As a cook, or a self-scientist, you are going to need to see if this figurative ingredient is cooked suffeciently, works with the recipe or may be a stand alone dish. In order to measure this ingredient’s impact, you should look at the new intensity because we all know garlic mellows out once cooked.

Notice the intensity after the coping skill (Somatic Witnessing) on a scale of 10 (being the most) to 0 (being the least). Notice if it was effective by subtracting the first intensity score from the second intensity score. Maybe it lowered from an 8 to a 4 or 2. Maybe it didn’t change and it is now known not to be the ingredient for this dish. Regardless of outcome, it is insight into your cooking style.

Lets say, in this hypothetical scenario, garlic is not all you need. You may be throwing it out all together or it just needs a combo ingredient to be sufficient.