The highest form of intelligence isn’t IQ, logic or memory, it is metacognition - the ability to think about your own thinking!

But did you know that in practicing Gwynfyd Thinking you can develop your own metacognition. Designed to increase self-awareness, this personal development thinking methodology uses symbolic imagery and structured exercises to challenge habitual thought patterns; for instance it …

* Challenges Unhelpful Thoughts: To demonstrate how it works, the methodology presents 13 exercises to think yourself through. Based on the appellations of Gwyn ap Nudd, these simple exercises respectfully challenge your personal held concepts, encouraging you to analyse your own thinking. 

* Envisions Different Perspectives: By using symbolism to 'see the world through a wider lens', you actively practice a metacognitive regulation—the controlling and shifting of your cognitive approach to tasks and problems.

* Activates Self-Reflection: Similar to keeping a diary for building up your own self-awareness, Gwynfyd Thinking involves answering questions and completing tasks which encourage you to reflect on how you are thinking rather than just what you are thinking.

* Develops Contentment: As the goal of this "pathfinding methodology" is to create a personal state of contentment (Gwynfyd), the improvement in thinking and self-awareness often comes with practice. As ultimately we all want to be happy in our lives and would choose long periods of being content over short ones any day, like anything else we want to improve on, practice can make perfect, if not better!👌

Gwynfyd Thinking

Lets you see your world through a wider lens!