Decision-Making Tool

Four layers.
One decision.

The problem is rarely that the strategy is missing.
It's that the wrong layer is making the decision.

She made the decision. It was logical. She could defend it in any room.
And something was off.

You may have already done the thinking — the pros and cons, the business case.
This tool starts somewhere else. Body first. Strategy last.
Not to dismiss the thinking — to give it company.

Bring a decision you're holding. Something real. Something current.

For more depth, listen to The Wrong Layer — WildWithin Talks.

A PERSONAL NOTE BEFORE YOU BEGIN
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Layer One

Body

What the body knows

The body answers before the question is finished.
Not in words — in sensation.
Expansion. Contraction. Openness. Tightness.

This is intuition as the body speaks it —
not a thought, but a felt sense.

The question isn't just what do you feel —
but what kind of feeling is it?
Slow and open? Or tight and urgent?

A MOMENT IN THE BODY
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Which option opens something in your body — and which one tightens?

Where do you feel urgency — and where do you feel stillness?

What does your body know before your mind catches up?

Layer Two

Imprint

Is this old or current?

Some patterns contract. Others push relentlessly forward.
Not a response to this decision —
but a pattern running from further back.

Imprints aren't always fear.
Sometimes they push for growth, positivity, relentless forward motion.
"Don't stop." "Stay strong." "Keep expanding."

The question isn't whether the pattern is good or bad.
The question is: is it running this decision — or are you?

What did you inherit about decisions like this one?

Whose voice is loudest right now — yours, or an old pattern?

Does that pattern still serve you here?

Layer Three

Desire

What you actually want

Not what you should want.
Not what you've done so long it started to feel like wanting.

Desire lives underneath obligation, underneath momentum.
It's what your body opens to when nothing is performing.
Aliveness — without the urgency.

A MOMENT WITH DESIRE
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What do you actually want here — not the smart answer, the true one?

Layer Four

Strategy

What the thinking says

Now the mind gets its seat.

Not the first seat. Not the loudest voice.
But a voice that matters —
logic, risk, consequence, opportunity.

If you've already done this layer, you'll do it again —
now that the other three have spoken.
The thinking might land differently.

What's the strongest case for yes?

What's the strongest case for no?

What does the logic say — when it's not the only voice in the room?

Integration

What Becomes Clear

Four layers have spoken.
Body. Imprint. Desire. Strategy.

Not to add them up —
but to let them sit together.
To notice where they align. Where they conflict.
Which one you've been ignoring.

The decision doesn't come from choosing the loudest voice.
It comes from hearing all of them — and then choosing.

Which layer have you been leaving out?

Where do the layers align — and where do they conflict?

Now that all four are in the room — what becomes clear?

This is decision-making that includes all of you.
Come back whenever you need it.

The body knows before the mind catches up.

That is not a metaphor.

Going Deeper

This tool walks you through the four layers.
But some decisions need more.

Inside The Interior, there's a version of this tool designed for the decisions that shape companies — and the women leading them.

Taking on investors — and what you're trading for the capital.

Expanding into new markets — and whether the timing is yours or the pressure's.

Partnerships — and the patterns that make you say yes too fast or hold back too long.

Key hires — and the difference between filling a gap and building what's next.

Conflict — and knowing when to hold your ground and when to let go.

Stepping back — and whether it's wisdom or fear driving the exit.

Each one mapped across the four layers.
Body. Imprint. Desire. Strategy.

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