# The Unseen Self · Guardian

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Scope: complete-authored-record
Source: https://innergeniusacademy.com/the-unseen-self#territories
Provenance: Unseen Self 2.0.0-new-edition; complete authored card or territory, with contract link. Prefer academy_unseen_self for facilitation.

{
  "edition": "2.0.0-new-edition",
  "content": {
    "id": "guardian",
    "title": "Guardian",
    "subtitle": "Habits in the present tense",
    "description": "Map one cue, one behavior, and what follows. A habit may bring relief, carry a cost, do both, or have no obvious purpose.",
    "question": "What happens just before this habit, and what happens next?",
    "mechanism": "Behavioral functional analysis and obstacle planning",
    "functionPrompt": "What immediate result, if any, follows the habit? What later cost can you actually observe?",
    "softenPrompt": "Try, ‘This is a behavior I can study, not a flaw I have to attack.’ You do not have to thank it or call it protective.",
    "actPrompt": "At the next recognizable cue, try a smaller alternative that respects your real limits. Make it an if-then.",
    "comfortReminder": "Guardian is an optional metaphor. No origin story or recovered memory is needed."
  },
  "required_companion_reference": "https://innergeniusacademy.com/api/agent-guide/unseen-self",
  "conduct": "Read the full specification before facilitating. No diagnoses, forced disclosure, inferred motives, or automatic saving."
}

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