15/01/2026
The wellness industry often sells the idea that the goal is to move from “left emotional” to “right thinking.” But true wellness is learning to live with integration, to access all parts of the brain and move flexibly between them.
Here are four internal modes or ‘parts’ we shift through. Well-being comes from being able to adapt and access each one when needed:
1. Left Thinking
Logical, structured, detail-oriented, organised.
This is the part that plans, problem-solves, communicates clearly, and “goes to work.”
It helps us navigate facts, tasks, and decisions.
2. Left Emotional
Personal meaning, identity, and the ego-self.
This part holds our personal history, learned patterns, past pain, and emotional memories.
It is shaped by time, experience, and the stories we carry about ourselves.
3. Right Emotional
Present-moment emotional experience.
This part feels what is happening right now: intuition, threat detection, bodily sensations, relational awareness, and emotional expression. It helps us read the room and feel connected or unsafe.
4. Right Thinking
Expansive awareness and wisdom.
This is the part that accesses creativity, imagination, insight, and a sense of possibility.
It’s where moments of awe, meditation, and deep peace arise—when we step beyond the self and into broader perspective.
Learning to move fluidly between these parts, rather than living from just one—creates emotional flexibility, resilience, and psychological health. Each mode has value. Integration is the goal.
Wisdom keeper & inspiration: Dr Jill Bolte Taylor – (Hue) Therapt