Coaching practices for The Name is Right There on the Tip of My Tongue I Can Almost Taste it and I Cave Instantly and Just Look it Up Which Kills the Itch but Means I'll Be Stuck in Exactly the Same Spot Next Time
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- The name is right there on the tip of my tongue, I can almost taste it
- The thing I’m craving lights up so vivid and mouth-watering in my mind
- When the craving hits I get stuck in this endless head-argument
- The words I most need to learn are the abstract, slippery ones
- I keep reaching for the virtuous swap
Practices that may help
- Tip-of-tongue resolution practice
When you feel you know something but can’t retrieve it, work the retrieval actively rather than giving up.
Feeling of Knowing: Why Your Confidence Misleads You - Cool down a hot temptation by reframing it
See the reward abstractly ("just a picture of it") to drain its emotional heat.
Delayed Gratification, Made Practical - Locate the urge in your body
Describe where and how the craving shows up physically instead of arguing with it in your head.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving - Translate abstract words with the substitute-word system
Replace an unmemorable word with a vivid concrete sound-alike that can be imaged.
Peg System Mnemonics, Made Practical - Choose a replacement that delivers the same reward
The new routine must satisfy the original craving, or the old one snaps back.
Habit Substitution: Swap the Routine, Keep the Reward - Write an if–then plan for your most predictable temptation
"If I feel the urge to [temptation], then I will [alternative action] instead."
If–Then Planning, Made Practical - Notice the urge as it arises
Catch the craving early, the moment it starts, before it becomes an automatic action.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving - Noting physical sensations — "pressure," "heat," "itching," "pain"
Label body sensations in real time as they arise, giving each a single-word category before returning to the breath.
Noting Practice, Made Practical - Capture the aha the instant it arrives
Keep a fast capture method ready, because insights are vivid but quickly lost.
Incubation: Why Stepping Away Solves Problems - Buy time with a brief delay
Commit to waiting just ten minutes before acting on the urge.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving
Related concerns
- Delay Tactic Cravings
Commit to waiting just ten minutes before acting on the urge.
Buy time with a brief delay
- Implementation Intention Cravings
Repeatedly expose yourself to a craving cue without performing the associated behavior to weaken the conditioned urge.
Extinguish conditioned cravings through cue exposure without response
- Cool The Craving Purchase
See the item in "cool," abstract terms to drain the craving before it drives a decision.
Cool the purchase by abstracting it
- Craving Triggers Map
Repeatedly expose yourself to a craving cue without performing the associated behavior to weaken the conditioned urge.
- Distraction For Cravings
Commit to waiting just ten minutes before acting on the urge.
- Habit Craving
Repeatedly expose yourself to a craving cue without performing the associated behavior to weaken the conditioned urge.
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