Transparent Methodology — How TEG-Blue Was Designed

Born from survival, built with design logic, refined through synthesis

Why Transparency Matters

Methodology is not an afterthought — it is the foundation of trust.

By showing how TEG-Blue was created, we make it clear that this is not a random invention but a process rooted in both lived experience and rigorous design.

The Origin

TEG-Blue began during a time of personal collapse.

In order to survive, I needed to make sense of what was happening to me — emotionally, relationally, and systemically.

Map of lived events, realizations, and the birth of key frameworks

What I did was what I have done my entire life as a designer:

simplify, connect, and transform complex concepts into clear visuals.

This survival-driven act of sensemaking became the seed of TEG-Blue.

The Designer’s Method

TEG-Blue was not built by inventing new theories out of nowhere.

It was born by connecting the dots between established theories, frameworks, and models that already lead their fields.

I used the same logic those frameworks are built on — not to replace them, but to fill the gaps and link them together.

This is the method:

Identify core emotional logics across traditions.
Connect them into one coherent map.
Translate them into visual, accessible designs.

The approach is both practical and rigorous: weaving existing knowledge into a system that is usable, testable, and teachable.

The Tools I Used to Build It

Design thinking — 25+ years of experience simplifying complexity into visual clarity
Systemic analysis — Seeing how emotional behaviors repeat in families, workplaces, institutions
Emotional pattern recognition — Rooted in lived experience with trauma, neurodivergence, and CPTSD
Language engineering — Building emotionally precise, neurodivergent-friendly ways of naming experience
Survival tracking — Logging daily emotional states, mapping nervous system triggers, tracking shifts

2. How I Think, How I Work

I see emotions as data.

Feelings aren’t flaws. They’re signals—clues about what’s going on inside and around us. If we treat them like information, not weakness, we can learn from them instead of fearing them. And when people see that’s possible, they start doing it too.

I think in systems. And I feel in systems too.

Where others see separate issues, I see patterns.

Where others avoid complexity, I organize it.

Where others turn away from pain, I stay with it—until it shows me something useful.

I don’t shrink emotions—I map them.

I don’t oversimplify—I create structure.

To me, language is like code or music.

Each word has a role. Each part matters.

I write to make things clear, not complicated.

This is how I see the world.

It’s how I build solutions that hold emotional depth and structural integrity.

I’m always willing to unlearn.

I don’t hold on tightly to what I already know—I stay open, looking for what works.

Distinct from 360° Synthesis

This page (Transparent Methodology): explains how the framework was created — the origin, process, and design logic.
360° Synthesis: shows how TEG-Blue aligns with other models — the external validation and comparative analysis.

Both are complementary: one shows the method, the other shows the proof.

What This Makes Possible

A system that is transparent about its roots.
A framework that invites testing, refinement, and critique.
A methodology that honors both lived experience and academic knowledge.

TEG-Blue is not a finished doctrine. It is a living blueprint — a system built to evolve with research, practice, and collaboration.

Explore Next

360° Global Synthesis — See how TEG-Blue aligns with 30+ emotional models.
What is Emotional Technology? — Understand the bigger vision behind the framework.
Research Collaboration & Impact — Explore how to test and expand the work with us.

Internal Links

TEG-Blue™ is a place for people who care-about dignity, about repair, about building something better. It’s a map, an invitation, and a growing toolbox, as an evolving commons—supporting emotional clarity, systemic healing, and collective wisdom. Here, healing doesn’t require perfection—just honesty, responsibility, and support.