framed minds
there’s a reason you do that.
You go quiet in the same kind of meeting. You say yes before you check whether you can.
Framed Minds shows you the pattern behind how you react, then gives you one small thing to notice each day. Do it on your own, with other people, or both. The daily practice is private. The live hour and small Circles are where you meet others.
or see what it looks like insidesee it working
what it looks like inside.
Three short samples, each labeled for what it is.
sample: a first glimpse
your answers lean toward rescuing.
You may notice yourself stepping in to solve other people’s problems, often before they ask.
You tapped: “Show up with food and a plan to sort it out.”
try this, in a real momentThe next time you are about to jump in and fix it, try asking first: “Do you want help with this, or do you want me to listen?”
A sample result. Yours quotes your own taps back to you.
sample: a lesson
the voice that won’t stop watching.
You send a message, and a second later something in you has already found the word that should have been different. You finish telling a story at dinner and hear it again in your head, with the clumsy part underlined.
So we are going to begin by simply describing what is there. Not fixing. Not changing. Just looking.
From Discover Grading, lesson 1. Explorers can read the first three lessons of every Discovery course.
sample: talking with Echo
youA friend canceled on me last month with a weak excuse. I keep going over it in the car. Why can’t I drop it?
Echo, an AI guideYour Self-Inventory shows Replaying leading right now: going back over what happened, again and again. When it plays, which part comes back most?
youThe text. And what I should have said back.
Echo, an AI guideThat fits how Replaying tends to work. The ending stays the same each time. Next time it starts, try one question: “Is there one small part of today I can choose?” Want to note what you notice?
A sample written for this page. Echo is an AI, not a person or a therapist.
the frames
twelve moves many of us learned, for good reasons.
A Frame is a protective move. It made sense once, and it still runs, often in rooms where it is no longer needed. Because it is something you do, not who you are, you can learn to notice it.
the friend who checks the exits before sitting down.
She is calm in a crisis, and people lean on her. But part of her never stops watching, so rest rarely lands. We call this move Guarding.
the one whose opinion arrives after he has heard yours.
People find him easy to be around. He changes who he is to match the room, and few people ever meet the rest of him. We call this move Shifting.
the friend who feels relief when plans get canceled.
They are warm, then hard to reach. A little distance feels safer, and their friendships thin without ever breaking. We call this move Withdrawing.
You can’t stop being an introvert. You can stop leaving the room.
The Frames are a way of noticing, built from practice, not a clinical test. How the Self-Inventory was built, and what it is not.
see all twelve frameshow it is different
if you have tried a personality test or a meditation app.
Many people come here having done the Enneagram or used an app like Calm. Those can be useful. Here is what Framed Minds does differently.
behavior over type
Personality tests tell you what you are. Framed Minds shows you what you learned: the moves you make, and the rooms where they show up.
a daily practice over a one-time result
Your report is where it starts. Each day brings one everyday moment to watch for, and what you notice stays on your Frame Landscape.
alone or together
The daily practice is private, just for you. The live hour with the founder and the small Circles are where you do this work with other people. Both count, and you choose the mix.
your first week
small, daily, and yours.
Here is what the first week looks like, in plain words. It takes about two minutes a day.
- day 1
your reportTake the Introductory Self-Inventory, about five minutes. A short report names the Frame leading for you right now, and Echo, an AI guide, reads it back to you in plain words.
- day 2
one thing to watch forPick one everyday moment where that Frame tends to show up. In the evening, one question: did it show up? Write one private sentence that only you see, or skip it.
- every day
a small practiceEach morning, one small thing to notice, on your Frame Landscape: your own map of your Frames. It keeps what you noticed, so you can look back on it.
- with others
the live hourOne hour on a live video call with the founder and other members, on a date set ahead. Talk, or just listen. It is the easiest way to meet the people doing this work.
No streaks, and no points for showing up. Miss a day and the next one is still there.
Free: your report, the daily practice for your leading Frame, the live hour. Navigator, $16 a month, adds every Frame, every lesson, and Echo without a monthly limit.
the community
a community, shaped by the people who come first.
The community is new, and we are building it now, in the open. It is for people who want to notice their own patterns, and who will show up for other people while they do. Members practice a few minutes a day, come to the live hour when they can, share when they are ready, and keep what others share in the room.
Thursday, November 19, 7:00 pm Central (US)
A live hour with the founder
This time: When “yes” comes before checking the calendar
One hour on a live video call with Tedrick Wright, the founder, and other members. A short talk about one Frame, a question to try on, then open conversation. You can talk, or just listen.
It is where the community starts: open to every member, free Explorers too. We don’t record the hour, and we ask everyone not to.
Circles are forming. Small groups that meet for one hour a week on video, each led by a host. A Circle opens once 25 people have saved a seat, so there are enough people for a steady room each week. Saving a seat is free. Don’t see your Circle? Suggest one.
see the circles forming suggest a circleThe Explorers Community. A place inside Framed Minds where every member, free Explorers too, can post a question, share what they noticed, and reply to each other.
membership
your access. your pace.
navigator
- The Full Self-Inventory: all twelve Frames, not only the one leading now
- The daily practice for every Frame on your map, two weeks each, not only your leading one
- Every lesson in all 48 courses, at your own pace
- Echo, the AI guide, without a monthly limit
- Post and reply across the community, and compare Frames with someone close to you
$16 a monthor $160 a year. Cancel anytime from your account page.
begin with navigator or $160 a yearexplorer
- The Introductory Self-Inventory and your report
- The daily practice for your leading Frame
- Echo, five messages a month
- The first three lessons of every Discovery course
- The live hour, and posting in the Explorers Community
No cost, no card.
start with explorerNot sure yet? See a sample first, or compare the plans. Before you join, you can read what happens to what you tell us.
a note from the founder
this work was never meant to happen in isolation.
“Through community, we discover that our experiences, struggles and questions are not ours alone. We find connection in our shared humanity and strength in our willingness to be seen.”
Tedrick Wright, founder, Framed Minds
what people are saying
reflections from people doing this work.
In members’ own words, shared with their permission.
“I wouldn’t say Framed Minds gave me all the answers. What it gave me was a better set of questions, a clearer understanding of myself, and a starting point for making different choices.”Framed Minds member
“If you want to understand who you are beneath who you became, Framed Minds is a place for you. … We are not broken, we are simply framed.”Framed Minds member
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begin
remember who you are beneath who you became.
It begins with one honest question: why do I do that?