Science
Evidence-informed, without pretending to be clinical.
Choosing Points draws on research in emotion regulation, narrative identity, and expressive writing — while staying honest about what it is and isn't.
Naming a feeling changes it
Affect labelling research consistently shows that putting words to an emotion reduces its intensity and activity in the brain's threat-response circuitry. EmotionalCharting is built directly on this principle: naming first, understanding second.
Writing about turning points builds coherence
Narrative identity research links the ability to construct a coherent story from life's turning points to measurable gains in wellbeing and resilience. The ChoosingPoints journal exists to make that construction easier and more consistent.
What Choosing Points is not
Choosing Points is not a diagnostic tool, a replacement for therapy, or a crisis service. Kéya is designed to recognise when a situation calls for professional or emergency support and to route there directly — see Safety & Support.