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Think Before You React

A Practical Guide to Slowing Cognitive Reactions and Strengthening Reflective Thinking for Calmer Decisions

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Think Before You React

By: NOEL COEN
Narrated by: Jimmy Trisler
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Modern life rewards speed — quick answers, snap judgments, instant responses — but fast thinking often leads to stress, regret, and poorly considered decisions. Think Before You React is a practical, psychology-informed guide that teaches listeners how to slow their thinking, regulate emotional impulses, and approach decisions with clarity, intention, and confidence.

Drawing on principles of mindfulness, emotional awareness, reflection, breathing practices, and lifestyle alignment, the book explains how urgency, stress, cognitive bias, and emotional triggers push us toward reactive decision-making — and how deliberately slowing thought leads to wiser, calmer, long-term outcomes.

Through relatable examples, reflective insights, and actionable exercises, listeners learn how to:

  • Recognize fast-thinking traps and emotional bias
  • Pause before reacting in stressful or emotionally charged moments
  • Use breathing and grounding techniques to calm the nervous system
  • Replace impulsive reactions with thoughtful responses
  • Build reflective habits that strengthen judgment and self-control
  • Design environments and routines that support intentional thinking
  • Align daily choices with personal values and long-term goals

The book also explores lifestyle foundations — sleep, nutrition, movement, time management, gratitude, learning, and supportive relationships — showing how everyday habits influence cognitive clarity and decision quality.

Grounded, practical, and encouraging, Think Before You React helps listeners move from autopilot reactions to thoughtful action — cultivating emotional intelligence, stronger relationships, and greater confidence in every area of life.

©2026 NOEL COEN (P)2026 NOEL COEN
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