Life Timeline

Map your life story in one clear timeline to spot patterns and turning points, using a proven coaching exercise grounded in reflective practice.

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When to Use This Tool

A client wants to see the whole arc of their life laid out to understand where they've been

Someone mapping turning points from childhood through today to find the through-line

Looking at patterns that repeat across life chapters to understand what's been shaping them

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When you look at the arc of your life laid out this way - the eras, the turning ...

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Tool Classification

Domain

Life Coaching

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Discovery Reflection

Details

45+ min Between sessions

Topics

Identity Values

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Coaching Scenarios Plus

1 Client at a Major Life Transition Who Needs to Understand Their Own Pattern

Context

A client in their late 40s or 50s facing a significant transition - children leaving home, a career plateau, an unexpected health event, or a marriage change - who feels destabilized in a way that seems disproportionate to the specific event. In sessions, they describe the current situation without any historical context, as if their life began recently. The coaching has been surface-level because neither the coach nor the client has a view of the full arc.

How to Introduce

Frame this as orientation work before navigation work. 'Before we figure out where you're going next, let's see where yo...

2 Coaching Client Who Wants to Understand What Their Values Actually Are, Not What They Say They Are 🔒

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3 coaching scenarios with introduction language, observation guides, debrief maps, and red flags

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