Life Goals by Category

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Domain
Life Coaching
Type
Worksheet
Phase
Discovery Goal Setting
Details
15 min Opener As-needed
Topics
Values Identity Accountability

Coaching tools for personal clarity and intentional living.

When to Use This Tool
Client's goals are clustered in one or two areas and they haven't considered what's missing
Client is starting a coaching engagement and wants a broad view of their priorities before focusing
Client feels out of balance but hasn't mapped out where their energy and intention actually sit
How to Introduce This Tool Plus

There's a worksheet that lays out four life areas side by side — family and rela...

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For the Coaching Practitioner

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Coaching Scenarios Plus
1 The client whose goals are 90% career and 10% everything else
Context

Client arrives with clear professional goals and vague or absent personal ones. When asked about family, friendships, physical health, or inner life, they express genuine uncertainty rather than avoidance — they have simply not applied goal-thinking to those domains. The four-category structure creates equal real estate for each domain, which forces the imbalance to become visible.

How to Introduce

Frame this as an inventory of the full picture before deciding where to focus. 'Before we prioritize, I want to make sur...

2 The client approaching a significant transition who wants to reset all four domains 🔒
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Tool Flow Plus
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Pairs Well With

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Values vs. Actions Audit

Client states their values with confidence but has not examined whether their behavior matches

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