I found that the best way for me to tip the scales was to reframe the task of searching for knowledge. I developed my own approach called “Epithinking.” Epi, meaning from above, has become a great way for me to be able to seperate the emotion from the event by stepping easily into an observational frame of mind. This has allowed me to examine information without reflexively attaching an emotion, which in turn protects me from taking a side too quickly. It is an intellectual posture as well as a process.