  Sleeping  ·  Human Connection  →  Autonomic Balance

Retrain The Brain Switch
Between Fight-Or-Flight And Rest-And-Recover.

Project30 turns thirty years of one man's research into a method anyone can measure in themselves. It shifts the balance between sympathetic (fight-or-flight) and parasympathetic (rest-and-recover) tone through breathing, sleep, and real human connection. Start with a free quiz or a free Zoom session, then go deeper in the books.

Project30 Nexus™  ·  Project30 Process™ (patent application)  ·  Pay it forward

Paced to resonance breathing, six breaths a minute

About Us

Vision & Mission

Project30 Nexus Ltd is a New Zealand company built on thirty years of one man's research into the nervous system, sleep, and human connection, turned into books, a measurable process, and a community that pays it forward.

“A world where people from all walks of life come together regularly to foster wellness, happiness, and meaningful connections through shared experiences and mutual support.” Vision
“To create vibrant communities dedicated to enhancing overall well-being and life satisfaction.” Mission

Where Everything Starts

Three Foundations. One Nervous System.

Every Project30 book, quiz, and programme is built on the same three pillars. Get these right and almost everything else in life gets easier.

01 · Nervous System

Breathing

Resonance breathing, nasal breathing, and vagal toning: the fastest lever into a nervous system stuck on high alert.

02 · Recovery

Sleeping

Hormones, mood, and recovery are governed by sleep more than almost anything else, and it's the pillar most programmes skip.

03 · Belonging

Human Connection

Real contact with real people, on purpose. The one ingredient no app, pill, or podcast can substitute for.

The Project30 Process™

A daily method that shifts your autonomic nervous system out of sympathetic (fight-or-flight) dominance and into parasympathetic (rest-and-recover) tone, then proves it moved, with your own HRV numbers. Twenty to thirty minutes, nothing but your own attention required.

Read the Full Method in the Books

Project30 Process™ is the subject of a pending patent application. Not a replacement for medical care. A companion to it.

Start Here

Six Quizzes. Keep Every Result.

Not tests, mirrors. No pass, no fail. Every quiz below belongs to somebody else and opens on their own site. We send you to them because they're the real thing, done properly, by the people who built them. Write your score down, then do it again in six months and see what's actually moved.

01

The Grit Scale

A short questionnaire on passion and perseverance over time, and how consistently you stick with what matters when progress is slow. Developed by Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania.

Angela Duckworth
Take the Quiz →
Buy the Book →
02

Learning Style

A short video quiz on the different ways people take in information: reading, listening, pictures, words. No style is better than another, but knowing yours helps.

Short video quiz
Watch & Take It →
03

Mood & Resilience

The Goldberg Questionnaire, a screening tool for mood, pressure and energy. Not a diagnosis, and no questionnaire can tell you what's really going on in your life.

Goldberg Questionnaire
Take the Quiz →

If your score comes back higher than you expected, that's worth taking seriously. Come talk to us on a free Zoom, and please also talk to your doctor or someone you trust. Nothing here replaces that conversation.

04

Character Strengths

Twenty-four strengths, ranked. Your top five show you at your best; your bottom five usually explain more. About 240 questions and free registration required, so give it forty minutes. Developed by Peterson & Seligman for the VIA Institute.

VIA Institute, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Take the Quiz →
Or via UPenn Authentic Happiness →
Buy the Book →
05

Love Languages

How you and the people around you prefer to give and receive appreciation, for couples, families, and colleagues alike.

Gary Chapman
Take the Quiz →
Buy the Book →
06

Personality Preferences

A free personality questionnaire on how you think, decide, and recharge. Not about putting anyone in a box, just understanding differences.

16personalities.com
Take the Quiz →

Every quiz above is the intellectual property of its own creator, and none of these organisations has any connection with Project30. We link out rather than host any of them on this site.

Books & Programmes

The Doorway Into The Process

Every Project30 book stands on its own, and every one closes with the same invitation.

Coming Next From Project30

  • Stress Beyond the Call of Duty
  • Calming the Rough Waters of Your Mind
  • Act as if There Is a GOD
  • Sports People Need Luck
  • Weight Loss Is Bloody Hard: We Can Help
  • Coincidence, Luck and Miracles
  • Sleep the Silent Killer
  • Domestic Violence: Get Out of Jail Card

For Organisations

Bring The Process To Your Team

Every Project30 programme is built to reach a workplace through the people who run it, not around them.

Corporates Business directors Police & frontline services
1
Director Trial

A director or owner works through the De-Stress Code or Black Dog programme first, at no cost.

2
See It Measured

Real HRV data, not a satisfaction survey. The same measurement the books teach every reader to use.

3
Approved For Staff

Once a director has seen it work on themselves, the programme rolls out to their people.

Shop the Gear

Only What The Process Actually Uses

Three pieces of equipment, chosen because they do the one specific job the Process needs. Nothing more.

Garmin Watches

On-demand HRV spot readings, the dashboard the whole Process runs on.

See the Model We Use

Goodair Nosebuds

Hums for you on every breath, flushing nitric oxide in both directions.

Learn How They Work

Retimer Glasses

Portable light therapy for circadian rhythm, shift work, and low mood.

See the Research

Patent application

Paddapong™

A structured, low-barrier way to put Human Connection into practice in person. The physical side of the three foundations.

Register Your Interest

Pay It Forward

A Charitable Trust, So Cost Is Never The Reason Someone Misses Out

We're setting up a registered charitable trust for Project30. Once it's live, donations will fund places in our programmes for people who can't afford them, including anyone currently unemployed, so the same process that works for a paying customer is there for the people who need it most.

In progress. The trust isn't registered yet, so donations aren't tax-deductible until that's official. We'll update this the moment it is.