Horse Sense: Personal Problem-Solving Guide

Horse Sense is a personal problem-solving tool developed out of the Stanford Learning, Design, and Technology Program.
Ever face a problem, but find yourself going in circles? Horse Sense helps you break out of ineffective modes of thinking by giving you new ways to structure your thoughts around a life problem that youre facing. Horse Sense is geared towards helping you think through the problem, gain new insight, and identify the next action that you can take to move forward. The app contains over forty possible questions based on problem-solving techniques used in mathematics, science, and psychology.
Horse Sense features a horse character named Sage who guides you step-by-step through a thorough thought process. You can approach Sage with life problems, like reconsidering a career move or dealing with an interpersonal conflict. Sage the Horse simulates a mentor or life coach by asking you thought-provoking questions in a safe judgment-free environment, promoting honest responses that get to the core of the problem and what you can do about it.


Key Benefits
+ GET CLEAR ABOUT THE PROBLEM
The structured prompts push you to break through the mental clutter and gain new insight.

+ TACKLE YOUR PROBLEM STEP-BY-STEP
If you often feel overwhelmed by worksheets that ask you to answer many questions at once, Horse Sense is great alternative because Sage helps you walk through the aspects to consider, step by step, so you never feel overwhelmed. You can move forward with confidence that Sage will be thorough and help you identify the most relevant experiences of yours that could be applied to the problem at hand.

+ IDENTIFY WHAT YOU CAN DO NEXT
Sage guides you to identify a specific action to take to move forward. The result is an actionable next step for you to take.

+ ACCESS ON-DEMAND MENTORSHIP ANYTIME
Sage is a friendly mentor who offers guidance anytime youre struggling with a problem. You dont ever have to wait to schedule an appointment to think about whats bugging you.

+ THINK CLEARLY AND OBJECTIVELY WITHOUT PRESSURE
Its easy to be swayed by a friends persuasive advice or an authoritys directions, but what really matters for problem-solving in your personal life is what you think you should do. Sage is intentionally objective and doesnt try to impose any opinions on you. Sage frees you to be honest about the problem and take as much time as you need to think through it. You have no need to worry about any judgment and evaluation you might experience with others.

+ GET MOTIVATED AND STAY ON-TRACK
Its easy to feel unmotivated when thinking in your head, or staring at a blank page of your journal Stay engaged with Sage, who asks you questions to stimulate thought and keep you focused on tackling the problem.

Key Features
+ Science-based problem solving methods applied to the context of life problems
+ Over 40 possible questions to help guide your thinking
+ Ability to skip the animation and go straight to the question
+ Go back and edit your answers to previous questions during a session
+ Save your responses by emailing them to yourself
+ Skip out of the question sets and go straight to an action if you realize something along the way

Note: Horse Sense is not intended to replace a professional therapist, counselor, or mentor. Instead, its meant as a first-step to help you identify what next steps you want to take.