INCRE-MENTAL
Why Traditional Approaches to Mental Change Fail
You've tried positive thinking. You've practiced mindfulness. You've read countless self-help books. Yet those persistent thought patterns—the self-criticism, the anxiety, the perfectionism—keep coming back. The problem isn't you. It's that most approaches ignore how your brain actually changes.
The Revolutionary Science of Incremental Change
INCRE-MENTAL reveals why small, precise adjustments create more lasting transformation than dramatic overhauls. Based on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology research, this groundbreaking book shows how to work WITH your brain's natural mechanisms instead of fighting against them.
Discover:
- Why "thinking positive" often backfires and what works instead.
- The 5-component INCRE-MENTAL framework that creates sustainable change.
- Micro-interventions that modify thought patterns without triggering resistance.
- How to design environments that automatically support better thinking.
- The spacing effect that makes small changes compound into remarkable results.
What You'll Learn
- PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE MIND – The neural architecture of thoughts and why patterns persist; Common cognitive distortions and how they develop; Why mindfulness and NLP fall short for lasting change.
- PART II: THE SCIENCE OF INCREMENTAL CHANGE – The neuroscience behind why small shifts outperform big changes; Psychological principles that make gradual modification sustainable; The complete INCRE-MENTAL framework for systematic change.
- PART III: PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES – How to identify and map your specific thought patterns; Micro-interventions for various cognitive challenges; Environmental design strategies that support new thinking; Measurement systems that guide progress without obsession.
- PART IV: SUSTAINABILITY AND INTEGRATION – What to do when progress stalls (and why it's normal); How to integrate changes across all life domains; Creating lifelong patterns of mental flexibility.
In INCRE-MENTAL, neuroscience researcher and psychologist Ian McLaren Wallace reveals why traditional approaches to thought change typically fail and presents a revolutionary alternative based on cutting-edge brain science. This ground-breaking book shows how small, precise adjustments—applied consistently—create more significant and sustainable transformation than dramatic overhauls that trigger resistance.
Drawing on the latest research in neuroplasticity and cognitive psychology, INCRE-MENTAL offers:
- A comprehensive framework for modifying specific thought patterns with minimal resistance.
- Practical techniques for interrupting unhelpful thoughts at their earliest activation stages.
- Strategic approaches to environmental design that naturally support new thinking.
- Measurement systems that provide motivating feedback while guiding refinement.
- Integration methods that extend improvements across all life domains.
Whether you're struggling with anxious predictions, self-critical thoughts, rigid judgments, or other challenging mental patterns, this book provides a science-based path to genuine change—not through fighting your brain's natural mechanisms but by working with them, one thought at a time.