Personal Power Prompts

Guided prompts to help you move from feeling stuck to taking clear, self-directed action, using evidence-based coaching questions.

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When to Use This Tool
Client feels stuck and is not accessing their own sense of agency or capability
Client's self-narrative is disempowering and they have not been prompted to locate a contrasting experience
Coach wants to open a session by anchoring the client in a resourceful state before exploring the challenge
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These three prompts ask you to recall moments when you felt powerful, in control...

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Tool Classification
Domain
Life Coaching
Type
Worksheet
Phase
Discovery Reflection
Details
15 min Opener As-needed
Topics
Mindset Identity Resilience

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1 Client in a recurring negative self-narrative about capability
Context

A VP of product has been repeating a version of 'I'm not a strategic thinker' across multiple sessions. The statement functions as a conclusion - she leads with it and then builds evidence for it. She has not been asked to locate the contrasting experience, and the coaching has been working around the belief rather than examining it directly.

How to Introduce

Use this as a session opener without framing it heavily. 'I want you to answer three questions out loud - or write them ...

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