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Tools for the Work

Curated resources for therapy clients and anyone doing serious self-work.

Featured · Built by Michael & Martine RoBards

The Insight System

Free · no account to start

Five minutes to discover your type. A system to understand what it means in your actual life. Built on the clinical work of my mother, Dr. Martine J. RoBards — whose original type and temperament profiles are now published in full.

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The Insight Game — start here
36 cards, four rounds, about five minutes. Your type, one of sixteen, and then her full written profile of it — no sign-in.
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What Matters
Her second card game: sort 25 values, keep your top seven, and get a written report on the distance between what matters most and how much of it your life is delivering.
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Reports
Career, stress and growth, relationships, parenting, co-parenting — written from her material and the context you give. Quick Read, Standard, or a 5,000-word Deep Dive.
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Talking it Through
Twelve conversations couples avoid. Each of you answers alone; then you see where you agree, where you differ, and what your two temperaments tend to do with it. Start solo, invite your partner when ready.
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The Insight Journal
Prompts tuned to your type, a reflection on each entry, pattern analysis across weeks, and a coach that has read everything you wrote. Private.

Not sure where to start? Play the game first. Everything else is built on your type, and everything is free — no tiers, no card. See how it fits together →

Find your type →
For clients · bring it to session
The Human Equation Toolkit

ACT tools and check-ins you can bring to therapy

Bull’s Eye, the Matrix and Flex — short ACT exercises you can do on your phone between sessions — plus twelve standard check-ins (PHQ-9, GAD-7, WHO-5 and others) scored exactly as published, never by an AI. Every result gets one code you can hand to your therapist, whether or not that’s me.
For therapists

Use the Toolkit with your own clients

Free for any clinician: a caseload view of the check-ins and exercises your clients choose to share, weekly digests, and a ten-minute orientation. Nothing is sold or shared, and no client data trains any model.

Crisis & Emergency Resources

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741
Emergency — call 911
Seven Counties Services — 502-589-5000 (Louisville)
Articles & Writing
Substack

Michael's Newsletter

Writing on parenting, relationships, identity, and the intersection of therapy and technology.
Blog

Stories & Perspectives

Divorce, identity, co-parenting, couples, and what change actually looks like from the inside.
Consulting

Working with Organizations

Clinical consulting, AI integration, and organizational work for healthcare and social service teams.
Books by Michael A. RoBards
The Waves Keep Coming, a memoir by Michael RoBards — book cover
Memoir

The Waves Keep Coming

A personal memoir about transformation, loss, and what it means to rebuild.

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