Category: Techniques
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How to Reverse Engineer Your Thoughts
Thought literacy is the awareness and management of thoughts. Thought reverse engineering is one of the most effective ways to get started. It involves tracing a strong emotional response back to the thought or thoughts that triggered it. By using the thought-emotion connection, reverse engineering builds thought awareness by helping you recognize the thoughts, patterns,…
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The Five Drivers of Thought Awareness
The Five Drivers of Thought Awareness is a thought literacy framework that helps you build thought awareness by identifying what’s driving your thoughts. Instead of circling the same observations, you have a structured way to identify the underlying concerns shaping your conscious thoughts, emotions, and decisions. This helps you go beyond surface-level and make long-term…
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The ICE Method for Thought Reframing and Restructuring
To work skillfully with your thoughts it is important to have a reliable thought (or, cognitive) reframing technique. In thought literacy we use the ICE Method. A thought reframing technique invented by the creator of thought literacy when she first started working with her thoughts as a skill. What is thought reframing? Not every thought…
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Solution Shift: A Thought Literacy Technique to Reduce Doom Anxiety
Over the last two decades, news has become drastically more negative, fearful, and angry, with data confirming that the average news headline leans overwhelmingly toward doom. (ref) With increased use of digital devices, social media, and news running on a 24-hour cycle, the average person is continually subjected to these negative headlines, likely leading to…
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The Pride Override Technique
Changing your thought habits and behaviors can be difficult, especially when a thought or behavior is deeply rooted, feels familiar, and provides immediate gratification. In thought literacy, we support new habit formation with the pride override, a technique that supports habit change by using pride as immediate gratification. Here’s how the pride override works When…
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The long vowel technique for thought and emotional regulation
Managing strong thoughts and emotions can be difficult, especially for those who are first learning to work with thinking or when emotions are particularly intense. In thought literacy, we use the long vowel, a technique that supports regulation through a combination of prolonged exhalation, vocal expression, and emotional language. Mechanics behind the long vowel technique…
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WWIBD? A thought literacy technique for thought management
WWIBD?, or What would I be doing?, is a thought literacy technique for thought management that helps you process thoughts and intentionally direct your thinking. You can use it to: How WWIBD? works Asking yourself WWIBD? encourages you to consider what you would be doing if you were focused on what you want or your…
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Thought Tells for Pattern Recognition and Thought Awareness
In poker, a tell is when a player moves a certain way that shows something about their hand. For instance, someone might clear their throat or lean back in their chair every time they’re dealt an Ace, or someone could look visibly disappointed when the turn comes. With thought literacy, we apply that same idea…
