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The mental processing cycle
A possible coping strategy for processing information. As a method, the mental processing cycle supports raising awareness and the proper inflow and outflow of information.
The concept in brief
Mental processing is a cognitive process that helps us understand how an individual is able to filter and process the information that reaches them.
The method builds on raising awareness and on self-reflection, and supports the processing of mistakes, information, events and feedback.
The stages of the processing cycle are: letting in, digesting, integrating, using, developing further, innovating, flow.
Mental processing is an individual process: each person goes through the stages in a different way and at a different pace, so applying it calls for strong self-reflection.
The strategic aim of applying the method is to bring the processing cycle consciously to the level of flow, i.e. to keep it running without stopping.