Reflect on noticing, openness, and chosen action without performance scoring.
How to use it
Work with a manageable everyday situation. The sequence below is an invitation, not an assessment. You can skip by ending the exercise, correct your wording, or stop at any time.
- Describe a recent situation in which you had a choice.
- What did you notice, what was hard to allow, and how did you respond?
- How did your response serve what mattered, or not, in context?
- What would you try differently, with kindness and realistic support?
With mira
Open this technique in mira. Review the selection before starting. This scripted exercise can run offline; it makes no AI requests. Your answers are saved on this device in the session's encrypted exercise state. They are not automatically inserted into ordinary AI chat.
Scope and source
An original self-reflection adaptation of ACT principles, not a complete treatment protocol or a clinically validated chatbot intervention. It cannot assess risk. Avoid overwhelming or traumatic material; stop if distressed and consider qualified support. Acceptance never means accepting abuse, danger, or an unwanted situation.
Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl, and Kelly G. Wilson, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change, 2nd edition (2012). ACBS: the ACT model.
Executable Pattern Markdown
The same version-1 source is bundled in mira. This view is for inspection; it does not execute automatically.
:language 1
:title "Review flexibility"
:output outcome
= focus "Reflect on noticing, openness, and chosen action without performance scoring."
!use therapy.ready as readiness {
:with focus
}
?branch {
:when readiness.decision.value == "begin" -> explore
:when readiness.decision.value == "support" -> support
:else -> declined
}
explore:
!ask step1 {
Describe a recent situation in which you had a choice.
}
!ask step2 {
What did you notice, what was hard to allow, and how did you respond?
}
!ask step3 {
How did your response serve what mattered, or not, in context?
}
!ask step4 {
What would you try differently, with kindness and realistic support?
}
!show {
Your reflection, in your own words:
1. {{step1}}
2. {{step2}}
3. {{step3}}
4. {{step4}}
You may leave this here. Nothing needs to feel resolved.
}
= outcome "reflected"
-> end
support:
!show {
Stop the exercise. If anyone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services. Reach a trusted person or qualified crisis support if you can. This exercise cannot provide emergency care.
}
= outcome "support_requested"
-> end
declined:
!show {
We can leave this here. You do not need to explain or finish.
}
= outcome "declined"
-> end