Cognitive architectures are broad, theory-driven models that aim to explain how the human mind works as a unified system, and two of the most influential are ACT-R and Soar. ACT-R (Adaptive Control of Thought–Rational), developed primarily by John R. Anderson at Carnegie Mellon University beginning in the 1980s (e.g., Anderson, 1983; Anderson & Lebiere, 1998), models the mind as interacting “modules” for memory, perception, and action, allowing researchers to simulate how people learn, make decisions, and solve problems. Soar, initiated by Allen Newell, Paul Rosenbloom, and John Laird in the mid-1980s (Newell, 1990; Laird, Newell & Rosenbloom, 1987), frames cognition as a problem-solving process driven by goals and learned rules, offering a unified account of reasoning and decision-making. Though these systems are scientific tools rather than self-help methods, their insights promote personal wellbeing by illuminating how habits form, how attention is managed, and how people can learn more effectively, and they support societal health by guiding the design of humane technologies, better educational practices, and more transparent AI systems that work in harmony with human cognitive strengths and limitations. Building hypothetical models of cognitive function such as these can help us deepen our understanding of how the mind works, but they can only take us so far, as they fail to adequately describe the active agent driving these cognitive dynamics. It is only when we recognise the agency of the human spirit that we begin to see the bigger picture. God has set the spirit within the physical structure of the body, including its amazingly complex neurological function, as the executive of the soul, and when the spirit is regenerated through faith in Christ, the whole person can progress towards full wholeness in Him. This is the heritage of all those who choose to walk and talk daily with Yeshua.