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Course21 days2–12 min per dayEmotionalRationality

Foundations of thinking

Three weeks with the rational craft. Week one you learn to see: putting feelings into words, recognizing thinking traps, gathering worry in one place. Week two you test: is the thought true, what do you see from a distance, can it stand daylight, what does the decision look like with perspective? Week three you use: anger as information, a hard decision made clear, more of what actually works. You rate your stress on day two and day twenty-one.

How it works

One exercise, session or article per day for 21 days. You go at your own pace — the app remembers where you are, and you can pause and restart whenever you want.

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Day by day

  1. 1
    Article
    Feelings are weather, not climate
    A hard feeling often feels like a verdict on who you are. Usually it is something much less dramatic: information passing through.
    2 min
  2. 2
    Self-assessment
    Your stress level right now
    Five questions that make a diffuse stress measurable — and point to where you can start.
    5 min
  3. 3
    Exercise
    Name it
    From a vague "bad" to precise words, and notice how the grip loosens.
    10 min
  4. 4
    Exercise
    The thinking traps
    Take a painful automatic thought, see what distortion it carries — and write a truer version.
    11 min
  5. 5
    Tool
    The worry log
    A standing tool: catch the worry when it comes, sort out what you can influence, and park the rest for a set time instead of ruminating all day.
    8 min
  6. 6
    Exercise
    The physiological sigh
    A quick tool for stress: two inhales and a long exhale that settles the body within a minute.
    7 min
  7. 7
    Story
    Sara and the wave
    The math of panic: what happened when Sara stopped running from the wave and started counting it instead.
    5 min
Show all 21 days
  1. 8Thoughts are not facts10 min
  2. 9Put the thought on trial12 min
  3. 10Talk to yourself in the third person9 min
  4. 11Worry time10 min
  5. 12Stress is not always the enemy11 min
  6. 1310-10-10: decisions with perspective10 min
  7. 14Three minutes of breathing space3 min
  8. 15Procrastination is a feeling10 min
  9. 16Anger as messenger10 min
  10. 17The decision matrix12 min
  11. 18WOOP: wish meets reality12 min
  12. 19RAIN: meet a difficult feeling10 min
  13. 20Do more of what works10 min
  14. 21Your stress level right now5 min

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