27 sequences of self-reflection journal prompts
Each sequence is a short session rather than a list: three questions at a time, with a defined ending so you know when you are done. Open one on the platform and the steps run themselves, or write it out on paper.
Safe Place
An anchor of calm in a single card: build an inner refuge you can return to.
One Card – Here and Now
The most basic work: one blind-drawn card and three simple questions. A good entry on any day.
World / We / I
Three blind-drawn cards give you a quick snapshot: how the world looks, how "we" feel, and where you are in it right now.
Picture and Word
One card plus one word – a simple way to hear in yourself what's hard to say directly.
Fork: A / B / Third Way
When you're choosing between two options, three cards help you see each one and notice the third path that often hides.
Timeline: Yesterday / Today / Tomorrow
Three cards in a row – where I came from, where I am now, where I'm headed. A simple way to see movement.
From Obstacle to Resource
You have a goal, and "something is in the way". This technique helps you see the obstacle and find a resource for it.
GROW: Goal – Reality – Options – Will
Four cards across the four phases of the GROW coaching model: a structured path from a vague want to a concrete next step.
Five steps to a solution
Seven cards take you from where you are to where you want to be, through the real reason, the hidden payoff and three concrete steps.
Money flow
Five cards on your relationship with money: what blocks the flow, three actions, and the state they lead to.
Four-point cross: give and take
Four cards around a cross show the balance of exchange: what is not working, what you give, what comes back, and what would improve it.
Resource state
Four cards along a rising line: your resource, how you switch it on, who supports it, and who you become in it.
Johari window
Four cards by quadrant: what you know and show, what you keep to yourself, what others see and you do not, and what is visible to no one yet.
Masks: public, hidden, aspired
Three cards on the layers of identity: how people know you, who you actually are, and who you would like to be.
Roles: work, family, close people
Three cards for the three main roles in your life, to see which one takes more than it gives.
Relationship wheel
Eight cards for eight areas of a relationship, to see where the wheel sags and what depends on you.
Six channels: how I cope
Six cards for six coping channels, to see what holds you up and which channel barely gets used.
Three cards: helps, hinders, next
The shortest read of a situation: what is holding it up, what is slowing it down, and what wants to happen next.
Life priorities: six areas
Six cards for six areas of life, to see the tilt and pick one area for the coming month.
Needs pyramid
Five cards up the steps of needs, to see which step has sagged and where the feeling of not enough air comes from.
What helps when you are anxious
Three cards to name the anxiety, see what it is asking for, and find one action for the next hour.
Stress test: challenge, supports, action
Five cards about a load that is already running: what presses, what carries it, and where to start.
Who I am at work
Five cards about the professional part of you: how they see you, how you see yourself, what is strong, what is exposed, and where you are growing.
Me as a lead
Four cards about how you lead others: what you take on, what you avoid, what people actually get from you, and what you are learning.
Hidden beliefs
Four cards to find the rule you live by and check whether it is yours.
Mosaic: a picture of five cards
Five cards laid out as one picture, and the story you tell from it.
A metaphor for what has no name
Three cards to find an image for a state that has no word, and to see what it is asking for.
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