Built on behavioral science, not vibes

Resolve runs a structured five-layer coaching process designed to slow down the parts of your thinking that tend to go wrong under pressure. It detects the specific cognitive biases influencing your reasoning, names them, and follows up after you decide.

The five layers

01

Exploration

Resolve asks the questions you are not asking yourself. It surfaces what you actually care about before any analysis begins.

02

Analysis

Your reasoning is examined for cognitive biases. Resolve names them and explains how they are pulling at your thinking.

03

Reframing

Options and angles you have not considered are introduced. The goal is to expand the decision space before narrowing it.

04

Resolution

You land on a choice with a clear rationale you can articulate. Not certainty that you are right, but confidence that you thought it through properly.

05

Track

post-decision

Resolve follows up at 30, 60, and 90 days to see how it played out. That feedback loop is what builds your pattern picture over time.

The biases Resolve watches for

Each one is named after the original research. The links go to the academic papers.

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Continuing because of past investment, not future value. What you've already spent — time, money, or effort — is gone regardless of what you decide now.

Status Quo Bias

Preferring the familiar even when change is objectively better. The pain of change feels larger than the potential gain, so staying put feels safer than it is.

Availability Heuristic

Overweighting vivid or recent examples when estimating probability. A dramatic story about one person's experience shapes your risk estimate more than actual statistics should.

Anchoring Bias

Fixating on the first number or option encountered, letting it distort all subsequent comparisons. Your evaluation of 'reasonable' is being pulled toward that initial anchor.

Confirmation Bias

Seeking only evidence that confirms what you already want to do. You may be unconsciously ignoring or dismissing information that challenges your preferred option.

FOMO

Fear of missing out making the decision feel more urgent than it is. The anxiety of not getting in on something is driving the timeline, not the actual opportunity.

Loss Aversion

Fear of losing X weighing roughly 2× more than an equivalent gain. The psychological pain of a potential loss is making the downside look much larger than it objectively is.

Optimism Bias

Assuming best-case outcomes without adequate evidence. You may be underestimating realistic obstacles and overestimating how smoothly things will go.

Planning Fallacy

Systematically underestimating the time, cost, and difficulty of future actions. Research shows people consistently overestimate how much they can accomplish and how smoothly plans will execute.

Normalcy Bias

Underestimating the likelihood and impact of significant change or disruption. The assumption that 'things will probably stay the same' can lead to under-preparation for scenarios that genuinely might unfold.

Peak-End Rule

Judging past experiences by their most intense moment and their ending, rather than the overall average. This distorts memories of options you've tried and predictions about future satisfaction.

Affect Heuristic

Letting your emotional reaction to an option cloud your assessment of its actual risks and benefits. If an option 'feels right' or 'feels wrong,' that feeling may be contaminating your risk evaluation.

In-Group Bias

Favouring options that will be approved of by your immediate social circle, even when that approval isn't relevant to what's actually best for you. Decisions shaped by what others will think rather than your own values.

Distinction Bias

Overweighting differences between options when evaluating them side by side. Small variations look far more significant when you're comparing than when you're actually living the choice.

Projection Bias

Assuming your future self will feel the same way you feel right now. Decisions made in a high-emotion state — excitement, fear, grief, hunger — systematically overweight your current emotional experience.

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