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Thought Tuning™ Steps

A Christian cognitive restructuring process that helps you recognize when your thoughts have drifted off course. Follow the six steps to uncover how a thought influences your feelings and actions, realign with your core values, and re-tune your thinking so your emotions and behavior reflect God’s truth.

"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things." — Philippians 4:8 (NASB95)
The Process

The Thought Tuning™ Process Map

Read each row across, including the Explanation of what is happening, the Behavior step on the center line, and the Thought Tuning question. Remember, we feel the way we do because of what we tell ourselves about what is happening, not simply because of what is happening.

The pivot is simple. If your current thought does not produce the feeling you want, and therefore the action you want, change the thought. As your thinking changes, your feelings begin to change, and your actions soon follow.
Explanation Behavior Thought Tuning
This is the moment you first realize you are feeling out of tune, whether emotional, angry, discouraged, anxious, or something else.
Realize Current Feeling
Past experience influences present thoughts
Step 1
Identify Current Thought
What am I telling myself about this situation that makes me feel this way?
Feelings come from your own way of thinking
Step 2
Identify Current Feeling
When I tell myself this, what feelings tend to come out?
Actions result from the way you are feeling
Step 3
Visualize Resulting Action
When I feel this way, what actions do I usually take?
If your current thought does not produce the feeling you want, and therefore the action you want, change the thought. As your thinking changes, your feelings will change, and your actions will soon follow.
Shift in Perspective
Recall Core Values
Aligning core values with new thoughts grounds energy for new purpose
Step 4
Create New Thought
What is another way of thinking of this situation that’s more in line with my core values?
Connecting new thoughts to new feelings creates new reality
Step 5
Experience New Feeling
When you tell yourself this new thought, how does it make you feel?
Your new response allows for growth
Step 6
Explore New Action
When you feel this way, what actions do you tend to take?
Quick Reference

Thought Tuning™ At-A-Glance

The six questions at a glance. Keep them close so you can use them the next time you find yourself out of tune.

What am I telling myself about this situation that makes me feel this way?
When I tell myself this, what feelings tend to come out?
When I feel this way, what actions do I usually take?
Recall Core Values
What is another way of thinking of this situation that’s more in line with my core values?
When I tell myself this new thought, how does it make me feel?
When I feel this way, what growth opportunities emerge?

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