The Thinking Behind the Framework

The Purpose Behind This Thinking is The Thinking Behind the Framework My work began as a deep personal investigation — not into what I was learning, but how I was thinking. I uncovered hidden disconnects in my self-perception and realized they stemmed from unexamined cognitive patterns.

That discovery launched the core insight behind my methodology: Operationalizing thought offers more clarity than relying solely on feeling.

The tools I created helped me shift my cognitive process, and today they guide others toward Self-Mastery, Intent Literacy™, and transformational thought architecture. This isn’t just a journey. It’s a system of purpose.

Insights on Dr. Marie Roberts De La Parra

"If you have a puzzle fully assembled and you take one of the pieces and throw it away because it was damaged, the puzzle will never be whole again.

Some things can’t be replaced — and neither can the systems of thought we abandon before understanding them."

Welcome to the vibrant world of Dr. Marie Roberts De La Parra—affectionately known as Dr. Thought—Chief Thought Officer and Self-Mastery Cognitive System Architect at Wait a Green Minute (www.waitagreenminute.com)

🌟 A Visionary Leadership Advisor: Renowned for her expertise in core-culture development, executive leadership, self-agency, self-exactness, and self-empowerment, Dr. Marie is a sought-after leadership advisor and the creator of the A.L.I.G.N.® Research-Based, Proprietary, Comprehensive Self-Mastery Methodology—an original framework designed to advance cognitive development, leadership growth, and transformational learning across disciplines and boundaries.

🚀 Fields of Expertise:
Dr. Marie is the architect of a proprietary, copyrighted, and interconnected self-mastery methodology encompassing PUZZLEyOU™, The Betweenverse™, A.L.I.G.N.® (Assess, Layout, Integrate, Grow, Nurture), and the Cognitiveverse Apparatus Operative™—a cognitive system science that structures internal logic systems to self-validate thinking guidelines during execution. This tiered system advances self-agency, leadership precision, and cognitive development by integrating modular cognition, real-time loop execution, and self-directive system response. She specializes in developing original tools for self-verifying, self-governance, and self-exactness, equipping high-performing individuals and leaders to operate with deeper clarity, alignment, and self-system fluency. Her pioneering LogicFuse™ Paradox framework reveals how the unintentional fusion of survival and success reasoning—something that can form in resource-transformed families—creates a single, undifferentiated loop of logic that governs decision-making. This cognitive pattern, combining wealth-building strategies with scarcity-driven tactics, operates as an unseen paradox that can simultaneously elevate achievement and perpetuate instability. The Cognitive System Literacy™ framework is woven throughout her methodology, fostering advanced awareness of thought patterns and internal systems of operation.

🎓 Academic Foundation: Dr. Marie Roberts De La Parra earned her doctorate in Organization and Leadership, with a minor in Learning and Instruction, from the University of San Francisco. Her research focused on cognitive development, mental fortitude, and the internal dynamics of impostor syndrome—forming the basis of her dissertation, “Investigating the Self-Efficacy Awareness of Black Female Technology Leaders.” This academic foundation became the catalyst for her Cognitive System Literacy™ framework and her broader leadership methodology, designed to drive impactful change in education, entrepreneurship, and systems leadership.

🔍 Passion for Empowering Lives:
Fueled by a deep commitment to personal empowerment and transformative impact, Dr. Marie serves as a loan committee member for the 1(7)-certified California Financial Development Corporation, Nor-Cal FDC. She also previously held a board seat with the University of San Francisco’s B.A.S.E. initiative (Black Achievement Success & Engagement), contributing her insight and leadership to support equity, advancement, and community excellence.

🏆 Accolades and Recognitions:
With more than 16 local, state, and national honors to her name, Dr. Marie’s achievements include appointments by both the Obama and Trump administrations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Finance Advisory Board. She was also appointed by the Schwarzenegger administration to the California Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education Advisory Committee, reflecting her enduring impact across sectors.

🌍 Global Impact: Dr. Roberts De La Parra extends her influence internationally, contributing to economic sustainability in underserved markets within the United States, Spain, the Canary Islands, and West Africa. Her remarkable career includes being recognized as a Fellow of the Global Citizen Alliance in Salzburg, Austria.

✨ Always Planning to Do More: Dr. Marie's journey is a testament to her unwavering commitment to empowering individuals, businesses, and communities. Her story continues to unfold, always with a vision for doing more and creating lasting impact.

Step into the system where empowerment meets design. Discover Dr. Marie's leadership architecture at Wait a Green Minute.

Assembling Without Instructions

Teaching someone to be a mechanic — but expecting them to figure out what the parts are and how to build the engine, all with missing knowledge.

This metaphor, written by and based on the research of Dr. Marie Roberts De La Parra, captures how many students feel after graduating from high school. It reflects their transition from childhood to young adulthood — often without access to self-operating techniques.

This stage is defined within The Betweenverse™ — the dimensional growth phase of her multi-level methodology. Guided by the foundational and second level of Cognitive System Literacy™ — a self-agency framework embedded across every phase — this journey can be significantly shortened through self-structured self-empowerment.

Visit the Betweenverse

Cognitive System Literacy™ with a structured framework, not just an idea.

This book introduces a new language for cognitive development that begins with middle school learners

— a system designed to decode how students learn, not just what they learn.

Endorsed by experts in education policy and learning sciences, this guide validates a new field: Cognitive System Literacy™, starting at youth.

PUZZLEyOU™ activates metacognitive awareness through self-decoding — middle schoolers identify their brain’s learning patterns and begin to operate from that understanding.

Thoughts with a Twist — by Dr. Thought

Elevate Your Thoughts with Threaded Thinking™

In the realm of unspoken thoughts and untold emotions, Dr. Marie took a whimsical leap — creating a playful, alternative avenue for cognitive empowerment. The result? Thinking Wear™, like a hoodie. But not just any streetwear.

This carries the spark of her signature phrase and brand: "That’s Craptacular™."
A wearable reminder that sometimes, life delivers spectacular B.S. — and you don’t have to absorb it.

Defined by Dr. Marie Roberts De La Parra as:

"Events that revert to lingering thoughts meant to distract you from your purpose — also known as spectacular B.S. That’s Craptacular."

More than fashion, this is stitched philosophy. Each thread speaks to:

Self-agency
Self-belief
Self-value
Self-motivation
Self-empowerment
Self-importance

Every inch is infused with encouragement, crafted with love, and built to uplift — a core expression of Threaded Thinking™.

Curious to explore this distinctive product? Visit www.ThatsCraptacular.com — where playful messaging meets self-mastery. It’s not just streetwear. It’s a wearable “no thank you” to distraction — and a bold yes to your purpose.