I created TEG-Blue, The Emotional Gradient Blueprint, to explore emotions, behaviour and relationships. The work has two connected sites: teg-blue.org explains the framework and its sources; teg-blue.com offers interactive tools for reflection and education.
teg-blue.org · Framework
teg-blue.com · Tools
The framework and the tools answer different reading needs. Someone may want to trace an idea to its sources, or begin with a question about an experience. I developed two connected websites: teg-blue.org for the framework and its sources, and teg-blue.com for interactive tools.
I work on the research synthesis, conceptual organisation, writing, visual models and digital development. I choose the format of each tool around the question it asks. It might guide someone through a reflection, place descriptions of behaviour side by side for comparison, or show a pattern in a visual map.
The apology tool places descriptions of behaviour alongside one another. That lets the reader compare what happens after an apology: whether the person listens to how their actions affected someone else, responds when that person needs time and changes their behaviour afterwards. The comparison is carried by the wording and the interface together.
This is an account of what I have made. The framework’s research grounding and the evidence needed for each tool remain separate questions, described below.
The framework is where I develop my account of how emotions, nervous-system responses and relationships shape behaviour. It brings together research, writing and visual models to examine emotional and relational patterns.
On teg-blue.org, you can explore the framework’s ideas, the connections between them and the sources that inform the work.
Start here when you want to understand the models and their research grounding. The framework informs the tools; each tool’s clarity, usefulness and validity still need to be investigated in their own right.
Read the framework on teg-blue.orgThe tool site gives you a way to explore a specific question through guided reflections, behaviour comparisons and pattern maps. These three tools look at people pleasing, apologies, care and control.
Self-reflection
Choose one relationship and use six prompts and sliders to reflect on agreeing, disagreeing, asking for help and changing your mind. Explore whether your answer feels chosen or shaped by another person’s reaction.
Explore the self-reflection toolBehaviour comparison
Compare what someone does after saying sorry: how they name their actions, listen to how those actions affected you, respond when you need time, and change their behaviour afterwards.
Explore the apology toolPattern map
Explore how support can change into taking over, creating obligation or demanding obedience. The descriptions focus on what happens to the choices of the person receiving help.
Explore the care and control toolThese tools are free to open without an account. They are intended for reflection and education. Each tool needs its own evidence before claims can be made about its validity or effectiveness.
Browse the tools on teg-blue.comThe tools offer descriptions and questions about emotional experiences and relationships. Open one to review its wording, interaction and limits, and consider whether it relates to the people you work with.
The featured tools are resources for reflection and education, not validated clinical assessments. I am seeking collaborators to investigate selected tools. The framework’s sources and the evidence for a particular tool are separate questions.
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The three featured tools are free to open in a web browser without an account. Before using account or saving features, read TEG-Blue’s privacy policy for information about data handling.
Discuss using a toolI am developing El Gradiente with Dr Martha Alicia Tronco Rosas, bringing together her experience with Violentómetro 1 and 2.0 and my work on TEG-Blue and digital tools.
Read about El Gradiente