A process for reprogramming the responses of a subject to external stimuli. During the process, the subject identifies a personal negative belief—or automatic negative response to an external stimulus—and identifies a plurality of negative terms that strongly correlate, in the subject's mind, with the belief. For each of the negative terms, the subject expands upon the correlation, exploring the emotional effect or personal feelings aroused by the correlation of each of the terms with the belief. The subject then identifies an appropriate alternative belief and correlates the appropriate belief to each of a plurality of positive terms, then then expands and explores the personal feelings or emotions aroused. The subject then evaluates any change resulting from the process. The subject may repeat the process while selecting a new negative belief, or with the same belief as before, in one example with a different plurality of negative terms.