Present, Goals & Ideal Day

Link how life feels now to the goals you set, using a coach-tested method to turn vague aims into a grounded ideal day.

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When to Use This Tool
Client has not connected their physical experience of their current situation to the goals they are setting
Client's year-ahead goals exist in abstraction without a felt sense of what they actually want
Client has never described in sensory detail what their ideal day would look like
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This moves from physical awareness in your current situation through what you wa...

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

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Coaching Scenarios Plus
1 New coaching client struggling to articulate what they actually want
Context

A director-level client arrives for a first session with vague goals - 'I want to feel more balanced' and 'I want to be more effective.' They've never done formal coaching and don't know what to bring. The session is about to become 50 minutes of you drawing out information that could have arrived pre-written.

How to Introduce

Frame this as intake prep, not homework. 'Before we meet, I want you to take 15 minutes with three prompts - where you a...

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Client is achieving goals but feels disconnected from any larger sense of meaning

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