Complete Mental Tools List

Note: When more than one form of a word holds the same basic meaning and purpose as a Mental Tool, only one form is listed in the Mental Tools list. For example, “seek” and “seeking” are both Allow SoulTelling Mental Tools, but they are the same Mental Tool, so only “seek” is listed in the Allow SoulTelling tools list.

Allow tools

Allow SoulTelling tools

access, arise, allow, anticipating, approach, becoming, begin, conceive, constructing, create, disclose, discover, elicit, emanate, emerge, enlist, experiment, evoke, flow, ignite, innovate, initiate, manifesting, open, open-minded, originate, permit, proceed, receptive, redirect, redirecting, reveal, risk, seek, unimpeded

Allow Emptying tools

hamper, hiding, hinder, nervous, reluctant, restrictive, unforthcoming, unreceptive, withdrawn

Allow Emptying Further tools

agitated, block, bogged down, insular, obstruct, parochial, small-minded, stuck, stuck growth, tense

Allow Void Tools

closed-minded, disallow, impede, intransigent, obstinate, obdurate, override, restrain, rigid, stifle, stubborn, thwart, tunnel vision, unyielding  

Allow Filling tools 

adverse, bound, constrained, entrenched, impressionable, pretend, stereotype, stereotypical, sweet talk, tempted, unfortunate

Allow Filling Further tools

excessive, fussy, insatiable, objectify, overburdened, overemphasize, overstate, sexualize, voracious 

Allow Fantasy tools

badger, codependent*, demoralize, dishearten, dispirit, harass, martyr, phony, selective hearing

(*codependent is depicted from a psychological perspective) 

Conscious Awareness (CA) tools

CA SoulTelling tools

alert, attending, attentive, attuned, aware, being, collating, context, distinctive, experiencing, noticing, nuance, mindful, monitor, observing, present, prescient, watchful, witnessing

CA Emptying tools

clueless, day-dreaming, distracted, inattentive, muddled, sheltered, short-sighted

                                                                                                                       CA Emptying Further (EF) tools

absent-minded, disregard, floundering, forgetful, ignore, impetuous, impulsive, inexplicit, obscured, rebuff, scatterbrained, spaced out

CA Void tools

alienate, estranged, ignorant, incognizant, oblivious, obtuse, overlook, unaware, uninterested, unmindful, unobservant  

CA Filling tools

bellicose, conceited, cursory, demanding, needy, quibbling, speculate, superficial, uninformed

CA Filling Further (FF) tools

fumbling, hyper-aware, hyper-vigilant, hyper-sensitive, preoccupied, self-serving, smug

CA Fantasy tools

arbitrary, attention-seeking, covet, leech, nag, nit-picky, perfectionist, stickler

Accept tools

Accept SoulTelling tools

agree, accept, acknowledge, agree to, approve, ascertain, associate, authenticate, admit, connect, distinguishing, establish, grasping, identifying, link, realize, receiving, recognizing, validate, verify

Accept Emptying tools

aberrant, contentious, resist, self-deprecating, unrealistic

Accept Emptying Further tools

chide, condemn, devalue, discount, downplay, fail, perverse, refuse, reject, self-condemnation, self-loathing, self-sabotage

Accept Void tools

contrary, discard, disinclined, forsake, insupportable, intractable, invalidate, mulish, self-defeating, undesirable, unsatisfactory, wash one’s hands

Accept Filling tools

backstabber, compliant, empty rhetoric, gullible, hearsay, hollow promises, informer, jiving, lip service, pliant, succumb, susceptible, tattletale

Accept Filling Further tools

capricious, distracting, falsify, fickle, gloss over,  insincere, misstate, pipe dream, vague

Accept Fantasy tools

blowhard, contrived, entitled, irritated, insistent, invulnerable, plagiarizing, privileged, rigid thinking, short-tempered

Power tools

Power SoulTelling tools

able, act, actuate, affable, can, capable, charismatic, concentrate, coordinate, delve, diligence, drive, effort, emoting, energy, energetic, focus, force, grapple with, impact, impetus, incentive, individuality, innovative, intent, intrinsic, momentum, motivate, motivation, move, persistence, problem solve, process, question, resilient, self, selfhood, strength, tackle, wherewithal      

Power Emptying tools

deficient, disempowered, mediocre, miscommunicate, misinterpret, misread, quitter, scapegoat, stooge, submit, target 

Power Emptying Further tools

incapable, incompetent, ineffectual, impotent, insecure, offhandedly, powerless, thoughtlessly, unwittingly

Power Void tools

argumentative, browbeating, cruel, confrontational, energy vampire, hostile, manipulator, mortify, overreact, persecute, prejudicial, quarrelsome, racist, user

Power Filling tools

boastful, brag, fawning over, flirt, inflated, kiss-ass, kowtowing, prima donna, divo, show-off, vain, windbag

Power Filling Further tools

egotistical, high and mighty, narcissistic tendencies, overambitious, pompous, pretentious, puffed up, self-adoration, self-centered, stuck-up, vainglorious

Power Fantasy tools

controlling, dissembling, domineering, extremist, feigning, perverted, scamming, subjugate, stalker 

Gratitude tools

Gratitude SoulTelling tools

appreciate, appreciative, contented, genuine, grateful, inspired, productive, responsive, satisfied, sincere, striving, thankful

Gratitude Emptying tools

censure, defeatist, detest, disapprove, discourage, dislike, invalidating, uptight

Gratitude Emptying Further tools

bum, disagreeable, loafer, petty, resentful, spiteful, unappreciative, ungrateful, unsociable

Gratitude Void tools

bitterness, helpless, ingrate, meaningless, outcast, beat yourself up, self-flagellation, unassertive

Gratitude Filling tools

bloated, exaggerate, frivolous, overdramatize, overestimate, smart-ass

Gratitude Filling Further tools

avarice, complacent, compulsiveness, compulsive sex, gluttonous, hoarding, licentious, patronizing, self-absorbed, selfish

Gratitude Fantasy tools

authoritarian, bossy, exploiter, narcissistic, presuppose, snarky, snide, take for granted, testy, upstage, wheedling

Compassion Tools

Compassion SoulTelling Tools

altruistic, calm, caring, compassionate, cool-headed, empathy, encouraging, enthusiastic, inspiring, passion, potential, potentiate, self-possessed, support, supportive, sympathetic, valuing, water off a duck’s back

Compassion Emptying tools

detached, distant, ill-tempered, inconsiderate, inhibited, repressed, shallow, sloppy, unhygienic, unkempt, unskillful 

Compassion Emptying Further tools

callous, careless, derelict, disparaging, neglectful, self-injurious (e.g., cutting), self-pity, tactless, unloved, unvalued, unwanted

Compassion Void tools

apathetic, disengaged, hardhearted, inhumane, merciless, relentless, pitiless, surly, uncaring, unsympathetic

Compassion Filling tools

busybody, eavesdropper, interject, interpose, interrupt, meddle, prying

Compassion Filling Further tools

conciliatory, dump, embellish, fabricate, lying, scandal monger, superiority    

Compassion Fantasy tools

beguile, bizarre, cold, coldhearted, deviant, fanatical, gaslighting, peculiar, unnerve

Kindness tools

Kindness SoulTelling tools

benevolent, considerate, embolden, expansive, forgiving, fortify, gentle, generous, give some slack, giving, latitude, magnanimous, purposeful, praise, revitalize, tolerant  

Kindness Emptying tools

captious, carping, discourteous, inflexible, non-supportive, objectionable, stingy, ungenerous

Kindness Emptying Further tools

awful, denounce, dissatisfied, distasteful, miserable, miserly, pessimist, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpleasant 

Kindness Void tools

antagonistic, heartless, mean-spirited, oppressive, strange, twisted, uncharitable, unfeeling, unkind, warped

Kindness Filling tools

dictate, excuse, inclined, influence, predisposed, spoiled, submissive, swayed

Kindness Filling Further tools

beholden, intentionally disregard, obligated, peevish, smothering, suffocating, suppressing, touchy, turn a deaf ear

Kindness Fantasy tools

afflict, egocentric, outsmart, outwit, overcome, overdo, overpower, overwhelm, strident

Trust tools

Trust SoulTelling tools

affirm, assert, assured, believe, confidence, confirmed, corroborated, count on, credible, depend, dependable, entrust, letting go, pronounce, prove, reliable, secure, self-reliant

Trust Emptying tools

dallying, deliberate, diffident, disbelieve, dither, doubt, hesitant, procrastinate, second guessing, self-doubt, uncertain, unsure

Trust Emptying Further tools

critical, cynical, discouraging, inconsistent, intimidated, mistrust, negative, skeptical, suspicious, unreliable

Trust Void tools

ambivalent, besmirch, defame, defenseless, discontent, discord, distrust, grouch, grump, jealous, persecuted, possessive, prey, unforgiving, untrustworthy, victimized, victimizes

Trust Filling tools

belie, credulous, dupe, malleable, manipulable, naive, unquestioning, unsuspecting  

Trust Filling Further tools

betray, deceitful, deceptive, elixir, envious, fraudulent, overconfident, panacea, self-deceptive

Trust Fantasy tools

bamboozle, conned, crafty, deluded, devious, duplicitous, guileful, mislead, over-trust, unwary

Boundary tools

Boundary SoulTelling tools

appropriate, attest, breadth, challenge, dedicated, defend, define, definite, delineate, determination, disagree, extent, flexible, inquiring, protect, resolve, scope, setting a goal, statement, steadfast, stop, tenacious, willpower 

Boundary Emptying tools

ambiguous, baffled, blunt, confused, defensive, discombobulated, disorderly, ill-behaved, infringe, lazy, perplexed, reactive, slacker, unclear, unwilling

Boundary Emptying Further tools

despicable, dubious, improper, inappropriate, insubordinate, lost, malcontent, nuisance, questionable, rebellious, tasteless, troublesome

Boundary Void tools

atrocious, battering, molest, nasty, recalcitrant, repetitive patterned behaviors, scorn, trample, trespass, uncompromising, uncooperative, underhanded, violate

Boundary Filling tools

crave, desire, expectation, hedonistic, inconstant, intrusive, presumptuous, self-gratification, self-indulgent

Boundary Filling Further tools

bingeing, concoct, equivocate, extravagant, gluttony, jumping to conclusions, misinformed, overindulge, overspend, overstep, prevaricate, transgress

Boundary Fantasy tools

adulterous, anger-mongering, cheating, decadent, depraved, fear-mongering, guilt-mongering, groping, immoderate, indecent, philandering, promiscuous

Respect tools

Respect SoulTelling tools

acclaim, admire, approval, commend, courteous, courtesy, deference, emulate, esteem, homage, humane, humility, moral, obeisance, polite, regarded, reputable, respectable, respectful, revere, thoughtful, tribute, upstanding, worth 

Respect Emptying tools

affront, annoyed, impatient, impolite, impudent, nervy, offensive, rude, sacrilegious

Respect Emptying Further tools

churlish, debase, demean, derogatory, disrespectful, errant, flippant, ill-mannered, insolent, insulting, irreverent, revile, ridicule, sarcastic, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unruly 

Respect Void tools

abusive, arrogant, contemptible, defiling, deriding, deprive, impertinent, loutish, misogyny, sneering, vulgar, worthless

Respect Filling tools

brash, finicky, impose, loudmouth, mockery, overblown, self-assertive, smart-aleck, snobby

Respect Filling Further tools

browbeat, bulldoze, coerce, haughty, hectoring, railroaded, snooty, steamroller, strong-arm

Respect Fantasy tools

artful, brazen, dominate, dominion, shameless, supercilious, supremacy, supreme

Honor tools

Honor SoulTelling tools

courageous, decent, devoted, dignity, disciplined, ethical, faithful, forthright, fortitude, honest, honor, integrity, mettle, moral, objective, principled, probity, proud, rectitude, regimented, scrupulous, self-honoring, suitable, truthful, trustworthy, unfailing, upright, virtuous

Honor Emptying tools

apprehensive, cowardly, disgrace, embarrassed, false-hearted, inadequate, indignity, renege, self-conscious, unproductive

Honor Emptying Further tools

abandon, ashamed, belittle, bitter, desert, dishonest, disloyal, humiliated, ignobility, lame, manipulative, sneaky, unfaithful, unload

Honor Void tools

addictive, conniving, corrupt, crooked, dishonor, disreputable, immoral, revenge, scammer, seedy, sexually exploiting, shaming, sleazy, stalking, stealing, thief, traitorous, unethical, unprincipled, villainous, wicked

Honor Filling tools

affectation, enamored, façade, make-believe, moralizing, mimic, posing, posturing, pretense, self-admiration

Honor Filling Further tools

bigoted, contradictory, harsh, indoctrinate, intimidate, righteous indignation, self-righteous, unprepared, unhelpful

Honor Fantasy tools

blustering, despotic, egomania, hubris, lust, menace, moral superiority, overawed, rapacious, sanctimonious, self-importance, terrorize, terroristic, unadaptable

Responsibility tools

Responsibility SoulTelling tools

accomplish, accountable, actualize, answerable, attain, carry out, commitment, consistent, culpable, empowering, explicable, fulfill, implement, intention, maintain, obligation, onus, ownership, perceive, provide, satisfy, solve, stalwart, sustain, undertake, uphold

Responsibility Emptying tools

defeated, disavow, envy, irresponsible, passive-aggressive, preoccupation, trivialize, undermine, underrate, undervalue

Responsibility Emptying Further tools

accuse, adversarial, berate, blame, cop out, criticize, delinquent, deprecate, discredit, immature, negligent, rebuke, stigmatize

Responsibility Void tools

amoral, defiant, disobedient, exempt, feckless, forfeit, oppositional, refusal, remorseless, shirking, shun, unaccountable

Responsibility Filling tools

conform, dutiful, fastidious, overbearing, pushy, sacrifice 

Responsibility Filling Further tools

aggressive, fixated, fraud, hoax, inveigle, lure, machinate, monomaniacal, obsessive, ploy, ruse, take advantage of, threaten

Responsibility Fantasy tools

blurt, brainwash, collude, conditioning, enabler, extort, mutually dependent, persuasive, programmed, propagandize, ruthless, torment, unsuitable

Wisdom tools

Wisdom SoulTelling tools

astute, careful, clarity, enlightened, enterprising, evaluate, examine, experienced, farsighted, foresight, insightful, level-headed, outlook, perceptive, practical, prudent, ramifications, rational, reasoning, repercussions, resourceful, sensible, substantiate, substantive, understanding

Wisdom Emptying tools

foolish, impractical, impulse, simpleton, stupid, undiscriminating, unreasonable, unwise, whim

Wisdom Emptying Further tools

bad-tempered, catty, deceive, enraged, erroneous, ill-considered, imperceptive, senseless, road rage, unrestrained, wanton

Wisdom Void tools

defraud, inarticulate, incautious, indefensible, intolerant, misapprehension, misrepresent, uncommunicative, unforgivable, unstable, unsound, weak

Wisdom Filling tools

assume, biased, blind, cocky, deserve, dismissive, distorted, indifferent, skewed, slanted, unreasoning

Wisdom Filling Further tools

due me, egoist, embattled, ethnocentric, high-handed, know-it-all, myopic, owed, predestined, prerogative, trivializing

Wisdom Fantasy tools

aloof, badmouth, bombastic, braggart, condone, contemptuous, deign, disdainful, elitist, grandiose, insinuate, instant gratification, rationalize, slighted, snub, unconcerned

Judgment tools

Judgment SoulTelling tools

achieve, acumen, articulate, captivating, communicating, compelling, conclude, decisive, declare, deduce, determine, depict, discerning, discourse, dispassionate, do, enact, engage, execute, forethought, formulate, framing ideas, independent, industrious, perform, question, reasonable, reframe, selective, self-reliance, tactful, unbiased, valid

Judgment Emptying tools

hasty, hotheaded, illogical, improvident, inconclusive, indecisive, lackadaisical, lax, mindless, misguided, misjudge, misplaced, rash, stuck thinking, vacillating

Judgment Emptying Further tools

demeaning, fallacious, flawed, imprudent,  knock, misconceive, misunderstand, reproach, slam, unheeded

Judgment Void tools

cold-blooded, compulsion, crass, disconnect, fearful, foolhardy, hurtful, hypercritical, injudicious, insensitive, mean, treacherous, unjust, unthinking, unconscionable

Judgment Filling tools

assumptive, admonish, blaming, bumptious, compel, conjecture, constrain, gratuitous, grudge, histrionics, inundate, melodramatic, noxious, rumor mongering, tantrums

Judgment Filling Further tools

calculating, cunning, double standard, fault-finding, greedy, hypocrisy, imperious, opportunistic, scheming, ulterior motive, vituperative, wily 

Judgment Fantasy tools

bullying, defamatory, devotee, fervid, invincible, irrational, malicious, premeditated, reckless, sadistic, salacious, scandalous, slander, subterfuge, trickery, two-faced, unjustifiable, zealot