About Calm Cricket

Hi, I'm Carrie Cricket.

(Yes, that's a pen name. I'm an entrepreneur running a publishing company, and I wanted to build this space honestly without oversharing my personal life with industry peers.)

Here’s the reality: I run two businesses. I’m the primary breadwinner. I have two teenagers with completely different schedules. And most days, there’s a lot that needs to get done.

Which is why it was so frustrating to notice how often my state would suddenly shift — and take my ability to work with it.

I’d sit down to focus… and something would throw me off.

Sometimes it was overwhelm.
Sometimes anxiety before something important.
Sometimes just the general weight of everything happening in the world.

Whatever it was, I’d lose focus — and suddenly a big part of the day was gone.

For a long time, I thought this meant I needed to be more disciplined or productive.

But I’m also a bit of a science nerd, so I started digging into what was actually happening.

What I discovered changed the way I work:

This isn’t a productivity problem. It’s a state problem.

When your nervous system shifts into stress or overload, your brain literally loses access to the focus and clarity you rely on to run a business.

Once I understood that, I started experimenting with ways to shift my state quickly and get back into flow.

Not long meditations.
Not huge lifestyle overhauls.
Just simple, practical resets I could use in the middle of a normal workday.

That’s why I created Calm Cricket.

To build tools for entrepreneurs who still have things to do — even when their brain suddenly isn’t cooperating.

Everything here is designed to work in real life, in real time.

In your car. On a walk. At your desk. In your headphones.

The goal isn’t to eliminate stress.
It’s to learn how to reset faster so you can keep building momentum — even on messy days.

(Quick note: This is not medical advice. I’m not a doctor. I’m just that practical friend who understands what this feels like and has found tools that actually help in the moment.)