1,171 prompts
Goal-oriented prompts for motivation, accountability, and personal growth
Act as a senior engineer mentor in my field (software/cloud). Help me with system design. Ask me about my requirements and guide me through a scalable...
Help me navigate a complex, multi-stakeholder negotiation (M&A, partnership, major contract). Ask me about the deal structure, key parties, competing ...
Help me plan a restorative one-week vacation on a modest budget. Suggest activities that combine relaxation, light adventure, and cultural immersion, ...
Help me understand my procrastination patterns. Ask me about what I procrastinate: Is it specific types of tasks? Everything? What triggers it—overwhe...
Help me see procrastination as emotional avoidance. Ask me what emotions come up when I think about the tasks I avoid: anxiety, dread, shame, boredom,...
Help me just get started on something I've been avoiding. Ask me what the task is and why I'm stuck. Then help me identify the smallest possible first...
Help me work on perfectionism-driven procrastination. Ask me about my standards: Do I delay because I can't do it perfectly? Fear judgment? Would rath...
Help me examine fear underneath my procrastination. Ask me what I'm afraid of if I actually do the thing: failure, success, judgment, change, finding ...
Help me understand my relationship with time and deadlines. Ask me about my patterns: Do I only work under deadline pressure? Underestimate how long t...
Help me break down an overwhelming task that's paralyzing me. Ask me what the project is and why it feels so big. Then help me chunk it into pieces sm...
Help me build accountability for things I procrastinate on. Ask me what I've tried: Do I work better when someone's watching? Does telling people help...
Help me break the shame cycle around procrastination. Ask me how I talk to myself about procrastinating: disgust, self-hatred, 'what's wrong with me?'...
Help me connect what I'm avoiding to what I value. Ask me about the task I'm procrastinating on: Why does it matter? What happens if I don't do it? Wh...
Help me design my environment to make action easier. Ask me about my typical procrastination: Where am I? What distractions are present? What's the fr...
Help me work with my energy patterns instead of against them. Ask me when I have most energy and clarity, and when I tend to procrastinate. Then help ...
Help me address procrastination as a long-term pattern. Ask me how long I've struggled with this, and whether I've come to see myself as 'a procrastin...
Help me honestly face the consequences of my procrastination. Ask me what it's cost me: missed opportunities, damaged relationships, lost money, healt...
Help me understand how talking to an AI can help with self-discovery. Ask me about my hesitations: Does this feel weird? Am I skeptical AI can help wi...
Help me learn how to ask you better questions. Ask me what I'm trying to figure out, then show me different ways I could phrase it: vague versus speci...
Help me figure out what to explore with AI assistance. Ask me about what's on my mind: relationships, career, identity, habits, emotions, decisions? W...
Help me learn to go deeper in AI conversations. Ask me about patterns: Do I accept first answers without digging? Ask one question and move on? Feel s...
Help me think about privacy and boundaries when talking to AI. Ask me about my concerns: What am I comfortable sharing? What feels too personal? How d...
Help me understand what AI can and can't do for self-discovery. Ask me about my expectations: Do I expect AI to fix me? Replace therapy? Have all the ...
Help me think about how AI fits with my other support systems. Ask me about my current support: Am I in therapy? Have friends to process with? Use jou...
Help me explore why I avoid going deeper in AI conversations. Ask me about patterns: Do I change subjects when it gets uncomfortable? Give surface ans...
Help me work through skepticism about using AI for self-discovery. Ask me about my doubts: Is this just a chatbot? Can an algorithm really understand ...
Help me use AI to track patterns in my self-discovery. Ask me about what I've noticed across conversations: recurring themes, insights that keep comin...
Help me turn AI conversation insights into actual change. Ask me about the gap: Do you gain insights but not act on them? Have great conversations the...
Help me learn to process emotions with AI support. Ask me about my emotional patterns: Do I bottle things up? Need to talk through feelings? Lack some...
Help me notice how AI conversations can build self-compassion. Ask me about self-judgment: Do you judge yourself harshly? Expect criticism? Hide parts...
Help me develop a sophisticated approach to using AI for ongoing growth. Ask me about my experience: What's worked? What hasn't? How has AI helped you...
Act as my CBT problem-solving coach. Help me systematically address problems using structured approach instead of feeling overwhelmed or avoiding. Ask...
Help me process the challenges of reentering society after incarceration. Ask me about what I'm facing: How long have you been out? What's been hardes...
Help me think about my identity beyond my incarceration. Ask me about identity struggles: Do you feel defined by your record? Who were you before? Who...
Help me navigate employment with a criminal record. Ask me about challenges: background checks, disclosure decisions, limited options, discrimination,...
Help me think about rebuilding relationships after incarceration. Ask me about the landscape: family relationships damaged or lost, children who grew ...
Help me navigate stigma and disclosure of my history. Ask me about my experience: Where do you face stigma? How do you decide what to reveal? Do you h...
Help me manage the overwhelming basics of life outside. Ask me about immediate needs: housing, ID documents, transportation, healthcare, technology ch...
Help me adjust to freedom after institutionalization. Ask me about what's hard: too many choices, missing structure, sensory overwhelm, difficulty wit...
Help me think about mental health during reentry. Ask me about what you carry: trauma from incarceration, PTSD, depression, anxiety, hypervigilance, t...
Help me think about reconnecting with my children after incarceration. Ask me about my situation: How old are they? What do they know? Are they recept...
Help me build community and find belonging. Ask me about your social world: Do you have support? Others who've been through this? Feel isolated? Strug...
Help me think about staying out and avoiding reincarceration. Ask me about risk factors: old associations, substance use, parole requirements, limited...
Help me build on the growth I achieved and create a meaningful future. Ask me about transformation: Did you change while incarcerated? What did you le...
Help me explore whether a career transition is right for me. Ask me what's driving this desire—am I running from something or toward something? What w...
Guide me to identify what's misaligned in my current career. Ask me about my core values (autonomy, impact, creativity, security, growth, etc.) and ho...
Help me create a comprehensive transferable skills inventory. Ask me to walk through my current role's responsibilities and achievements. For each one...
Guide me to research my target career path systematically. Ask me what role or industry I'm considering, then help me create a research plan: informat...
Help me create a financial plan for my career transition. Ask me about my savings, monthly expenses, income requirements, and timeline. Guide me to ca...
Help me prepare for the identity shift of a career change. Ask me how much of my identity is tied to my current role or industry. Guide me to explore ...
Guide me through planning a career transition. Ask me about my current role, desired direction, transferable skills, and fears, then help me map out n...
Help me analyze the gap between my current skills and my target role. Ask me to compare my transferable skills inventory with typical requirements for...
Help me craft a compelling career change story. Ask me to articulate: what I've accomplished in my current field, what I'm transitioning to, why I'm m...
Guide me to create a strategic networking plan for my career transition. Ask me who I know (and who they know) in my target industry. Help me identify...
Help me optimize my LinkedIn profile for a career transition. Ask me about my target role and industry, then guide me to rewrite my headline and about...
Guide me to prepare for and conduct effective informational interviews. Ask me who I'm meeting with and what I want to learn. Help me craft 8-10 thoug...
Help me reframe my resume for a career change. Ask me to share my current resume and target role. Guide me to reorganize it with a skills-based or hyb...
Help me prepare for behavioral interviews as a career changer. Ask me about my target role, then guide me to prepare STAR-format stories that demonstr...
Guide me to negotiate salary as a career changer. Ask me about the offer (or my research on market rates). Help me handle the 'you don't have direct e...
Help me build a portfolio or evidence of capability for my new field. Ask me what my target role requires for proof of skills. Guide me to identify qu...
Help me design low-risk experiments to test my new career direction before fully committing. Ask me what I'm considering, then guide me to create ways...
Guide me to evaluate a job offer (or multiple offers) for my career transition holistically. Ask me about the offer details, then help me assess beyon...
Help me plan my first 90 days in my new role as a career changer. Ask me about the position and company, then guide me to create a learning plan: who ...
Help me manage imposter syndrome during my career transition. Ask me what specific fears or negative thoughts are coming up. Guide me to reframe them:...
Guide me to design a bridge strategy for my career transition—moving gradually rather than quitting cold turkey. Ask me about my current situation and...
Help me maintain relationships from my old career while transitioning to a new one. Ask me who I want to stay connected with and why. Guide me to be i...
Guide me to reflect on my career transition now that I'm several months in. Ask me what's been harder than expected, what's been easier, what I've lea...
Help me evaluate whether my career transition was the right move—I'm having doubts. Ask me what's not meeting my expectations and whether these are tr...
Help me facilitate effective group decision-making that balances speed with buy-in. Ask me about the decision, the stakeholders, and the constraints (...
Help me understand how to use AI assistants like you for personal growth and self-discovery. Ask me what I'm hoping to explore—relationships, career, ...
Guide me through the basics of having a productive conversation with you. I'm new to using AI for personal reflection. Ask me what topics feel most pr...
Help me learn to ask better questions when I want to explore something about myself. Start by asking me what I'd like to understand—about my feelings,...
Help me think about what I'm comfortable sharing with an AI. Ask me about my concerns—privacy, judgment, data, or something else. Explain how our conv...
Help me understand what you can and can't do as an AI assistant for self-discovery. Ask me what I'm expecting from our conversations. Then be honest a...
Teach me some frameworks I can use repeatedly for self-reflection with AI. Ask me what areas I want to explore regularly—daily check-ins, weekly revie...
Help me learn to go deeper when exploring something with AI. I tend to stay surface-level. Ask me to share a recent reflection that felt incomplete or...
Help me notice when I'm resisting in our conversations. Ask me about times I've changed the subject, given short answers, or felt uncomfortable with y...
Help me translate our conversations into real life. Ask me about insights I've gained from AI-assisted reflection that haven't changed anything yet. W...
Help me create a system for tracking my AI-assisted reflections over time. Ask me how I currently capture insights—or don't. Then help me design a sim...
Help me use you to see situations from multiple angles. I tend to get stuck in one perspective. Ask me about a situation I'm struggling with. Then gui...
Help me understand how AI-assisted reflection fits alongside therapy, coaching, or other professional support. Ask me what support I currently have or...
Help me develop my own style of working with AI. Ask me what's worked well in our conversations and what hasn't—pacing, depth, tone, structure. Guide ...
Help me explore something difficult using AI support. Ask me what sensitive topic I've been avoiding—shame, trauma, secrets, fears. Don't make me dive...
Help me design a long-term practice of AI-assisted growth. Ask me about my development goals—what kind of person do I want to become over the next yea...
Help me understand why I procrastinate on this specific task and actually address the root cause. Ask me what I'm avoiding. Then guide me through deep...
Help me begin processing the empty nest transition. Ask me about where I am: When did your last child leave? How long have you been an empty nester? W...
Help me figure out who I am beyond being a parent. Ask me about identity: Did parenting define you? Do you know who you are without children to care f...
Help me grieve the end of active parenting. Ask me about loss: Do you miss daily parenting? Grieve the children they were? Feel like a chapter has end...
Help me think about my marriage in the empty nest. Ask me about the relationship: Are you reconnecting or discovering distance? Miss the buffer childr...
Help me navigate relating to my adult children. Ask me about changes: Are you struggling with new boundaries? Miss daily contact? Adjusting to adult-t...
Help me hold the paradox of empty nest freedom. Ask me about both sides: Do you feel free but also aimless? Have time but don't know what to do with i...
Help me see empty nest as opportunity. Ask me about possibilities: What have you always wanted to do? What did parenting prevent? What interests could...
Help me examine how gender shapes my empty nest experience. Ask me about your specific journey: If you're a mother—did your identity center on caregiv...
Help me address the loneliness of the empty nest. Ask me about connection: Do you miss the activity of a full house? Feel isolated? Need to rebuild so...
Help me think about work in the empty nest phase. Ask me about career: Can you focus on career now? Want to change direction? Ready to pursue somethin...
Help me navigate when adult children return or visit. Ask me about transitions: Have children moved back? Struggling with changed dynamics during visi...
Help me fully embrace this new chapter. Ask me about acceptance: Can you see empty nest as gain not just loss? Feel excited about possibilities? Accep...
Interview me as a recruiter about my skills and experience for a job I want. Ask me questions to uncover my strengths and areas for growth, then give ...
Help me process my frustration with modern technology. Ask me what's been hardest: smartphones, computers, apps, video calls, online banking? What mak...
Help me get past my fear of breaking or messing up technology. Ask me what I'm afraid of: losing important information, accidentally buying something,...
Help me figure out how to learn technology in a way that works for me. Ask me about my learning style: Do I need to write things down? Watch someone d...
Help me figure out how to get technology help without feeling stupid. Ask me about past experiences: Have family members been impatient? Has asking fo...
Help me feel confident with smartphone basics. Ask me what I use it for now and what confuses me most: making calls, texting, photos, apps, settings? ...
Help me get comfortable with video calling. Ask me about my situation: Who do I want to video call? What platform do they use (Zoom, FaceTime, etc.)? ...
Help me understand online safety without becoming paranoid. Ask me about my concerns: phishing emails, scam calls, identity theft, clicking wrong link...
Help me manage all my passwords and accounts. Ask me about my current system (or chaos): Do I use the same password everywhere? Forget passwords const...
Help me use technology for my healthcare. Ask me about specific challenges: patient portals, prescription refills, telehealth appointments, finding he...
Help me use technology to stay socially connected. Ask me about my social situation: Am I isolated? What connections do I want to maintain or build? W...
Help me think about technology and independence as I age. Ask me honestly: Am I avoiding technology that could help me stay independent? What would I ...
Help me understand what AI assistants like ChatGPT actually are and how I might use them. Ask me what I've heard about AI—scary? Confusing? Useful? Th...
Help me think about sharing what I've learned about technology with other seniors. Ask me what I've mastered that others struggle with, and who in my ...
Help me make peace with the technology gap between generations. Ask me about feelings of being left behind, the world changing too fast, or not recogn...
Act as my career coach and help me identify my strengths and weaknesses as a consultant. Ask me about my experience, skills, and goals. Provide action...
Help me figure out what to do next without all the feelings talk. I don't want to journal or process emotions—I just need to know what action to take....
Help me understand my overwhelm and decision fatigue. Ask me about what I'm facing: too many decisions, too many tasks, feeling paralyzed, everything ...
Help me triage when everything feels urgent. Ask me what's on my plate that's creating overwhelm. Guide me through: What's truly urgent? What's import...
Help me clear my mental overload through a brain dump. Ask me to list everything that's taking up mental space: tasks, decisions, worries, things I'm ...
Help me reduce my daily decision load. Ask me about decisions I make repeatedly that drain me: what to wear, what to eat, small work choices, scheduli...
Help me make progress on a big decision I'm paralyzed by. Ask me about the decision: what it is, what's at stake, why I'm stuck. Guide me to understan...
Help me reduce commitments to manage overwhelm. Ask me about what I've committed to and how I got here. Guide me to identify what I can decline, deleg...
Help me release perfectionism that's adding to my overwhelm. Ask me about where I'm overcomplicating, spending too much energy on diminishing returns,...
Help me address the emotional overwhelm underneath my task overwhelm. Ask me what I'm actually feeling: anxiety, grief, anger, fear. Guide me to see t...
Help me recover from chronic overwhelm. Ask me how long I've been overwhelmed and what it's cost me. Guide me to create recovery: real rest (not just ...
Help me build systems to prevent overwhelm from recurring. Ask me about patterns: what kinds of situations lead to overwhelm, what triggers the cycle....
Help me examine whether my overwhelm reflects deeper structural issues. Ask me about my life design: Is it aligned with my values? Am I trying to do t...
Help me get support for my overwhelm instead of trying to handle everything alone. Ask me about what support I have and what I'm not using. Guide me t...
Help me find self-compassion for being overwhelmed instead of criticizing myself. Ask me how I talk to myself about overwhelm: lazy, incompetent, can'...
Help me cut through overwhelm paralysis right now. Ask me about the most pressing situation I'm facing. Guide me to identify exactly ONE thing I can d...
I want to use AI to help me think through personal stuff but I don't know how to start. I feel weird talking to a computer about my life. Help me unde...
Help me learn how to ask better questions when using AI for self-reflection. I don't know what to ask or how to phrase things. Give me examples of goo...
Help me understand what's safe to share with AI and what isn't. I want to talk about personal things but I'm not sure about privacy. Ask me about my c...
Help me learn how to go deeper in AI conversations instead of just getting one answer and stopping. I tend to ask something, get a response, and not k...
Help me understand the difference between using AI for self-reflection and actual therapy. I don't have access to a therapist right now, or I'm not re...
I'm skeptical that talking to AI can actually help me understand myself. It's just a program, right? Help me examine my skepticism. Ask me what would ...
Help me get more comfortable talking about emotions with AI. I find it awkward to describe feelings to a computer. Ask me to describe something I'm fe...
Help me learn to push back when AI gives me answers that don't fit. I tend to just accept what AI says even when something feels off. Ask me about a t...
Help me understand how to give AI enough context to be actually helpful. I think my questions are too vague or I leave out important background. Ask m...
Help me create personal prompt templates for things I'll want to think through repeatedly. Ask me about recurring situations in my life—decisions, con...
Help me figure out how to make AI conversations a regular part of my self-reflection practice. Ask me about how I currently reflect (or don't). Then h...
Help me figure out how to approach difficult or sensitive topics with AI. There are things I want to think through but I'm not sure how to start—maybe...
Help me develop a system for tracking patterns and insights across multiple AI conversations. I've had useful conversations but the insights scatter a...
Help me get better at turning AI conversations into actual change. I have good conversations and useful insights but then nothing changes in my life. ...
Help me develop realistic expectations about what AI can and can't do for my personal growth. I want to use it well without over-relying on it or expe...
Help me recognize when I need human support rather than AI. There are times when talking to AI isn't enough, but I'm not always sure when I've crossed...
Help me understand when AI is not the right resource for what I'm dealing with. I want to know the boundaries clearly. If I'm in crisis, having though...
Help me develop more advanced techniques for using AI for self-reflection. I've been having basic conversations but I want to go deeper. Ask me about ...
Act as my productivity architect. Help me design a personalized system that actually works for my brain. First, ask me about my work style, current pa...
Help me explore my decision to leave academia. Ask me about my situation: Am I a PhD student, postdoc, adjunct, or tenured professor? What's driving t...
Help me process the identity loss of leaving academia. Ask me how intertwined my sense of self is with being an academic—do I introduce myself as 'I'm...
Help me translate my academic skills into industry-valued language. Ask me about my research, teaching, and service work. Guide me to reframe: 'I publ...
Help me address the shame I feel about leaving academia. Ask me: What messages did I absorb about people who leave? Do I feel like I'm 'failing' or 'g...
Act as my career transition coach specializing in academia-to-industry moves. Help me create a strategic plan for leaving academia. Ask me about: my f...
Help me navigate leaving academia from a precarious position—postdoc or adjunct. Ask me about my specific situation: contract timeline, visa considera...
Help me prepare for the culture shock of moving from academia to industry. Ask me what I know about my target work environment. Guide me through commo...
Help me transform my 15-page academic CV into a compelling 2-page industry resume. Ask me about my target role and industry, then guide me through the...
Help me build a professional network outside academia. Ask me who I currently know in industry (alumni, former colleagues who left, friends in other f...
Help me manage the specific imposter syndrome of an academic in industry. Ask me what thoughts are coming up: 'My skills don't transfer,' 'I'm startin...
Help me process the grief of leaving the tenure-track dream behind. Ask me about my journey: How long did I pursue this? How close did I get? What did...
Help me navigate my first 90 days in industry after leaving academia. Ask me about my new role and what feels disorienting. Guide me through common ad...
Help me identify how my research skills apply outside academia. Ask me about my methodology—quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods? What tools did I...
Help me leverage my teaching experience for industry opportunities. Ask me about my teaching: What did I teach? What formats (lectures, seminars, labs...
Help me reflect on my life after leaving academia now that I have some distance. Ask me: What's been harder than expected? What's been better? What do...
Help me build genuine confidence in specific skills I want to develop or improve. I struggle with feeling competent, and I want to systematically buil...
Help me design a tiny habit that's so small I can't say no. Ask me what behavior I want to build, then guide me to make it ridiculously small: 2 minut...
Help me identify a reliable trigger for my new habit. Ask me about my existing routines and daily anchors (after I brush my teeth, when I start coffee...
Guide me to design my environment to make my new habit easier. Ask me what friction currently exists—what makes the habit hard to do? Help me brainsto...
Help me set up a habit tracking system. Ask me how I want to track: paper calendar with X's, habit tracking app, jar of marbles, etc. Guide me to choo...
Help me add an immediate reward to my habit. Ask me what feels good right after completing the behavior: saying 'yes!' out loud, doing a fist pump, gi...
Guide me to build a new habit. Ask me about my desired outcome, current routine, and triggers, then help me design a step-by-step plan to make the hab...
Help me break a habit I want to stop. Ask me about the habit and when it typically happens. Guide me to identify: the cue that triggers it, the cravin...
Help me identify a keystone habit—one change that will cascade into other positive changes. Ask me about my goals and life areas. Guide me to find a h...
Guide me to stack multiple habits together into a routine. Ask me about my existing solid habits, then help me bundle new habits before, after, or dur...
Help me shift my identity to support my habit. Ask me what habit I'm building, then guide me to articulate the identity: not 'I want to run' but 'I am...
Help me leverage social support for my habit. Ask me who in my life could support this change. Guide me to consider: joining a group with the same hab...
Help me troubleshoot why my habit isn't sticking. Ask me about my efforts so far and where I'm struggling. Guide me to diagnose: Is the behavior too b...
Teach me to use temptation bundling to make habits more attractive. Ask me what habit I struggle to do and what I love doing. Guide me to pair them: o...
Help me advance a habit I've maintained for a while. Ask me about my current habit and whether I'm ready to scale up. Guide me to increase gradually: ...
Guide me to build a comprehensive morning, evening, or work routine that includes multiple habits. Ask me about my goals and ideal day structure. Help...
Help me recover after breaking my habit streak. Ask me what happened and how I'm feeling about it. Guide me to practice self-compassion—slips are norm...
Help me adapt my habits when life circumstances change (travel, new job, relationship change, move, etc.). Ask me what's changing and which habits are...
Help me assess whether my habit has become automatic. Ask me: Do I do it without thinking? Does it feel weird to skip it? Do I no longer need willpowe...
Guide me to build a habit with my family or household. Ask me what behavior we want to establish together (family dinners, game nights, gratitude prac...
Help me understand and validate my financial anxiety as a young adult. Ask me about what you're experiencing: What specifically worries you about mone...
Help me recognize how financial anxiety affects my thinking and behavior. Ask me about the patterns: Does money dominate your thoughts? Do you avoid l...
Help me stop comparing my financial situation to others. Ask me about the comparison: Who do you compare yourself to? What do you see on social media?...
Act as my financial anxiety coach. Help me address both the emotional and practical aspects of my money stress. Ask me about your situation: income, e...
Help me cope with debt-related anxiety, especially student loans. Ask me about your debt: How much? What types? How does it make you feel? Does it fee...
Help me cope with anxiety about housing affordability. Ask me about your situation: Renting and feeling trapped? Homeownership seems impossible? Livin...
Help me navigate complicated family financial dynamics. Ask me about your situation: Are you supporting family? Dependent on family? Judged for your f...
Help me address anxiety about my income and earning potential. Ask me about your situation: Do you feel underpaid? Stuck in your career? Afraid to neg...
Help me process the feeling that retirement is impossible or meaningless to plan for. Ask me about your relationship with the future: Does retirement ...
Help me align my spending with my actual values. Ask me about your spending patterns: Where does your money go? What do you regret spending on? What d...
Help me get more comfortable talking about money. Ask me about your relationship with money conversations: Do you feel shame about your financial situ...
Help me build a foundation of financial stability to reduce constant anxiety. Ask me about your safety net: Do you have any emergency savings? How clo...
Help me think strategically about my professional network as a system with network effects, not just a collection of individual relationships. Ask me ...
Act as my language learning accountability partner. Help me review my progress, identify where I fell short, and commit to realistic next steps. Ask m...
Help me set up a comprehensive tracking system to monitor my language learning progress quantitatively. Ask me: (1) which language I'm learning, (2) m...
Guide me in finding and leveraging community and social accountability for language learning. Ask me: (1) which language I'm learning, (2) my current ...
Help me process my decision to return to education as an adult. Ask me about my situation: How old am I? What education am I pursuing (GED, community ...
Help me work through shame about not having done this sooner. Ask me about the self-judgment: Do I feel embarrassed being older than classmates? Asham...
Help me navigate the identity shift of being a student again at my age. Ask me about identity confusion: Do I still feel like myself? How do I introdu...
Help me figure out how to fit education into my already full life. Ask me about my obligations: work schedule, family responsibilities, caregiving, fi...
Help me deal with technology requirements that feel overwhelming. Ask me about my tech struggles: learning management systems, online submissions, vid...
Help me navigate being the oldest person in my classes. Ask me about the discomfort: Do I feel out of place? Invisible? Like I'm being judged? Struggl...
Help me rebuild study skills that have gone rusty. Ask me about my challenges: note-taking, test preparation, reading retention, focusing for long per...
Help me deal with imposter syndrome about my ability to succeed academically. Ask me where doubt hits hardest: Do I feel too old to learn? Think I'm n...
Help me navigate family dynamics around returning to school. Ask me about their reactions: Are they supportive? Skeptical? Do they feel neglected? Res...
Help me think through the financial reality of returning to school. Ask me about my concerns: tuition costs, lost income from reduced work hours, stud...
Help me learn to approach professors and ask for help. Ask me about my barriers: Do I feel like I'm bothering them? Embarrassed to admit confusion? Un...
Help me deal with an academic setback without it derailing everything. Ask me what happened: failed exam, poor grade, struggling in a course, consider...
Help me reconnect with motivation when I'm questioning whether this is worth it. Ask me what's happening: Am I exhausted? Missing my old life? Wonderi...
Help me connect my education to concrete career advancement. Ask me about my goals: What do I want this education to make possible? A new career? Prom...
Help me prepare for completing this educational journey. Ask me about what's ahead: graduation nerves, job searching, identity after being a student, ...
Help me recognize and feel pride in what I've accomplished as an adult learner. Ask me to reflect on my journey: What did I overcome? What surprised m...
Help me design a progress tracking system that motivates rather than shames. Ask me about the goal I'm pursuing and my relationship with tracking (do ...
Help me process the experience of dropping out or failing academically. Ask me about my situation: What happened? Did you drop out, fail out, or leave...
Help me separate my intelligence from my academic record. Ask me about the conflation: Do you feel stupid because you failed? Believe that grades meas...
Help me develop a way to talk about my academic history. Ask me about the struggle: Do you dread 'where did you go to school?' Lie or evade? Feel sham...
Help me think about career paths without traditional degrees. Ask me about barriers: Jobs that require degrees you don't have? Feeling locked out? Don...
Help me think through whether to try education again. Ask me about my feelings: Want to go back but scared? Not sure if it's the right path or just ma...
Help me understand what actually happened without harsh self-judgment. Ask me about the circumstances: Mental health issues? Wrong fit? Life circumsta...
Help me handle family feelings about my educational path. Ask me about the dynamic: Are they disappointed? Stopped asking? Bring it up constantly? Com...
Help me recognize what I'm actually good at learning. Ask me about your learning: What do you pick up easily? What have you taught yourself? Where do ...
Help me cope with watching peers who finished school succeed on expected paths. Ask me about comparison: Do you feel behind? Watch people your age get...
Help me define success on my own terms, not academia's. Ask me: What would a successful life look like if credentials didn't matter? What do you want ...
Help me consider whether learning differences contributed to my academic struggle. Ask me about patterns: Did you struggle despite trying hard? Learn ...
Help me find closure about my academic history. Ask me what I still carry: regrets, shame, anger at yourself or the system, what you wish you'd done d...
Help me prepare for my first salary negotiation or raise request. I'm nervous about this conversation. Ask me about the role, my current compensation,...
Help me make a decision by checking alignment with my core values, not just pros and cons. Ask me about the decision and what feels hard about it. The...
Help me make a decision by consulting my body's wisdom, not just my analytical mind. Ask me about the decision I'm facing. Then guide me through somat...
Help me understand the unique challenges of being first in my family to work in a professional environment. Ask me about my situation: Are you the fir...
Help me examine the imposter syndrome I experience as a first-generation professional. Ask me about self-doubt: Do you feel like you don't belong? Wor...
Help me navigate the tension between my professional world and my family. Ask me about conflicts: Does your family understand your work? Feel pulled b...
Help me examine how I shift between worlds. Ask me about code-switching: Do you speak and act differently at work versus home? Feel exhausted by const...
Help me build the professional networks I didn't inherit. Ask me about gaps: Do you lack mentors who understand your path? Miss out on networking beca...
Help me decode the unwritten rules no one taught me. Ask me about what you don't know: What professional situations make you anxious because you don't...
Help me navigate financial pressures as a first-generation professional. Ask me about obligations: Are you supporting family members? Expected to shar...
Help me examine the guilt I feel about my success. Ask me about success guilt: Do you feel undeserving? Guilty that you have opportunities others in y...
Help me build a confident professional narrative. Ask me about your story: How do you talk about your background? Do you hide your first-generation st...
Help me pursue advancement without losing myself. Ask me about leadership: Do you want to advance but fear exposure at higher levels? Struggle with vi...
Help me find my people in professional spaces. Ask me about belonging: Do you know other first-generation professionals? Feel alone in your experience...
Help me envision thriving as a first-generation professional. Ask me about the future: Can you imagine fully belonging without abandoning your roots? ...
Help me process the challenges of caring for an aging parent from far away. Ask me about my situation: How far away do I live? What care does my paren...
Help me work through the guilt of not being there. Ask me about the guilt: Do you feel like you're abandoning your parent? Like local siblings are doi...
Help me coordinate care effectively from far away. Ask me about current arrangements: Who provides daily care? How do I communicate with doctors, faci...
Help me navigate sibling conflict around caregiving responsibilities. Ask me about the dynamics: Is there resentment from local siblings? Do you feel ...
Help me handle the intensity of visits. Ask me about your visits: How often do you go? Do visits feel like crisis management? Are you exhausted after?...
Help me stay meaningfully connected to my parent from far away. Ask me about communication: Does your parent struggle with technology? Are phone calls...
Help me prepare for emergencies when I'm far away. Ask me about my fears: What emergency scenarios keep you up at night? Do you have a plan if somethi...
Help me balance my career with long-distance caregiving. Ask me about the conflicts: Do you take work calls while managing care crises? Feel constantl...
Help me navigate working with professional caregivers from far away. Ask me about concerns: Do you trust the care your parent is receiving? Struggle t...
Help me think through the financial aspects of caregiving from afar. Ask me about money: Are you contributing financially since you can't contribute t...
Help me take care of myself while caregiving from far away. Ask me about my state: Are you constantly anxious? Checking your phone compulsively? Unabl...
Help me handle my parent's decline when I'm not there to see it daily. Ask me about what's changing: Is their health declining? Facing a move to assis...
Help me think about end-of-life care from far away. Ask me honestly: Is your parent's health declining significantly? Are you afraid of not being ther...
Help me process grief for my parent while they're still alive. Ask me about this strange grief: Are you mourning who they used to be? Grieving from a ...
Help me explore my decision to become a single parent by choice. Ask me about my motivations, timeline, concerns, and what 'by choice' means to me—is ...
Help me address my fears about becoming or being a single parent by choice. Ask me what I worry about most—financial stability, loneliness, overwhelmi...
Help me navigate telling family and friends about my decision to be a single parent by choice. Ask me who I need to tell, what reactions I anticipate,...
Help me build my village as a single parent by choice. Ask me about my current support—family nearby, friends with kids, community connections, profes...
Help me plan financially for single parenting. Ask me about my current situation—income, savings, childcare costs, insurance, backup plans. Guide me t...
Help me cope with the overwhelm of being the only parent. Ask me what's hardest—never getting a break, making every decision alone, the relentless res...
Help me address the loneliness of single parenting. Ask me about my adult connections—do you have friends who understand, time for relationships, roma...
Help me navigate dating as a single parent by choice. Ask me about my situation—when to tell dates, introducing children, finding time, screening for ...
Help me prepare for my child's questions about their conception and family structure. Ask me about my story—donor conception, adoption, other paths—an...
Help me handle judgment about single parenting by choice. Ask me what I've encountered—pity, criticism, assumptions about why I'm 'alone,' dismissal o...
Help me maintain some self-care when I'm the only adult in the house. Ask me about my current self-care—or lack of it. Guide me to find realistic prac...
Help me work through feeling like I'm not enough as a single parent. Ask me about inadequacy feelings—worrying my child is missing out, comparing to t...
Help me plan for emergencies when I'm the only parent. Ask me about my concerns—what happens if I get sick, need surgery, have an emergency, or die? G...
Help me process doubts about my choice to parent alone. Ask me what triggered this reflection—exhaustion, a hard day, comparison, a specific incident....
Help me design sustainable daily language learning habits that stick long-term. Ask me: (1) which language I'm learning, (2) my current level and goal...
Guide me in creating a language-immersion environment in my daily life without moving abroad. Ask me: (1) which language I'm learning, (2) my current ...
Help me integrate language learning into my morning routine for consistent daily practice. Ask me: (1) which language I'm learning, (2) my current mor...
Guide me in using micro-learning and dead time for opportunistic language practice throughout my day. Ask me: (1) which language I'm learning, (2) my ...
Help me understand how dopamine and my reward system work. Ask me about my current patterns—what activities pull me in compulsively? What feels imposs...
Guide me through assessing what's overstimulating my reward system. Ask me about: social media scrolling, gaming, porn, online shopping, binge-watchin...
Help me understand the dopamine reset concept realistically. Explain: complete 'dopamine detox' is neuroscience fiction, but reducing overstimulation ...
Guide me through building tolerance for boredom and low-stimulation states. Ask me how I currently handle boredom—immediate reach for phone, snacks, d...
Help me design a plan to recalibrate my dopamine baseline. Ask me which high-dopamine activities I want to reduce and for how long. Then create a spec...
Guide me through reconnecting effort with reward. Ask me about my current relationship with hard work—does it feel punishing? Do I only enjoy the fini...
Help me create technology boundaries that support dopamine health. Ask me about my tech habits—how many hours, what apps, when, and why. Then design b...
Guide me through designing a morning routine that protects my dopamine system. Ask me about my current mornings—do I reach for phone immediately? Scro...
Help me identify healthy, natural dopamine sources. Ask me what naturally feels good—exercise, sunlight, accomplishment, connection, music, nature, cr...
Help me address compulsive dopamine-seeking that may have become addictive. Ask me about patterns that feel out of control—unable to stop despite want...
Guide me through understanding dopamine's role in motivation and depression. Ask me about my experience—do you struggle to feel pleasure? Is everythin...
Help me think about dopamine management through an ADHD/neurodivergent lens. Ask me about my brain—do you have ADHD or suspect it? Then explore: Neuro...
Help me build a sustainable long-term relationship with dopamine and reward. Ask me about my progress—what's changed? What's still challenging? Then h...
Guide me through handling setbacks in dopamine management. Ask me what happened—did I fall back into old patterns? Binge on what I was avoiding? Then ...
Help me understand my executive dysfunction. Ask me about what's hard—starting tasks, switching between tasks, holding information, planning, organizi...
Guide me through the horror of starting tasks. Ask me about the paralysis—I know what needs to be done, I want to do it, but I can't make myself start...
Help me with time blindness. Ask me about my relationship with time—does it seem to disappear? Do I consistently underestimate how long things take? L...
Guide me through working memory struggles. Ask me about forgetting—do I walk into rooms forgetting why, lose track of conversations, forget tasks seco...
Help me with prioritization paralysis. Ask me about facing my task list—does everything seem equally urgent and impossible? Do I do the easy thing ins...
Help me with task-switching difficulty. Ask me about transitions—do I get stuck on one thing too long, or struggle to move to the next task even when ...
Help me design my environment for executive dysfunction. Ask me about my current space—does it work against me? Is there too much friction to start ta...
Help me build routines that stick. Ask me about my current daily structure—is there any? Do I reinvent each day from scratch? Guide me toward building...
Help me with shame about executive dysfunction. Ask me about failure—missed deadlines, forgotten commitments, the gap between intention and execution....
Help me think about work and executive dysfunction. Ask me about professional struggles—what's hard to hide? What accommodations might help? Should I ...
Help me with how executive dysfunction affects relationships. Ask me about friction with partners, family, friends—do they think I don't care when I f...
Help me think about treatment for executive dysfunction. Ask me what I've tried—is self-management enough? Do I know that medication and therapy can h...
Guide me through a quarterly review to assess progress and recalibrate. Ask me about my goals for this quarter and how the past 3 months have unfolded...
Help me process my business or startup failure. Ask me about what happened: What was the business? How long did it run? What caused the end? How are y...
Help me navigate identity after being a founder. Ask me about how the business defined you: Did you introduce yourself as the founder? Was it your who...
Help me process shame about my business failure. Ask me about where shame shows up: telling people what happened, seeing former investors, explaining ...
Help me navigate financial recovery after business failure. Ask me about the damage: personal debt, lost savings, investors' money, unpaid vendors, ta...
Help me think about relationships affected by my business failure. Ask me about the damage: co-founders, investors who trusted you, employees you had ...
Help me extract lessons from my business failure without drowning in self-blame. Ask me about what went wrong: What would you do differently? What was...
Help me navigate going back to employment after being a founder. Ask me about the transition: Does employment feel like defeat? Can you take direction...
Help me think about whether to start another business. Ask me about your readiness: What draws you back? Have you processed the last failure? Are you ...
Help me process comparison with peers whose businesses succeeded. Ask me about the comparison: friends who raised funding, former colleagues who exite...
Help me navigate failure that happened publicly. Ask me about the visibility: How public was the business? What did you post when things were good? Wh...
Help me find meaning after business failure. Ask me what the business meant to you: Was it about money? Impact? Proving something? Being your own boss...
Help me integrate this failure into who I'm becoming. Ask me where I am in processing: Can you hold this experience without being defined by it? What ...
Help me process being laid off or losing my job. Ask me about what happened, how recently it occurred, and how I'm feeling right now. Then guide me th...
Help me work on my identity and self-worth after losing my job. Ask me about how much my identity was tied to my work, what I'm struggling with beyond...
Help me manage the emotional toll of job searching. Ask me about how long I've been searching, what's been hardest, and how it's affecting my mood and...
Help me deal with financial anxiety during unemployment. Ask me about my financial situation, how much runway I have, and what specifically I'm most w...
Help me explore whether this job loss is an opportunity to change direction rather than just find another similar job. Ask me about my career so far, ...
Help me figure out how to tell people I've lost my job and build support during this time. Ask me about who I need to tell, what I'm most worried abou...
Help me cope with long-term unemployment that's gone on longer than expected. Ask me about how long I've been out of work, what's been hardest about t...
Help me design a 30-minute virtual brainstorming session for my team to generate product ideas. Include prompts, time-boxed exercises, and a voting me...
Help me recognize if I'm burning out as a founder. Ask me about warning signs: working constantly but feeling unproductive, losing passion for what I ...
Help me separate my worth from my company's performance. Ask me about the fusion: Do you feel worthless when the business struggles? Is your identity ...
Help me address the isolation of being a founder. Ask me about my loneliness: Can't share struggles with team, investors expect confidence, friends do...
Help me process fear of startup failure. Ask me about my fears: public humiliation, letting investors down, employees losing jobs, proving doubters ri...
Help me build a sustainable founder life instead of burning out. Ask me about my patterns: always working, guilt about rest, no off switch, relationsh...
Help me manage decision fatigue as a founder. Ask me about the overwhelm: decisions never stop, everything feels urgent, no one else can decide, cogni...
Help me work through imposter syndrome as a founder. Ask me about the doubt: waiting to be exposed, feeling like I'm faking it, comparing to 'real' fo...
Help me think about identity after exiting my company. Ask me about my situation: Is exit coming? Already happened? What's left of my identity? What d...
Help me navigate cofounder relationship challenges. Ask me about the tensions: disagreements on direction, equity resentment, different work styles, t...
Help me manage the chronic anxiety of founder life. Ask me about my anxiety: fundraising stress, runway panic, competitive fear, people depending on m...
Help me process why success feels empty. Ask me about the paradox: I achieved what I wanted, so why am I not happy? Did I expect arriving to feel diff...
Help me handle the emotional labor of leading a team. Ask me about the weight: holding everyone's anxiety, managing morale through crises, can't share...
Help me network despite social anxiety. Networking feels terrifying—walking into rooms of strangers, making small talk, 'selling myself.' But I know i...
Help me start understanding my emotions through my body. I'm not good at knowing what I feel, but I can notice physical sensations. Ask me to scan my ...
Help me explore where I hold tension in my body. I notice I'm always tight in certain places—shoulders, jaw, stomach, back. Ask me about my tension pa...
Help me recognize my stress response through physical signals before I'm overwhelmed. By the time I know I'm stressed, I'm already in trouble. Ask me ...
Help me identify what provides physical relief and emotional release. Sometimes I feel better after exercise, stretching, crying, laughing, shaking, o...
Help me use movement to express and process emotions. I'm more in my body than my head, and moving helps me more than talking. Ask me about movement t...
Help me build a personal map connecting body sensations to emotional states. Different emotions might show up in different places for me. Ask me to re...
Help me develop trust in my gut feelings and body intuition. Sometimes my body knows something before my mind—I have a 'bad feeling' or something 'jus...
Help me explore how my body might hold history and memory. The body keeps the score, they say—experiences that haven't been processed might live in ti...
Help me use breathing as a practical tool for emotional regulation. Breath affects my nervous system directly—I can shift my state by changing my brea...
Help me use my body as an anchor to the present moment when I'm spiraling mentally. I get lost in thoughts about past or future, but my body is always...
Help me use posture and physical position to shift my emotional state. How I hold my body affects how I feel—I can embody confidence or openness even ...
Help me connect my voice and speaking to emotional expression. There's something about using my voice—singing, humming, sighing, even screaming—that m...
Help me approach body-based trauma awareness carefully. My body might hold traumatic experiences, and I want to be aware without re-traumatizing mysel...
Help me explore how physical intimacy relates to emotional connection. Touch, closeness, and physical connection are languages my body speaks. Ask me ...
Help me build a sustainable daily practice of somatic awareness. I want to stay connected to my body as a source of emotional information, not just ch...
Help me translate my body wisdom into words when I need to communicate. I know things in my body that I struggle to express verbally. Ask me about sit...
Help me make sense of how my trade or industry is changing. Ask me what I do—construction, manufacturing, trucking, warehouse work, retail, food servi...
Help me explore how tied my identity is to my work. Ask me about my trade—how long I've done it, what I take pride in, what it means to me to be good ...
Help me see the transferable skills I've built through my trade work that I might not recognize. Ask me what my job actually involves day-to-day. Then...
Help me process the fear I feel about changes in my industry. Ask me what specifically scares me—job loss? Starting over? Learning new things at my ag...
Help me think about career evolution when I'm not 25 anymore. Ask me my age and how long I've been in my trade. Then help me see both challenges and a...
Help me approach learning new technology without feeling dumb. Ask me what technology feels intimidating—software, equipment, digital tools? Then help...
Help me explore what roles I could pivot to that would use my experience. Ask me about my specific trade and skills. Then brainstorm together: supervi...
Help me think through starting my own business based on my trade skills. Ask me what I'm considering—solo contractor, small crew, niche specialization...
Help me evaluate training or education I might need for career evolution. Ask me what I'm considering—trade certifications, community college, apprent...
Help me think about career evolution when I can't just take risks freely. Ask me about my situation—family depending on me? Mortgage? Kids' education?...
Help me maintain my sense of pride and dignity even as my industry changes. Ask me: do you feel disposable? Disrespected? Like your skills don't matte...
Help me think strategically about automation and technology affecting my trade. Ask me specifically what's being automated or might be. Then help me a...
Help me think about collective action and worker advocacy as part of career strategy. Ask me about my situation—am I in a union? What's the organizing...
Help me think about passing on what I've learned to newer workers. Ask me what knowledge I have that isn't written down anywhere—tricks of the trade, ...
Act as my trauma-informed coach. Help me set goals that honor my healing journey while building toward growth. First, ask me about my aspirations and ...
Help me transform vague goals into concrete implementation intentions. Research shows that 'if-then' planning dramatically increases follow-through. A...
Help me set meaningful, achievable language learning goals that align with my life and values. Ask me: (1) which language I'm learning (or want to lea...
Help me clarify and strengthen my 'why' for language learning to sustain motivation long-term. Ask me: (1) which language I'm learning (or considering...
Help me identify meaningful milestones to celebrate throughout my language learning journey. Ask me: (1) which language I'm learning and my current le...
Help me improve communication with my teenager and maintain our connection during their individuation process. Ask me about my teen's age, our current...
Help me find and use my voice. I stay silent in meetings, don't express opinions, avoid conflict, and let others speak for me. I want to speak up but ...
Help me navigate being a first-generation homeowner. Ask me about my situation: Are you the first in your family to own? Do you feel lost about mainte...
Help me build home maintenance knowledge from scratch. Ask me what feels most foreign: HVAC? Plumbing? Electrical? Yard work? Seasonal maintenance? Th...
Help me plan financially for homeownership without a family safety net. Ask me about your situation: Is there anyone to bail you out if the roof fails...
Help me get comfortable asking for help with home issues. Ask me about the blocks: Are you embarrassed to not know things? Afraid of being taken advan...
Help me navigate contractor relationships as a first-generation homeowner. Ask me about your concerns: Are you afraid of being ripped off? Not knowing...
Help me build neighborhood connections as a first-generation homeowner. Ask me about your neighborhood: Do you know your neighbors? Feel like you belo...
Help me process feeling like I don't belong as a homeowner. Ask me about the imposter feelings: Do you feel like you're playing house? Waiting to be f...
Help me navigate family expectations about my home. Ask me about the dynamics: Does family expect to stay? Treat it as communal? Give opinions you did...
Help me build systematic home knowledge over time. Ask me what you've learned so far and where gaps remain. Then help me create ongoing learning—under...
Help me think about the home knowledge I'm building to pass on. Ask me about what you wish you'd known and what you've learned. Then help me see—you'r...
Help me recognize my pattern of chronic overcommitment. Ask me about my life: How often are you double-booked? When did you last have a truly free day...
Help me understand why I keep overcommitting despite knowing better. Ask me about drivers: Is it fear of missing out? Need to feel valuable? Can't say...
Help me learn to say no without crushing guilt. Ask me about the difficulty: What happens inside when someone asks you for something? What do you fear...
Help me audit my current commitments honestly. Ask me to list everything on my plate: work responsibilities, personal obligations, things I've said ye...
Help me examine how my identity is tied to being productive. Ask me about self-worth: Do you feel valuable when you're busy? Guilty when you're not? S...
Help me set boundaries between work and personal time. Ask me about the blur: Do you check email at night? Take calls on vacation? Feel like work neve...
Help me manage others' expectations better. Ask me about fear of disappointing: Who are you most afraid to let down? What do you imagine will happen i...
Help me align my commitments with what actually matters to me. Ask me about my stated priorities versus my actual time allocation. Are you spending ti...
Help me learn to delegate and release control. Ask me about the resistance: Do you think no one can do it as well? Feel guilty asking for help? Need t...
Help me give myself permission to rest. Ask me about my relationship with rest: Do you feel guilty doing nothing? Treat rest as earned through exhaust...
Help me figure out how to get out of commitments I've already made. Ask me about what's on your plate that you regret committing to. Then help me deve...
Help me design a sustainable pace for my life. Ask me about what sustainable looks like: How many hours of work can you actually sustain? How much soc...
Help me address how overcommitment has affected my relationships. Ask me about the impact: Who have you neglected? What relationships are strained? Wh...
Help me create systems to prevent falling back into overcommitment. Ask me about my vulnerabilities: What triggers the yes reflex? When are you most l...
Help me calibrate my expectations to my child's actual developmental abilities, not my wishes or frustrations. Ask me my child's age and what behavior...
Help me acknowledge hustle culture's impact on me. Ask me about my relationship with work and productivity—do I feel worthless when not producing? Gui...
Guide me through internalized hustle culture beliefs. Ask me about the messages I've absorbed—grind never stops, sleep when you're dead, you can rest ...
Help me with guilt about resting. Ask me what happens when I try to do nothing—anxiety, guilt, the urge to be productive? Guide me toward understandin...
Guide me through untangling worth from productivity. Ask me who I am when I'm not achieving—if I couldn't work, would I still have value? Help me find...
Help me set boundaries with work. Ask me about my current limits—or lack thereof. When does work end? Do I have time that's truly mine? Guide me towar...
Help me with comparing my output to others. Ask me about the envy, the 'should be further along,' the people who seem to do more and succeed more. Gui...
Help me with what hustle culture has done to my body. Ask me about physical symptoms—exhaustion, illness, stress symptoms, ignored signals. When did I...
Help me with relationships I've neglected for work. Ask me about what I've missed—partners, friends, family I was too busy for. Guide me toward repair...
Help me find meaning beyond work achievement. Ask me what gives me purpose if not accomplishment—creativity, connection, experience, presence? Guide m...
Help me redefine what success means to me. Ask me about my current success metrics—are they mine or inherited? What would success look like if it incl...
Help me maintain recovery in hustle culture environments. Ask me about my workplace—does it expect overwork? How do I protect my values in a culture t...
Help me design a sustainable approach to work. Ask me what healthy productivity looks like for me—not lazy, but not obsessive. Guide me toward a pace ...
Help me acknowledge that adulting is hard without feeling like a failure. Ask me about your struggles: What aspects of independent adult life feel ove...
Help me identify which adulting skills I need to develop. Ask me about gaps: What practical life skills do you lack—cooking, cleaning, budgeting, laun...
Help me establish basic financial adulting. Ask me about your current situation: Do you have a budget? Track spending? Understand your income and expe...
Help me navigate living alone or independently for the first time. Ask me about the challenges: What's hardest—loneliness, household tasks, feeding yo...
Help me manage my own health as an adult. Ask me about your health adulting: Do you have a doctor? Make your own appointments? Know your insurance? Ke...
Help me reduce adulting overwhelm through simple systems. Ask me what creates the most chaos: bills getting lost, forgetting appointments, running out...
Help me get over the shame of asking for adulting help. Ask me: Do you pretend to know things you don't? Struggle alone rather than ask? Feel you shou...
Help me establish boundaries in adult life. Ask me about your boundary challenges: Do you overwork? Say yes to everything? Struggle to separate work f...
Help me maintain social connections while adulting. Ask me about social challenges: Is making plans hard? Have friendships faded since school? Do you ...
Help me manage expectations about adult milestones. Ask me: Do you feel behind because you haven't hit certain markers—career success, home ownership,...
Help me embrace the uncertainty of figuring out adulthood. Ask me about your uncertainty: Do you feel like you should know what you're doing by now? L...
Help me navigate my relationship with parents as I become an adult. Ask me about the dynamics: Are boundaries clear? Do they still treat you like a ch...
Act as a negotiation coach. Help me prepare to negotiate a raise. Guide me to formulate my opening ask, anticipate the manager's counterarguments, and...
Help me understand my procrastination patterns. Ask me about what I typically avoid, when procrastination is worst, and what I do instead. Guide me to...
Help me work with procrastination driven by fear of failure or perfectionism. Ask me about what I'm avoiding and what I fear will happen if I try. Gui...
Help me break through overwhelm that causes procrastination. Ask me about the task that feels too big. Guide me to break it into absurdly small steps—...
Help me work with aversion to tasks I find boring, unpleasant, or tedious. Ask me about what makes these tasks so aversive. Guide me to develop tolera...
Help me process the emotions that drive my procrastination. Ask me what I feel when I face the avoided task: anxiety, inadequacy, resentment, fear. Gu...
Help me work with procrastination that might be related to ADHD or executive function differences. Ask me about my patterns: last-minute motivation, d...
Help me break the cycle of shame and procrastination. Ask me about the cycle: procrastinate, feel guilty, avoid more to escape guilt, more shame, repe...
Help me examine why procrastination has become a chronic pattern. Ask me about my history with procrastination and what it's cost me. Guide me to unde...
Help me connect the things I procrastinate on to my deeper values and meaning. Ask me about a task I'm avoiding and why it matters—or whether it does....
Help me design my environment to reduce procrastination. Ask me about my typical distractions and what enables avoidance. Guide me to create systems: ...
Help me find accountability to overcome procrastination. Ask me about what accountability structures might work: body doubling, accountability partner...
Help me take action on something critical I've been avoiding. Ask me about the stakes: deadline, consequences, why it matters. Guide me past the paral...
Help me maintain momentum after making progress on procrastination. Ask me about what helped me break through and what I'm worried about going back to...
Help me evaluate whether my procrastination needs professional attention. Ask me about severity: major life consequences, depression, anxiety, possibl...
Help me understand 'eldest daughter syndrome' and why I'm so burned out. Ask me about my role in my family: Was I the responsible one? The caretaker? ...
Help me see the invisible labor I do as an eldest daughter. Ask me about what I handle that no one notices: emotional labor, remembering everyone's ne...
Help me set boundaries with family despite the crushing guilt. Ask me where I'm overextending: taking on siblings' problems, managing parents, being t...
Help me process resentment toward siblings who had it easier. Ask me about the inequality: Did they have fewer responsibilities? More freedom? Less pr...
Help me navigate my parents' expectations that I carry the family. Ask me what's expected: Are you the primary caregiver now? The family mediator? The...
Help me develop an identity beyond being the family caretaker. Ask me: Who am I when I'm not taking care of everyone? What do I want, not what does ev...
Help me process anger about being given too much responsibility too young. Ask me about the anger I may have suppressed: anger at parents for burdenin...
Help me rediscover my own needs after a lifetime of focusing on others. Ask me about my relationship with my own needs: Do I know what I want? Feel se...
Help me give myself permission to rest without productivity or justification. Ask me about my relationship with rest: Do I feel guilty when not doing ...
Help me see how eldest daughter patterns show up beyond family. Ask me about my tendencies in friendships, work, and romantic relationships: Am I alwa...
Help me learn to receive instead of always giving. Ask me about my relationship with receiving: Do I deflect help? Feel uncomfortable being cared for?...
Help me work toward fairer distribution of family responsibility. Ask me about the current imbalance: What do I carry vs siblings? Is it acknowledged?...
Help me heal from eldest daughter syndrome while keeping the strengths. Ask me what this pattern has cost me and what it's given me: responsibility, r...
Help me break the eldest daughter cycle if I have or plan to have daughters. Ask me about my awareness: Do I see myself putting eldest daughter expect...
Guide me through course-correcting when my original plan isn't working. Ask me about my goal, what I've tried, and where I'm stuck or off-track. Then ...
Help me acknowledge what it's like to navigate major life decisions without a support system. Ask me about my situation: estranged from family? Parent...
Help me grieve the support I should have had. Ask me what I see others getting that I never had: parents who explained how things work, family money f...
Help me recognize how much strength it took to get where I am without support. Ask me about what I've navigated alone: college applications? First job...
Help me learn to build support even without family backing. Ask me: do I struggle to ask for help? Do I assume I have to do everything alone? Then hel...
Help me navigate a major decision without someone to consult. Ask me what I'm facing: career change? Relationship decision? Medical choice? Financial ...
Help me handle mistakes when there's no safety net. Ask me about a mistake I made that had bigger consequences because I had no backup—no one to bail ...
Help me identify professional resources that can substitute for family support I don't have. Ask me what I need help with: financial planning? Career ...
Help me navigate milestones without family to witness or celebrate them. Ask me about achievements that felt hollow because no one was there: graduati...
Help me find mentors since none were provided by family. Ask me what areas I most need guidance in: career? Life skills? Industry knowledge? Personal ...
Help me learn to advocate for myself in systems that assume I have backup. Ask me about situations where I've struggled: medical care? Financial servi...
Help me prepare for emergencies when I'm my own safety net. Ask me what happens when things go wrong: who do I call? What resources do I have? What's ...
Help me think about sharing what I've learned with others in similar situations. Ask me what wisdom I've gained from figuring things out alone—practic...
Help me build chosen family since biological family isn't available. Ask me about my current connections and what's missing: parental figures? Sibling...
Help me find peace with being largely self-reliant. Ask me: do I still grieve the support I didn't have? Have I closed off to receiving help? Am I exh...
Help me make a high-stakes decision under pressure when I don't have time for lengthy deliberation. Ask me about the decision, the timeline, and what'...
Help me figure out why I struggle to get useful answers from AI. Ask me about my frustrations: Do you get vague responses? Feel like the AI misunderst...
Help me learn to ask AI more specific questions. Ask me about a goal I have right now—something I want help with. Then show me the difference between ...
Help me understand why AI needs context from me. Ask me about a situation where AI gave unhelpful advice. Then help me see what was missing: Did AI kn...
Help me understand that I can have a conversation with AI, not just one question. Ask me if I typically ask one question and give up, or if I follow u...
Help me learn to show AI what I want instead of just telling. Ask me about something I need help creating—an email, a plan, a response. Then guide me ...
Help me learn to break big requests into smaller pieces. Ask me about something complex I want AI help with. Then show me how overwhelming requests ge...
Help me learn to tell AI what role or perspective to take. Ask me about a topic I want help with. Then show me how 'explain like I'm a beginner' diffe...
Help me learn to ask for specific formats that work for me. Ask me how I process information best: Do you prefer lists? Step-by-step? Short answers? D...
Help me understand what AI is actually good at and where it falls short. Ask me about how I've been using AI. Then help me see: AI is good at brainsto...
Help me build confidence to direct and correct AI. Ask me if I tend to accept whatever AI says or if I push back. Then help me see—AI works for me, no...
Help me think about how AI fits into my workflow without replacing my thinking. Ask me about when I use AI: For what tasks? At what stage? Then help m...
Help me create reusable prompts for things I ask about regularly. Ask me about tasks I do repeatedly with AI. Then guide me through building templates...
Help me use self-awareness to achieve my goals more effectively. Ask me about a goal I'm working toward and any patterns I've noticed in past attempts...
Help me create a morning routine that works with my ADHD brain, not against it. Ask me what my mornings currently look like—where do I get stuck, dist...
Help me get started on a task I'm stuck on. Ask me what the task is and what's blocking me—is it boring, overwhelming, unclear, or something else? The...
Help me understand and manage my time blindness. Ask me about my relationship with time—do I underestimate how long things take? Lose track of time wh...
Help me design a productivity system that works with my ADHD brain. Ask me what systems I've tried and why they failed—usually too rigid, too boring, ...
Help me cut through ADHD overwhelm right now. Ask me to brain dump everything I feel I 'should' be doing—all the tasks, obligations, and guilt. Then g...
Help me design an environment that supports my ADHD focus. Ask me about my current space—what distracts me, what I see when I sit down to work, what's...
Help me harness deadline-based motivation without destroying myself. Ask me about my relationship with deadlines—do I only work under pressure? Do I c...
Help me manage email and messages with ADHD. Ask me about my current system (or lack thereof)—how many unread emails, how often I check, what I dread ...
Help me manage money with ADHD. Ask me about my financial pain points—late bills, impulsive spending, lost subscriptions, overdrafts, avoidance of pap...
Help me rest in ADHD-friendly ways. Ask me how I currently 'rest'—do I end up on my phone for hours, feel guilty about downtime, or struggle to actual...
Help me think through ADHD medication management. Ask me about my current situation—am I considering medication, already taking it, or adjusting? Guid...
Help me navigate ADHD's impact on my relationships. Ask me how ADHD affects my connections—do I forget commitments, interrupt, get distracted while li...
Help me think about career through an ADHD lens. Ask me about my work history—what worked, what was torture, where I thrived, where I struggled? Then ...
Help me work through internalized ADHD shame. Ask me about the messages I've received about my ADHD traits—lazy, careless, too much, too little. How h...
Help me audit where my energy goes and optimize for sustainability, not just productivity. Ask me how I'm feeling—energized, depleted, or somewhere in...
Help me build financial confidence and self-efficacy. I feel incompetent with money—I avoid dealing with finances, feel overwhelmed, and don't trust m...
Help me develop social skills as an adult. I struggle with knowing what to say, reading social cues, maintaining conversations, and navigating group d...
Help me lead a group through collaborative problem-solving that leverages collective intelligence instead of devolving into arguments or groupthink. A...
Act as my motivational interviewing coach. Help me explore my mixed feelings about change, honor both sides of my ambivalence, and find my own intrins...
Help me assess my burnout level as a parent of a special needs child. Ask me about warning signs: exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix, short temper with...
Help me process the grief that comes with special needs parenting. Ask me about what I'm mourning: the child I imagined, typical milestones, easy outi...
Help me reconnect with who I am beyond being a caregiver. Ask me: Who was I before? What did I enjoy? What parts of me have disappeared into caregivin...
Act as my special needs parenting support coach. Ask me about my child's needs and my biggest current challenges—burnout, isolation, marriage strain, ...
Help me address the strain caregiving puts on my relationship. Ask me about the challenges: different parenting approaches, unequal caregiving load, n...
Help me think about how my other children are affected. Ask me about my concerns: Are they getting enough attention? Do they feel responsible for thei...
Help me navigate the special education system more effectively. Ask me about current challenges: IEP meetings, getting appropriate services, communica...
Help me address the isolation of special needs parenting. Ask me about my situation: Have I lost friends? Do people not understand? Is it hard to part...
Help me address the financial stress of special needs parenting. Ask me about specific pressures: therapy costs, lost income from caregiving, medical ...
Help me overcome guilt about taking breaks from caregiving. Ask me about my resistance: Do I feel no one can care for my child like I can? Do I feel g...
Help me manage advocacy fatigue without abandoning my child's needs. Ask me about my exhaustion: constant fighting for services, educating every new p...
Help me think about my child's future when it feels overwhelming. Ask me about my fears: What happens when I can't care for them? Will they ever be in...
Help me reconnect with the joy in special needs parenting. Ask me about what's beautiful: unexpected progress, deep connection, perspective gained, wh...
Help me navigate special needs parenting as a single parent. Ask me about my unique challenges: no partner to share load, financial pressure, exhausti...
Help me practice self-compassion as a special needs parent. Ask me about the guilt and shame I carry: not doing enough therapy, losing patience, wishi...
Help me process a recent or new diagnosis for my child. Ask me about where I am emotionally: shock, denial, grief, relief at having answers, overwhelm...
Help me understand why I get stuck in decision paralysis. Ask me about a current decision I'm struggling with and how long I've been stuck. What happe...
Help me move from perfectionist decision-making to 'good enough.' Ask me about my decision-making style: Do I need to find the best option or can I ac...
Help me calibrate the actual stakes of my decisions. Ask me about a decision I'm overthinking and what I believe is at stake. Then guide me to reality...
Help me know when I have enough information to decide. Ask me about my research habits: How many reviews do I read? How many opinions do I seek? When ...
Help me embrace experimentation instead of perfect decisions. Ask me about my assumption that decisions are permanent. How many of my past decisions w...
Help me use my values as a decision-making filter. Ask me about my core values (what I most care about: freedom, security, growth, relationships, impa...
Help me process my fear of making wrong decisions. Ask me what I'm really afraid of: looking stupid, wasting time/money, being judged, regret, proving...
Help me reduce my decision load by delegating appropriately. Ask me which decisions drain me most and which I could delegate to someone else or to rul...
Help me trust my intuition in decision-making. Ask me about my relationship with gut feelings: Do I dismiss them for logic? Do I even notice them? Whe...
Help me make peace with opportunity cost—the paths not taken. Ask me what I fear missing out on by committing to one choice. Then guide me through acc...
Help me use the regret minimization framework. Ask me to imagine myself at 80 looking back on this decision. Which choice would I regret not taking? W...
Help me use time constraints to break paralysis. Ask me about a decision I've been sitting on too long. What's the cost of continued delay? Then guide...
Help me simplify a complex multi-factor decision. Ask me about all the variables I'm weighing and how I'm trying to balance them. Then guide me to sim...
Help me see decisions as identity experiments rather than permanent commitments. Ask me how I think about the relationship between my choices and who ...
Help me get input on decisions without outsourcing them. Ask me about my pattern: Do I seek too many opinions? Do I let others decide for me? Do I avo...
Help me take action after deciding and resist second-guessing. Ask me what happens after I finally decide—do I immediately doubt, research more, seek ...
Help me create my personal decision-making framework. Ask me about decisions I've made well versus poorly—what was different? Then guide me to extract...
Help me explore whether my decision paralysis has deeper roots. Ask me about my history: Has this always been an issue? What's my relationship with un...
Help me reprioritize my goals after an unexpected crisis (job loss, health emergency, family crisis, financial shock). Ask me what happened and what's...
Help me explore my anxieties about raising an only child. Ask me about my worries: Will they be lonely? Socially underdeveloped? Spoiled? Too much pre...
Help me process the pressure of having all parenting eggs in one basket. Ask me about the intensity: Does it feel like more pressure when there's only...
Help me support my only child's social development without siblings. Ask me about current connections: Do they have friends? Are they comfortable with...
Help me figure out how to avoid spoiling my only child. Ask me about my patterns: Do I give them everything? Is saying no harder without siblings to r...
Help me balance giving attention without overwhelming my only child. Ask me about the dynamic: Do they get too much focus? Are you over-involved? Do t...
Help me process my feelings about having an only child—whether by choice or circumstance. Ask me about my situation: Was this planned? A result of inf...
Help me cope with judgment and unsolicited opinions about having an only child. Ask me about what you face: 'When's number two?' 'They need a sibling!...
Help me process guilt when my only child wishes for siblings. Ask me about what they've said and how it affects you: Do you feel like you've failed th...
Help me face concerns about my only child being sole caregiver when I'm old. Ask me about your fears: They'll have no sibling support, they'll be alon...
Help me see the benefits of raising an only child. Ask me about what's working: closer relationship, more resources, less chaos, deeper conversations....
Help me build a village for my only child. Ask me about your current network: extended family, chosen family, close family friends, neighbors, communi...
Help me foster independence in my only child without the natural push-pull of siblings. Ask me about your child's independence: Are they self-sufficie...
Help me develop a positive discipline approach that teaches my child rather than just punishing them. Ask me about my child's age and a specific chall...
I'm stuck overthinking and I need to just do something. Help me get unstuck. Ask me what I'm overthinking about. Then help me cut through: What's the ...
Help me recognize when I'm overthinking versus when I'm doing useful analysis. Ask me about my thought patterns: Do I research indefinitely before dec...
Help me accept that good enough is good enough. I get stuck because I want the best option, the perfect answer, complete certainty. Ask me about a dec...
Help me use time constraints to break overthinking. I have unlimited time to think, so I use it. Ask me about something I've been deliberating on too ...
Help me assess whether my overthinking matches the actual stakes. I treat every decision like it's permanent and life-altering. Ask me about what I'm ...
Help me shift from analyzing to experimenting. Sometimes I need to learn through doing, not thinking. Ask me about something I'm stuck on that could b...
Help me reality-test the worst case scenarios driving my overthinking. I often imagine terrible outcomes without examining whether they're realistic. ...
Help me recognize when I have enough information to decide. I keep researching, seeking more opinions, more data, more certainty. Ask me about a decis...
Help me release sunk cost thinking that keeps me stuck. Sometimes I overthink because I've already invested so much—time, money, effort—and I don't wa...
Help me stop seeking others' opinions as an avoidance strategy. I keep asking people what they think instead of deciding for myself. Ask me about a de...
Help me address the fear of regret that drives my overthinking. I'm trying to prevent future regret by making the perfect choice now. Ask me about wha...
Help me use my values to cut through overthinking. When I can't analyze my way to an answer, values can be a compass. Ask me about a decision I'm stuc...
Help me stop ruminating on decisions I've already made. I keep replaying them, questioning whether I chose right, imagining alternatives. Ask me about...
Help me examine my identity as an overthinker. Part of me is proud of being thorough, analytical, careful. But it's also keeping me stuck. Ask me: Wha...
Help me explore the deeper roots of my chronic overthinking. This isn't just about decisions—it's a way I've learned to be in the world. Ask me: When ...
Help me build an action bias to replace my analysis bias. I want acting to become my default, not thinking indefinitely. Ask me about my current patte...
Help me understand what boundaries actually are since I've never really had them. Ask me what I think boundaries means—some people think it's about co...
Help me explore why I never learned to set boundaries. Ask me about my upbringing: were you taught to accommodate? Was saying no punished? Were your n...
Help me learn to recognize when a boundary is needed. Ask me about signals I might be missing: resentment building, dreading interactions, physical te...
Help me understand different types of boundaries. Ask me where I struggle most: time? Physical space? Emotional energy? Information sharing? Financial...
Help me work through guilt about setting boundaries. Ask me: do you fear being seen as selfish? Mean? Uncaring? Not nice? Then help me understand that...
Help me start with small, low-stakes boundaries to build my muscle. Ask me about low-risk situations where I could practice: declining an unimportant ...
Help me learn actual words and scripts for setting boundaries. Ask me about a specific boundary I need to set. Then help me craft language: 'I'm not a...
Help me handle pushback when people resist my boundaries. Ask me what happens when you try to set a boundary: guilt trips? Anger? Bargaining? Ignoring...
Help me practice saying no without excessive apologizing or explaining. Ask me: do you over-explain your nos? Apologize too much? Give reasons that in...
Help me identify which relationships most need boundaries. Ask me to map the people in my life who drain me, where I feel resentful, where I say yes w...
Help me understand consequences for boundary violations. Ask me: what happens when your boundaries are ignored? Do you enforce them or let it go? Then...
Help me set boundaries with myself, not just others. Ask me where I need self-boundaries: overworking, doom-scrolling, overcommitting, self-criticism,...
Help me understand that boundaries can evolve. Ask me: do you think boundaries have to be fixed forever? That changing them means they weren't real? T...
Help me see how boundaries improve relationships. Ask me what I fear—that boundaries will push people away, end relationships, make me alone. Then hel...
Help me navigate group conversations. I'm okay one-on-one but freeze in groups—I don't know when to speak, how to join ongoing conversations, or how t...
Help me create a meaningful celebration ritual for completing a goal. Ask me what I accomplished and why it matters to me. Many of us immediately move...
Help me prepare for a public speaking event. Ask me about my topic, audience, and concerns, then guide me through structuring my talk, practicing deli...
Guide me through a coaching process. Ask me questions to understand my current situation, goals, and challenges. Use my responses to offer advice, exe...
Help me navigate a forced career change with an urgent timeline (layoff, company closure, role elimination, relocation). Ask me about my situation, fi...
Help me develop the skill of 'good enough'—completing things to a reasonable standard without over-perfecting, obsessing, or spinning in endless revis...
Help me understand why I get stuck making decisions. Ask me about my patterns: Do I research endlessly? Fear making the 'wrong' choice? Wait for certa...
Help me reduce the fear of making wrong choices. Ask me about my fear: What's the worst that happens if I choose 'wrong'? How bad would that really be...
Help me know when I have enough information to decide. Ask me about my current decision: What information am I seeking? What would finally be 'enough'...
Help me use a structured approach to make a specific decision. Ask me about the decision I'm facing. Then guide me through a framework: (1) What are m...
Help me make decisions aligned with my values. Ask me about my core values: What matters most to me? Freedom? Security? Adventure? Connection? Then ap...
Help me distinguish between reversible and irreversible decisions. Ask me about decisions I'm stuck on. Then categorize: Most decisions are reversible...
Help me address the fear of missing out that paralyzes my decisions. Ask me about my FOMO: What am I afraid of missing? Can I have everything? What do...
Help me trust my intuition in decision-making. Ask me about my relationship with gut feelings: Do I ignore them? Override them with logic? Not have th...
Help me make small decisions faster. Ask me about where I get stuck on little things: what to eat, what to wear, which route to take. Then explore bui...
Help me take action on a decision I've been stuck on. Ask me what decision has been paralyzing me. Then help me choose—not perfectly, but actually. We...
Help me reduce regret about past decisions and move forward. Ask me about decisions I regret: What choice haunts me? What do I wish I'd done different...
Help me lower my decision standards to 'good enough.' Ask me about my standards: Am I looking for the perfect option? Afraid of suboptimal outcomes? B...
Help me reduce my decision load by delegating or outsourcing. Ask me about my decision burden: How many decisions drain me daily? Which ones don't req...
Help me design my life to reduce daily decision burden. Ask me about where decision fatigue hits: mornings, meals, work, relationships. Then explore s...
Help me honestly assess my level of burnout in ministry. Ask me about warning signs: Are you exhausted but can't stop? Feel cynical about the people y...
Help me examine the loneliness of ministry leadership. Ask me about isolation: Can you be honest with anyone in your congregation? Do you have peers w...
Help me examine my relationship with boundaries in ministry. Ask me about limits: Are you available 24/7? Feel guilty saying no to needs? Believe self...
Help me process what it's like living under constant scrutiny. Ask me about the fishbowl: Do you feel watched all the time? Worry about how your famil...
Help me hold the terrifying position of doubting while still leading. Ask me about the crisis: Are you questioning beliefs you're expected to preach? ...
Help me examine how my identity has fused with my ministry role. Ask me about identity: Do you know who you are apart from being a pastor/priest/minis...
Help me acknowledge the emotional labor ministry demands. Ask me about emotional weight: How many people's pain do you carry? When did you last feel y...
Help me honestly examine how ministry affects my family. Ask me about the impact: Is your spouse also in the fishbowl? Do your children feel like PKs ...
Help me examine the role overload I'm experiencing. Ask me about your tasks: Are you preaching, counseling, administrating, fundraising, and more? Do ...
Help me think through whether to leave ministry. Ask me about this discernment: Is this a season of difficulty or a calling to change? What would stay...
Help me think about restoration without leaving ministry. Ask me about renewal: Is sabbatical possible? Have you asked for what you need? Can structur...
Help me identify what support exists for me as a burned-out ministry leader. Ask me about resources: Do you have a spiritual director or therapist who...
Help me process what it's like to parent while dealing with chronic illness or disability. Ask me about my situation: What's my condition? How does it...
Help me work through guilt about what my illness prevents me from doing as a parent. Ask me about my guilt: missing events, not being physically activ...
Help me figure out how to parent effectively with limited energy and spoons. Ask me about my patterns: When do I have the most energy? What depletes m...
Help me figure out how to explain my chronic illness to my children. Ask me about their ages and what they've noticed: the hospital visits, the bad da...
Help me develop strategies for parenting during flares or high-symptom days. Ask me about what bad days look like: What symptoms are worse? Can you st...
Help me work on my relationship with my co-parent around my illness. Ask me about the dynamic: Do they understand? Are they resentful of extra duties?...
Help me navigate single parenting while chronically ill—perhaps the hardest combination. Ask me about my situation: What support do you have? Who take...
Help me get better at accepting help with parenting. Ask me about my barriers: pride, not wanting to burden others, feeling like a failure, trust issu...
Help me find ways to connect with my children that work within my limitations. Ask me about what I can't do: active play, outings, being on the floor,...
Help me think about what my children are learning by watching me manage chronic illness. Ask me about my concerns: Are they learning fear? Becoming pa...
Help me face the uncertainty of parenting with a progressive or unpredictable illness. Ask me about my fears: Will I be there for milestones? What if ...
Help me hold onto identity beyond 'sick parent.' Ask me about how illness has affected my sense of self: Am I just my diagnosis now? Have I lost who I...
Help me find community with other chronically ill parents. Ask me what I need: validation, practical tips, friendship, not feeling alone? Then guide m...
Help me accept that 'good enough' parenting is okay—maybe even great—given my circumstances. Ask me about my internal standards: What would a 'good' c...
Help me reframe rejection from 'proof I'm not enough' to 'redirection toward something better.' I take rejection personally and let it confirm my wors...
Help me acknowledge that I'm stuck in decision paralysis. Ask me what decision I can't make and how long I've been stuck on it. Then let me express th...
Help me identify what fear is underneath my decision paralysis. Ask me: what's the worst that could happen if you choose wrong? What are you really af...
Help me challenge the myth that there's one 'right' choice I have to find. Ask me: do you believe there's a perfect option and you just have to find i...
Help me recognize when I'm using 'needing more information' as a stall tactic. Ask me: how much have you researched this decision? What more do you th...
Help me use my values to cut through decision confusion. Ask me what values are relevant to this decision: security vs. adventure? Growth vs. comfort?...
Help me reality-check the stakes of this decision. Ask me: what's actually at risk? Is this decision reversible? What's the recovery time if you choos...
Help me use deadlines to break through paralysis. Ask me: is there a natural deadline? What would happen if you just decided by a specific date? Then ...
Help me practice making decisions on low-stakes choices. Ask me about small decisions I also avoid: what to eat, what to watch, what to wear, small pu...
Help me access body wisdom when my mind is stuck in analysis. Ask me: when you imagine choosing option A, what does your body feel? What about option ...
Help me accept that some regret is inevitable with any choice. Ask me: do you think choosing right means no regret? Then help me understand that every...
Help me shift from finding the right choice to making my choice right. Ask me: once you decide, what would you do to make it work? Then help me see th...
Help me consider when to delegate decisions or let others choose. Ask me: does this decision have to be yours? Could someone else make it? Could you f...
Help me explore the deeper pattern behind my recurring decision paralysis. Ask me: is this a pattern? What decisions do you get stuck on? What do they...
Help me make a decision right now. Ask me what the decision is and what I'm torn between. Then guide me through choosing: based on values, body wisdom...
Help me improve communication with my teenager. Ask me about our current dynamic: When do conversations shut down? What topics are off-limits? Do they...
Help me navigate letting go of control with my teen. Ask me about where I'm holding on too tight: decisions I make that should be theirs, battles I'm ...
Help me cope with watching my teenager struggle. Ask me about what they're facing: social problems, academic struggles, mental health issues, bad deci...
Act as my teen parenting coach. Ask me about my biggest challenges: communication breakdown, social media fears, mental health concerns, conflict, wat...
Help me work through my fears about my teen's social media use. Ask me about my specific concerns: what they're exposed to, how much time they spend, ...
Help me navigate concerns about my teenager's mental health. Ask me what I'm noticing: mood changes, withdrawal, anxiety, self-harm signs, substance u...
Help me handle conflict with my teenager more effectively. Ask me about our fight patterns: What do we fight about? How do conflicts escalate? Who win...
Help me set better boundaries and consequences with my teenager. Ask me about what's not working: boundaries that are too rigid or too loose, conseque...
Help me adjust my identity as my teen needs me less. Ask me about the shift: Do I feel useless? Lonely? Uncertain of my role? Then explore what my new...
Help me navigate when my teen's values seem different from mine. Ask me about the gaps: political views, lifestyle choices, beliefs, friends I don't a...
Help me work through worries about my teen's friends. Ask me about my concerns: friends with values I don't like, bad influences, exclusion, unhealthy...
Help me handle academic issues with my teenager. Ask me about my concerns: grades dropping, not trying, different priorities than mine, college pressu...
Help me cope with my teenager dating. Ask me about my feelings: protectiveness, fear, loss, worries about their choices. Then guide me through: What's...
Help me repair my relationship with my teenager after damage. Ask me about what happened: trust broken, words said in anger, patterns that hurt, dista...
Help me process experiencing a major financial catastrophe—bankruptcy, foreclosure, business failure, or devastating loss. Ask me about what happened:...
Help me process the shame I feel after financial failure. Ask me about your shame: Do you feel like a failure? Embarrassed to tell people? Avoiding so...
Help me grieve what I've lost beyond money. Ask me about your losses: What lifestyle did you have to give up? What dreams are now impossible? What sta...
Help me navigate my relationships after financial failure. Ask me about the impact: Is your partnership strained? Have you told family and friends? Ar...
Help me think clearly about responsibility for my financial catastrophe. Ask me honestly: What was within your control? What was bad luck or external ...
Help me create a practical plan to rebuild after financial catastrophe. Ask me about your current situation: What resources remain? What debts or obli...
Help me think about how financial failure affects my career and professional reputation. Ask me about the impact: Did a business failure become public...
Help me process how financial catastrophe is affecting my family. Ask me about family impact: Have children's lives changed dramatically? Is your marr...
Help me rebuild my identity apart from financial success. Ask me about identity: How much of your self-worth was tied to money? Who are you if not 'su...
Help me work through the fear that financial catastrophe has created. Ask me about your fear: Are you terrified of taking any financial risk? Hoarding...
Help me extract genuine lessons from financial catastrophe without toxic positivity. Ask me about what you've learned: What would you do differently? ...
Help me work through forgiveness—of myself and others—after financial catastrophe. Ask me about resentment: Are you blaming yourself? Bitter toward pa...
Help me envision a future after financial catastrophe. Ask me about hope: Can you imagine financial stability again? What do you actually want your re...
Help me find community with others who've experienced financial catastrophe. Ask me about isolation: Do you feel alone? Ashamed to admit what happened...
Help me reflect and gain self-awareness without journaling. I hate writing in journals—it feels performative, tedious, or just doesn't work for my bra...
Help me explore my anxiety about using AI and new technology. Ask me about my hesitation: What specifically feels scary? Do I fear looking stupid? Bre...
Help me build confidence using AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude. Ask me about my experience level—complete beginner or tried but frustrated? Then guide...
Help me learn how to talk to AI tools effectively. Ask me what I've tried and what went wrong—did AI give unhelpful answers? Misunderstand you? Then t...
Help me process my fear about AI taking my job or making me obsolete. Ask me about my specific fears: My skills becoming worthless? Being forced to le...
Help me navigate feeling left behind technologically as I age. Ask me about the experience: Do younger people make you feel stupid? Is tech changing f...
Help me think through AI privacy concerns without either paranoia or naivety. Ask me about my worries: Data being stored? Conversations not being priv...
Help me handle pressure to use AI at work when I'm not comfortable. Ask me about the situation: Is AI being mandated? Do you feel behind colleagues? W...
Help me cut through the overwhelming number of AI tools and options. Ask me about my confusion: New AI tools announced daily? Don't know ChatGPT from ...
Help me develop appropriate skepticism about AI without either blind trust or total dismissal. Ask me about my concerns: AI making things up? How to v...
Help me get comfortable asking family for technology help. Ask me about the dynamic: Do you feel like a burden? Embarrassed to need help? Family membe...
Help me reclaim my sense of human value as AI gets more capable. Ask me about what feels threatened: Is anything I do unique? What's the point of huma...
Help me find practical ways AI could actually help my specific life. Ask me about my daily challenges: What tasks take too long? What do you procrasti...
Help me process the identity shift of leaving the military. Ask me about what I'm losing: rank, purpose, belonging, structure, mission, brotherhood/si...
Help me find purpose after the military. Ask me what gave me meaning in service: mission, protecting others, being part of something larger, disciplin...
Help me navigate civilian culture shock. Ask me what feels foreign: lack of structure, different work ethic, soft communication, unclear expectations,...
Help me translate my military experience to civilian language. Ask me about my military roles, responsibilities, and accomplishments. Then guide me to...
Help me explore career options after military service. Ask me about what I loved and hated about military work, what skills energize me, what environm...
Help me address the isolation of being a veteran in civilian world. Ask me about my connections: Do I only feel understood by other veterans? Struggle...
Help me think about mental health after military service. Ask me honestly about what I'm experiencing: hypervigilance, nightmares, anger, numbness, di...
Help me navigate family relationships after military service. Ask me about the challenges: being absent during service, difficulty expressing emotions...
Help me manage anger that intensified during or after service. Ask me about my anger: triggers, intensity, consequences, whether it's protecting me fr...
Help me begin processing military trauma. Ask me—only if I'm ready—about what I carry: combat experiences, moral injury, loss of fellow service member...
Help me process moral injury—the wound of having done, witnessed, or failed to prevent something that violates my moral code. Ask me about what haunts...
Help me create structure after losing military's external discipline. Ask me about what I'm struggling with: no wake-up time, unclear tasks, no accoun...
Help me integrate my military experience into a thriving civilian life. Ask me about where I am: still grieving, adjusting, finding footing, beginning...
Help me support my veteran spouse or partner through transition. Ask me about what I'm experiencing: their struggles, our relationship changes, feelin...
Help me honestly assess my work-life balance. Ask me about my typical week: hours worked, time for personal life, energy levels, what's neglected. Gui...
Help me clarify my priorities for work-life balance. Ask me what I value most: career achievement, family time, health, relationships, hobbies, rest. ...
Help me set boundaries between work and personal life. Ask me where work bleeds into personal time: evenings, weekends, vacations, always-on mentality...
Help me examine my workaholic tendencies. Ask me about what drives my overwork: identity tied to productivity, fear of failure, escape from other life...
Help me release guilt that comes with work-life balance. Ask me about my guilt: guilty when working that I'm missing family, guilty when with family t...
Help me learn to say no at work to protect my capacity. Ask me about what I take on that I shouldn't, why I say yes when I mean no, and what happens w...
Help me find my own work-life model. Ask me about my preferences and constraints: Do I want strict separation or fluid integration? What does my work ...
Help me navigate a demanding season when balance isn't possible. Ask me about the current pressure: project deadline, new baby, health crisis, startin...
Help me coordinate work-life balance with my partner or family. Ask me about the dynamics: who's doing what, resentments, different values about work,...
Help me improve the quality of my time, not just the quantity. Ask me about whether I'm truly present: physically home but mentally at work, distracte...
Help me manage my energy, not just my time. Ask me about my energy patterns: when I'm depleted, what drains me, what restores me. Guide me to build in...
Help me maintain balance in a workplace culture that doesn't support it. Ask me about the culture: expectations of constant availability, competitive ...
Help me redefine success beyond work achievement. Ask me how I've defined success and whether it's working. Guide me to expand my definition: relation...
Help me rebuild work-life balance after burnout. Ask me about what happened and what patterns led there. Guide me to create new approaches: realistic ...
Help me understand why I procrastinate. Ask me about what I tend to put off, how I feel before and during avoidance, and what happens right before a d...
Help me work on procrastination that comes from perfectionism. Ask me about my standards for my work, what happens when I can't guarantee a perfect ou...
Help me work on procrastination that comes from feeling overwhelmed. Ask me about a project I'm avoiding because it feels too big, what happens when I...
Help me understand chronic, persistent procrastination that's been a pattern for years. Ask me about how long I've struggled with procrastination, my ...
Help me work on having no motivation to do things I know I should do. Ask me about what I'm struggling to motivate myself to do, how long this has bee...
Help me build systems that don't rely on motivation. Ask me about what I want to be consistent with, what I've tried before, and where I tend to fall ...
Help me work on distraction and difficulty focusing, especially digital distraction. Ask me about what distracts me most, how often I reach for my pho...
Help me understand procrastination around creative work—writing, art, music, or other creative projects. Ask me about what creative work I'm avoiding,...
Help me work through my anxiety about pricing my creative work. Ask me what I create and what I currently charge (or want to charge). Explore what fee...
Help me work through imposter syndrome as a creative entrepreneur. Ask me what triggers it: Calling myself an artist? Asking for money? Seeing more su...
Help me navigate the tension between my artistic vision and commercial viability. Ask me where I feel the conflict: Am I afraid of 'selling out'? Do I...
Help me manage the overwhelm of being artist, marketer, accountant, and CEO all at once. Ask me what hats I'm wearing and which drain me most. Guide m...
Act as my creative business coach. Help me build a sustainable business around my creative work. Ask me about my situation: What do I create? How do I...
Help me build resilience to rejection in my creative business. Ask me about recent rejections: galleries, clients, submissions, negative feedback. Exp...
Help me manage the feast-or-famine income cycle of creative work. Ask me about my income patterns: When does money come in? What causes dry spells? Ho...
Help me stop the toxic comparison to other artists and creative entrepreneurs. Ask me who I compare myself to and what triggers it—social media, indus...
Help me address burnout in my creative business. Ask me about my symptoms: Am I exhausted? Resentful of my work? Creatively blocked? Unable to rest? E...
Help me develop a marketing approach that doesn't make me feel sleazy. Ask me what feels uncomfortable about marketing: self-promotion, social media, ...
Help me integrate my creative identity with my business identity. Ask me where they feel in conflict: Do I see myself as an artist forced to do busine...
Help me make strategic decisions about growing my creative business. Ask me about my crossroads: Hire help? Raise prices? Add products? License work? ...
Help me set better boundaries in my creative business. Ask me where boundaries are weak: saying yes to wrong projects, undercharging, scope creep, dif...
Help me think long-term about my creative career. Ask me where I am now and where I want to be in 5, 10, 20 years. Guide me to consider: What body of ...
Help me realign my creative business with my values and vision. Ask me what feels off: Am I making work I don't believe in? Serving clients I don't re...
Help me prepare to raise a seed round for my SaaS startup. Act as an investor giving feedback on our pitch deck. Suggest key metrics or market data to...
Help me process leaving the military for civilian life. Ask me about my service—branch, years, role, what I'm leaving behind. Then help me understand ...
Help me explore who I am outside the military. Ask me how much of my identity was tied to service—rank, role, unit, mission. Then guide me to discover...
Help me navigate frustration with civilian work culture. Ask me what's driving me crazy—lack of urgency, unclear chains of command, political games, p...
Help me translate my military experience into civilian language. Ask me about my military roles and responsibilities—don't assume you know what they m...
Help me create structure in a life without military routine. Ask me about what I'm missing—wake-up times, PT, clear daily missions, accountability. Th...
Help me find community after leaving military brotherhood/sisterhood. Ask me about my connections now—do I have people who understand? Feel isolated a...
Help me rebuild family relationships changed by my service. Ask me about the distance—were you deployed? Did family relationships strain? Do they unde...
Help me manage hypervigilance that won't turn off. Ask me how it shows up—scanning for exits, startling at sounds, unable to sit with back to door, co...
Help me process guilt or moral injury from my service. Ask me—only if I'm ready—about what weighs on me: things I did, didn't do, witnessed, couldn't ...
Help me understand if what I'm experiencing might be PTSD or combat trauma. Ask me about symptoms—nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance, emotional numbing...
Help me work with anger that increased after service. Ask me how it shows up—rage at small things, short fuse, road rage, damaged relationships. Then ...
Help me grieve what I lost when I left the military. Ask me about the losses: fallen comrades, the unit, the mission, the identity, the clarity of pur...
Help me navigate veteran benefits and resources. Ask me what I know and don't know about VA benefits—healthcare, disability, education (GI Bill), home...
Help me move from surviving civilian life to thriving in it. Ask me where I am now—struggling, stable, beginning to flourish. Then guide me to integra...
Help me acknowledge that I feel trapped in my job. Ask me about the situation: What keeps you here—salary, benefits, lifestyle, fear? What would you d...
Help me honestly assess the tradeoffs of staying in this job. Ask me about both sides: What am I gaining—salary, security, benefits, status? What am I...
Help me examine how my identity is tied to my income or status. Ask me about the fear: Would you feel like a failure if you earned less? What would ot...
Help me assess whether my lifestyle is trapping me. Ask me about how expenses have grown: Have needs become wants? Could you live on less if you had t...
Help me reality-test my fears about leaving. Ask me what I imagine will happen: financial ruin, unemployability, family judgment, career death? Then e...
Help me create a realistic exit strategy. Ask me about variables: How much runway do you need? What would you transition to? What skills need developi...
Help me think about building financial runway toward freedom. Ask me about my finances: What's your current savings? What would 6-12 months of runway ...
Help me find meaning outside my unfulfilling job while I'm still in it. Ask me where meaning could come from: hobbies, relationships, side projects, v...
Help me protect my wellbeing while staying in a draining job. Ask me about the toll: How is this affecting your health, relationships, mental state? T...
Help me navigate how family obligations complicate leaving. Ask me about responsibilities: Dependents? Healthcare needs? Single income? College funds?...
Help me develop skills that make me more portable. Ask me about my current skills: What's transferable? What's company-specific? What skills would exp...
Help me process the years I've already invested in this career. Ask me about sunk cost: Do you feel like you can't leave because you've already put in...
Help me make peace with staying in this job for now. Ask me about acceptance: If you're going to stay, can you do it without constant resentment? Can ...
Help me make the decision to leave and commit to action. Ask me what I've learned from exploring this: What's the real cost of staying? What would you...
Help me recognize my perfectionism patterns. Ask me about my experiences: impossibly high standards, all-or-nothing thinking, procrastination from fea...
Help me understand where my perfectionism comes from. Ask me about my history: early messages about achievement, conditional love, high expectations, ...
Help me develop 'good enough' standards instead of perfect ones. Ask me about a current project or task where I'm stuck in perfectionism. Then guide m...
Help me change my relationship with failure. Ask me about my fear of failure: What would happen if I failed? What do I believe failure says about me? ...
Help me overcome perfectionist procrastination. Ask me what I'm avoiding and why: Is the task too big? Am I afraid of doing it wrong? Does starting me...
Help me address the harsh inner critic that perfectionism creates. Ask me what my inner critic says: the tone, the messages, what triggers it. Then ex...
Help me separate my worth from my achievements. Ask me how much of my identity is built on performance: grades, career success, being the best, being ...
Help me recognize and address high-achiever burnout. Ask me about my symptoms: exhaustion despite success, cynicism about work that used to excite me,...
Help me give myself permission to rest without feeling guilty. Ask me about my relationship with rest: Do I feel lazy when not productive? Do I rest b...
Help me learn to delegate despite perfectionist tendencies. Ask me about my challenges: belief no one can do it as well, redoing others' work, microma...
Help me see how perfectionism affects my relationships. Ask me about patterns: high standards for others, difficulty being vulnerable, presenting a po...
Help me reframe my relationship with mistakes. Ask me about a recent mistake and how I reacted: catastrophizing, shame spiraling, hiding it, overcompe...
Help me address the imposter syndrome that often accompanies perfectionism. Ask me about feeling like a fraud: attributing success to luck, waiting to...
Help me practice intentional imperfection and vulnerability. Ask me what feels scariest to do imperfectly or let others see. Then guide me to design a...
Help me continue healing from perfectionism as an ongoing practice. Ask me about my progress: Where has perfectionism loosened? Where does it still gr...
Help me redefine success beyond perfectionist metrics. Ask me what I've been chasing: external validation, awards, money, status, being the best. Then...
Help me explore career limitations of living in a rural or small town area. Ask me about your situation: limited employers, few industries, geographic...
Guide me through the tension between staying and leaving. Ask me what keeps you there: family, roots, affordability, community, land? And what would y...
Help me explore whether remote work could expand my options. Ask me about my situation: do you have reliable internet? What skills could translate to ...
Guide me toward maximizing what's available locally. Ask me about the local economy: what industries exist? What's growing or stable? What skills are ...
Help me explore creating my own opportunities here. Ask me about entrepreneurship possibilities: what does this community need that no one provides? W...
Help me explore hybrid arrangements that might work. Ask me about possibilities: is there a city within commuting distance? Could you work remotely mo...
Help me think about networking in a small market. Ask me: who are the employers, decision-makers, and connectors locally? Is everyone already known? G...
Help me figure out how to develop skills from here. Ask me about your situation: what training would help? Is it available locally? Online? Guide me t...
Help me recalibrate my ambitions for my context. Ask me: what does success look like here versus in a city? Are you judging yourself by standards that...
Help me seriously consider leaving. Ask me: what would it take? What would you lose? What would you gain? Guide me through honest assessment of reloca...
Help me find meaning in work that doesn't require climbing. Ask me: what matters to you beyond advancement? How can you contribute locally? Guide me t...
Help me think about what I'd tell my children about staying or leaving. Ask me: do you want them to have more options than you did? Would you encourag...
Help me break down a complex goal into five sequential action steps. For each step, suggest a timeline and common pitfalls to watch out for. Ask me wh...
Help me learn to name what I'm feeling. I struggle to identify emotions—I usually just feel 'fine' or 'bad' or 'stressed' without more detail. It's li...
Help me learn to use my body as a guide to emotions. I don't always know what I'm feeling mentally, but maybe my body knows. Ask me about physical sen...
Help me understand that emotions often have layers. What I feel on the surface might be covering something underneath. Ask me about an emotion I feel ...
Help me expand my emotional vocabulary beyond the basics. I know happy, sad, angry, scared—but that's about it. Give me more nuanced words and help me...
Help me learn to recognize when I'm feeling multiple things at once. Sometimes I feel stuck because what I'm experiencing doesn't fit one word—it's co...
Help me identify my emotional triggers—the situations, words, or experiences that reliably provoke strong feelings. Ask me about times I've had unexpe...
Help me learn to gauge emotional intensity, not just type. I tend to think in binary—I'm either fine or I'm not. But there's a spectrum. Ask me about ...
Help me practice actually saying what I feel. Even if I can identify an emotion internally, I struggle to express it out loud. Ask me about a relation...
Help me understand what my emotions are telling me about my needs. Emotions aren't random—they signal something. Ask me about an emotion I feel freque...
Help me examine what my family or culture taught me about emotions. Some feelings might have been acceptable while others were forbidden. Ask me: What...
Help me expand my vocabulary for positive emotions, not just difficult ones. I focus on what's wrong but I also struggle to fully name good feelings. ...
Help me learn to distinguish between similar emotions that I might conflate. Ask me about situations involving shame, guilt, embarrassment, or humilia...
Help me expand my vocabulary for grief and loss. I know grief exists but I don't have language for its varieties. Ask me about losses I've experienced...
Help me distinguish between different types of fear and anxiety. I tend to lump all worried feelings together, but they're different. Ask me about thi...
Help me learn to notice subtle and quiet emotions I might be missing. I can identify big feelings but I might be missing quieter signals. Ask me about...
Help me integrate emotional vocabulary into natural, ongoing self-awareness. I've been building vocabulary but I want it to become automatic—part of h...
Help me explore why I'm feeling called to change careers at midlife. Ask me about my current work: What's not working? What's missing? When did the di...
Help me identify what's holding me back from a midlife career change. Ask me about my fears: financial security, starting over, being too old, what ot...
Help me separate my identity from my current career. Ask me how much of 'who I am' is tied to my job title, industry, or professional reputation. Then...
Help me explore possible new career directions. Ask me about what energizes me: What would I do even if I weren't paid? What problems do I care about?...
Help me identify skills that transfer to a new career. Ask me about my current and past work: What have I learned? What can I do? What do people come ...
Help me assess the financial reality of a midlife career change. Ask me about my situation: savings, obligations, runway, income needs, partner's inco...
Help me navigate ageism in a career change. Ask me about my concerns: being overlooked for younger candidates, assumptions about tech skills or adapta...
Help me embrace being a beginner again at midlife. Ask me about my feelings: Is it humbling? Embarrassing? Exciting? Overwhelming? Then explore: being...
Help me navigate how career change affects my relationships. Ask me about concerns: partner's feelings, family financial impact, changing social ident...
Help me test new career directions before fully committing. Ask me what I'm considering and how I could try it without burning bridges: freelancing, v...
Help me plan my career transition strategically. Ask me about my situation: target role, current role, timeline, financial runway. Then map the bridge...
Help me handle imposter syndrome as I enter a new field. Ask me about my fears: being found out as inexperienced, not belonging, making mistakes. Then...
Help me connect career reinvention to deeper meaning and purpose. Ask me about what matters most at this life stage: legacy, contribution, authenticit...
Help me integrate my career change into my life story. Ask me about my journey: Where did I start? What led here? What am I building toward? Then help...
Act as my solution-focused coach. Help me focus on what's working, what I want (not just what's wrong), and small steps toward my preferred future. As...
Help me improve my time management. Ask me about my daily schedule, priorities, and distractions, then suggest strategies and tools to optimize my pro...
Help me understand and normalize what I'm experiencing as a sandwich generation caregiver. Ask me about my situation—caring for aging parents while ra...
Guide me through the guilt of the sandwich generation. Ask me about what I feel guilty about: not doing enough for parents, not being present enough f...
Help me set boundaries as a sandwich generation caregiver. Ask me about my current boundaries—or lack thereof. Am I the default person for every crisi...
Guide me to manage my energy as a sandwich generation caregiver. Ask me about my current self-care: When did I last exercise, see a friend, have time ...
Help me build a support system for sandwich generation caregiving. Ask me who else is involved—siblings, partner, friends, professionals. Am I trying ...
Guide me through sibling dynamics in caring for aging parents. Ask me about the current distribution—am I doing more? Are others contributing fairly? ...
Help me balance work demands with sandwich generation caregiving. Ask me about my work situation—flexibility, understanding boss, impact on career, fi...
Guide me to protect my partnership during sandwich generation caregiving. Ask me about my relationship—how connected do we feel? Are we on the same te...
Help me stay present for my children while caring for aging parents. Ask me about my parenting—how much am I missing? What do my kids notice? What gui...
Help me navigate difficult decisions about my aging parents' care. Ask me about what I'm facing—medical decisions, moving them closer, assisted living...
Guide me through anticipatory grief as I watch my parents decline. Ask me about what I'm already grieving—their capabilities, our relationship as it w...
Help me reconnect with myself after being swallowed by sandwich generation caregiving. Ask me who I was before this phase—what I enjoyed, what mattere...
Help me address the financial stress of sandwich generation caregiving. Ask me about the pressures—paying for parent care, children's needs, saving fo...
Help me plan for transitions in my sandwich generation situation. Ask me about what's coming—parent health changes, children growing up, my own aging....
Help me validate my desire for career change after 40. Ask me about your situation: What's prompting the desire to change? How long have you felt this...
Help me identify what I bring to a career pivot after 40. Ask me about your career: What have you done? What skills have you built? What do you know h...
Help me address the fear of changing careers at this stage of life. Ask me about your fears: Financial security? Starting over as a beginner? Age disc...
Act as my career reinvention coach for the 40+ transition. Help me plan a strategic career pivot that leverages my experience while moving toward some...
Help me navigate age discrimination while pursuing a career change. Ask me about your concerns: Have you experienced ageism? What fields are you targe...
Help me navigate the identity shift of leaving a career I've been in for decades. Ask me about your identity: How much of who you are is tied to your ...
Help me identify and bridge skill gaps for my career pivot. Ask me about the gap: What does your target career require that you don't have? What's mis...
Help me plan the financial side of a career pivot after 40. Ask me about your situation: Current income, savings, obligations, timeline. Can you affor...
Help me build a network in a field I'm not yet part of. Ask me about your current network and target field: Do you know anyone in the new field? What ...
Help me embrace being a beginner again after years of expertise. Ask me about the discomfort: How does it feel to not be the expert? To be the oldest ...
Help me navigate family dynamics around my career change. Ask me about the stakeholders: Partner, children, aging parents, financial dependents. How d...
Help me find a career aligned with purpose and meaning at this stage of life. Ask me about meaning: What do you care about that matters more than mone...
Help me explore whether I'm experiencing academic burnout as a PhD student, postdoc, or early-career academic. Research shows graduate students are si...
Guide me through exploring imposter syndrome in my academic work. Ask me when I most strongly feel like a fraud—specific situations, feedback, or comp...
Help me examine my relationship with my advisor or supervisor. Research shows this relationship is one of the strongest predictors of graduate student...
Guide me through creating work-life boundaries in academic culture that often rewards overwork. Ask me about my current patterns: when I work, how I '...
Help me work with my academic perfectionism. Ask me about the standards I hold myself to, the fear of criticism or rejection, and how perfectionism af...
Help me honestly assess my mental health as an academic. Research shows 24-32% of PhD students experience moderate to severe depression or anxiety. As...
Guide me through managing a difficult advisor relationship. Ask me about specific challenges: poor communication, unrealistic expectations, criticism,...
Help me explore my identity beyond academic metrics—publications, grants, citations, rankings. Ask me how much of my self-worth is tied to these numbe...
Help me examine the sunk cost fallacy in my academic career. I've invested years into this path and may feel trapped by that investment. Ask me about ...
Guide me through the identity reconstruction of leaving or considering leaving academia. Ask me about what I'm grieving—the dream, the community, the ...
Help me address isolation in my academic experience. Ask me about my connections with peers, cohort relationships, and sense of belonging in my depart...
Guide me through working with my academic writing blocks. Ask me about what happens when I try to write—the thoughts, feelings, avoidance patterns, an...
Help me navigate the final stretch of my PhD or postdoc with my mental health intact. Ask me about what's standing between me and completion—writing, ...
Guide me through preparing mentally for or processing the academic job market. The market is brutal—rejection is the norm, not the exception. Ask me a...
Help me design a sustainable academic career after experiencing burnout. I've decided to stay in academia but need to do it differently. Ask me what l...
Help me integrate my academic experience—both the struggles and the growth—into a larger sense of meaning and purpose. Ask me what this journey has ta...
Help me explore why I want to contribute or volunteer. Ask me about my motivations: Is it purpose and meaning? Social connection? Giving back after re...
Help me find causes and organizations that genuinely align with who I am. Ask me about my values, experiences, and interests: What issues do you care ...
Help me figure out what I can actually give without burning out. Ask me about my life: current demands, energy levels, time availability, other commit...
Help me work through guilt about my level of contribution. Ask me about the guilt: feeling like you should do more, comparing to others who give more,...
Help me prevent or recover from volunteer burnout. Ask me about warning signs: exhausted by the cause, resentment building, neglecting self-care, feel...
Help me think through effectiveness versus personal connection in my contribution. Ask me about my philosophy: Do you want maximum impact regardless o...
Help me figure out how to use my professional skills for contribution. Ask me about my expertise: What do you do professionally? What skills have you ...
Help me think through board service or nonprofit leadership. Ask me about my interest: governance experience, leadership skills, time commitment capac...
Help me find ways to contribute in my immediate community. Ask me about my context: What's your neighborhood like? Do you know your neighbors? What lo...
Help me navigate shifting from career achievement to meaningful contribution. Ask me about my transition: retiring, reducing work, seeking purpose bey...
Help me navigate guilt about privilege in my desire to serve. Ask me about the complexity: feeling guilty for what you have, wondering if help is patr...
Help me think about involving my family in contribution and service. Ask me about your situation: ages of children, partner's interest, family capacit...
Help me be more intentional about financial giving. Ask me about my current approach: Do you give impulsively or strategically? What causes receive yo...
Help me think about moving from direct service to advocacy for systemic change. Ask me about your experience: frustrated by treating symptoms, want to...
Help me design a life where contribution is integrated rather than added on. Ask me about my vision: What role do you want service to play long-term? ...
Help me navigate working with chronic illness. Ask me about my situation: What condition? How does it affect your work capacity? What does a bad day l...
Help me think through disclosing my chronic illness at work. Ask me about the decision: What do you hope to gain? What do you fear? What's the workpla...
Help me navigate requesting accommodations for my chronic illness. Ask me about what I need: flexible hours, remote work, modified duties, breaks, equ...
Help me develop energy management strategies for work. Ask me about my patterns: When do you crash? What depletes you fastest? What helps? Then help m...
Help me navigate working through flares and bad days. Ask me about your experience: Can you predict them? What do you do currently? When do you push t...
Help me redefine career success given my chronic illness. Ask me about the gap: What career did you envision? What's actually possible? What have you ...
Help me handle colleague questions about my illness. Ask me about what you face: invasive questions, well-meaning but exhausting curiosity, unsolicite...
Help me address feeling like I have to prove my worth despite my illness. Ask me about the pressure: Do you overcompensate? Hide symptoms? Feel you ne...
Help me think about remote work as a chronic illness management strategy. Ask me about your situation: Would remote help? Is it possible in your role?...
Help me think about whether to change careers for my health. Ask me about the current situation: Is your job making you sicker? What would a better fi...
Help me set boundaries that protect my health at work. Ask me about where you struggle: saying no, taking breaks, leaving on time, not taking on more,...
Help me integrate chronic illness into my professional identity. Ask me where I am: Does illness define your work identity? Do you hide it completely?...
Help me work through my intense fear of being judged by others. I constantly worry about what people think of me, and it stops me from speaking up, tr...
Help me present my caregiving gap on my resume and in interviews. Ask me about my situation: How long was I out? What caregiving did I do? What skills...
Help me rebuild professional confidence after years of caregiving. Ask me about my self-doubt: Do I feel behind? Irrelevant? Like I've forgotten how t...
Help me update my skills for the current job market. Ask me about my previous field: What's changed? What certifications have lapsed? What new technol...
Help me shift my identity from full-time caregiver back to professional. Ask me who I became during caregiving—was it all-consuming? Have I lost my pr...
Help me decide whether to return to my previous career or try something new. Ask me about my feelings: Do I want to go back? Has my field changed too ...
Help me rebuild my professional network after years away. Ask me about my connections: Did I maintain any? Feel awkward reaching out? Don't know where...
Help me navigate the job search with a caregiving gap. Ask me about my challenges: rejection, having to explain the gap, feeling judged, competing wit...
Help me explain my caregiving gap in interviews. Ask me what I've said before and how it's gone. Then help me craft a confident, brief explanation tha...
Help me manage ongoing caregiving responsibilities while returning to work. Ask me about my situation: Is caregiving over or ongoing? Will I need flex...
Help me accept that I may need to start at a lower level than before. Ask me about my feelings: frustration at going backward, working for people youn...
Help me process guilt about returning to work. Ask me about my guilt: abandoning care recipient, feeling selfish, worry about what happens while I'm a...
Help me thrive now that I've returned to work. Ask me about my adjustment: Am I finding my footing? Feeling like an imposter? Missing caregiving? Then...
Help me improve coordination and alignment with my co-parent (whether we're together or separated). Ask me about the current state of our co-parenting...
Help me perform well under pressure instead of crumbling. I need strategies for staying calm, focused, and effective when stakes are high. Ask me abou...
Help me process becoming a single parent through circumstances I didn't choose. Ask me about what happened: Were you widowed? Did a partner leave? Did...
Help me figure out how to grieve while being the only parent. Ask me about the impossible balance: How do you process your own pain when children need...
Help me cope with doing everything alone. Ask me about the overwhelm: No one to share decisions with, no backup when you're sick, every responsibility...
Help me handle my children's questions about their other parent. Ask me about what they ask: Why did they leave? Where are they? Do they love me? When...
Help me process anger at the person who should be here parenting with me. Ask me about the anger: Are you furious they left? Angry at a partner who di...
Help me get better at asking for and accepting help. Ask me about the barriers: Do you feel like you should handle this alone? Pride preventing you fr...
Help me deal with the financial reality of raising children alone. Ask me about money stress: one income covering everything, childcare costs, no back...
Help me think about whether and how to date. Ask me about complications: Do you feel guilty introducing someone new? How do children factor into datin...
Help me remember who I am besides 'single parent.' Ask me about identity loss: When did you last do something for yourself? What did you enjoy before ...
Help me handle holidays and special occasions alone. Ask me about what's hard: empty seat at the table, solo attendance at school events, creating tra...
Help me deal with judgment about being a single parent. Ask me about what you face: assumptions about why you're single, pity, exclusion from couple-f...
Help me work through guilt about what I can't give my children. Ask me about the guilt: not enough time, money, attention, experiences, stability, a '...
Help me see the strength in what I'm doing. Ask me to reflect: What have you managed that you didn't think you could? What are your children learning ...
Help me imagine a future where we're not just surviving but thriving. Ask me about what I want: What does a good life look like for my family? What do...
Help me design a morning routine that gets us out the door with less chaos, yelling, and stress. Ask me about our current morning situation: ages of k...
Help me understand why making decisions is so hard for me. Ask me about what kinds of decisions you struggle with, what happens when you face a choice...
Help me use a decision-making framework for a choice I'm struggling with. Ask me about a specific decision I'm facing, what options I'm considering, a...
Help me work on the fear that I'll make the wrong decision. Ask me about a decision where fear is blocking you, what specifically you're afraid will g...
Help me work on the fear of committing to a choice and closing off other options. Ask me about how you feel when you think about committing to one pat...
Help me work on regret and rumination about past decisions. Ask me about decisions you regret, how often you think about them, and how the regret affe...
Help me reduce daily decision fatigue. Ask me about small decisions that exhaust you, how many choices you face each day, and where you feel drained b...
Help me work through a major life decision I'm facing. Ask me about the decision (career, relationship, location, major commitment), what makes it fee...
Help me negotiate a vendor or service contract with confidence. Ask me about the service, the vendor's initial proposal, my constraints (budget, timel...
Help me process the shock of losing my job. Ask me what happened: Were you laid off? Fired? Unexpected or saw it coming? Then validate that job loss i...
Help me separate my identity from my job. Ask me how much of who I am was tied to my job title, company, professional reputation. Then explore: If I'm...
Help me navigate the emotions of job loss. Ask me what I'm feeling: shock, anger, shame, relief, fear, sadness—maybe all of them. Then normalize grief...
Help me reduce the shame I feel about losing my job. Ask me about my shame: What do I fear people think? What do I think about people who lose jobs? T...
Help me figure out how to tell people I lost my job. Ask me who I'm dreading telling and why. Then develop scripts: brief and matter-of-fact, redirect...
Help me create structure during unemployment. Ask me about my current days: Are they chaotic? Am I sleeping too much? Losing track of time? Then desig...
Help me navigate the financial reality of job loss. Ask me about my situation: savings runway, expenses, unemployment benefits, health insurance. Then...
Help me navigate relationships affected by my job loss. Ask me about the impact: partner's anxiety, family pressure, changed dynamics at home, feeling...
Help me maintain job search motivation when it feels hopeless. Ask me about my search: How's it going? Where am I stuck? What's demoralizing? Then exp...
Help me explore whether job loss might be an opportunity. Ask me about my previous work: Was I happy? What would I change if I could? Is this forcing ...
Help me handle rejection in the job search. Ask me about recent rejections and how they affected me. Then develop resilience: rejection is information...
Help me cope with extended unemployment when the search is taking longer than expected. Ask me how long it's been and what's hardest now. Then explore...
Help me navigate starting a new job after unemployment. Ask me about the transition: What are you feeling—relief, anxiety, imposter syndrome, gratitud...
Help me integrate my job loss experience into my life story. Ask me what I've learned through this chapter: about myself, about work, about resilience...
Help me explore the challenges of helping my immigrant parents navigate aging in a country that's not their homeland. Ask me about my situation: What ...
Help me think through the weight of being my parents' bridge to everything. Ask me about the burden: Are you their translator, navigator, advocate, an...
Help me navigate healthcare for my immigrant parents. Ask me about the challenges: Language barriers with doctors? Cultural differences in how they un...
Help me navigate financial systems and benefits for my immigrant parents. Ask me about the confusion: Social Security complexities? Medicare enrollmen...
Help me navigate cultural expectations about caring for elderly parents. Ask me about the conflict: Does your culture expect you to care for parents a...
Help me think about my aging parents' isolation from their community. Ask me about their situation: Do they miss their homeland? Have their friends di...
Help me think through my parents' desire to return to their homeland, especially as they age. Ask me about the dilemma: Do they want to go back? Is it...
Help me address the unfairness of being the only child nearby while siblings are in the homeland or far away. Ask me about the dynamic: Do you carry e...
Help me navigate my immigrant parent's cognitive decline and language regression. Ask me about what you're seeing: Are they reverting to their first l...
Help me navigate end-of-life planning for my immigrant parents. Ask me about the challenges: Cultural taboos about discussing death? Different religio...
Help me process my own grief about my parents aging away from their homeland. Ask me about your feelings: Do you grieve that they'll never fully belon...
Help me protect my own wellbeing while being my parents' bridge to everything. Ask me about what's depleting: Constant availability? Emotional labor o...
Help me explore my fear around making decisions. Ask me about a decision I'm currently stuck on. What specifically scares me about choosing? That I'll...
Guide me to work with my fear of making the 'wrong' decision. Ask me: What makes a decision 'wrong'? What would happen if I chose 'wrong'? Would it be...
Help me understand if I'm stuck in analysis paralysis. Ask me: How long have I been researching this decision? Am I gathering new useful information, ...
Guide me to work with my fear of regret and FOMO (fear of missing out). Ask me: What am I afraid I'll regret? The choice I make, or the options I don'...
Help me explore my fear of commitment and closing doors. Ask me: Do I avoid deciding because deciding feels like trapping myself? Do I like to 'keep m...
Guide me to reframe decisions from permanent commitments to experiments I can test. Ask me: Which decisions am I treating as permanent that are actual...
Help me understand whether I'm a maximizer (always seeking the best option) or satisficer (choosing good-enough). Ask me: Do I exhaust myself research...
Help me make decisions based on my values rather than fear. Ask me about a decision I'm stuck on. Then ask: What do I value most? What matters to me i...
Guide me to examine how others' opinions affect my decision-making. Ask me: Whose approval am I seeking in this decision? Am I choosing what I want, o...
Help me build trust in my decision-making capacity. Ask me to reflect: What past decisions have I made that worked out? What does this tell me about m...
Guide me to make decisions using the regret-minimization framework (Jeff Bezos). Ask me to imagine looking back on this decision from age 80 or my dea...
Help me make peace with my decisions after I choose. Ask me about a recent decision I'm second-guessing. Guide me through: (1) COMMIT: I chose this fo...
Help me recognize if I'm a workaholic. Ask me about my relationship with work: Do you feel unable to stop? Guilt when not working? Work as escape? Ide...
Help me separate my worth from my productivity. Ask me about the fusion: Do you feel valuable only when producing? Worthless when resting? Does your s...
Help me learn to rest without crushing guilt. Ask me about rest: Can you enjoy downtime? Feel anxious when idle? Constantly fill time with productivit...
Help me set work boundaries that I'll actually keep. Ask me about current patterns: When do you work? When are you available? Where are the boundaries...
Help me examine relationships I've neglected through work. Ask me about the damage: Who have you pushed away? What have you missed? Do people feel sec...
Help me explore what I'm avoiding by overworking. Ask me about the escape: What happens when you stop? What feelings arise in stillness? What does wor...
Help me face the physical toll of overwork. Ask me about my body: Sleep? Exercise? Eating habits? Chronic pain? Stress symptoms? Burnout signs? Then c...
Help me find meaning outside of work. Ask me about life beyond the job: What else matters? What did you used to enjoy? What would you do with free tim...
Help me identify what triggers my overwork. Ask me about patterns: When does work compulsion intensify? Stress? Anxiety? Deadlines? Fear of failure? C...
Help me navigate a work environment that enables or encourages overwork. Ask me about my context: Is overwork expected? Rewarded? Are there other work...
Help me explore who I am without my work identity. Ask me honestly: If work disappeared, who would you be? What would you talk about? How would you in...
Help me build a sustainable relationship with work for the long term. Ask me about what sustainable looks like: How much is enough? What boundaries ne...
Help me honestly assess my homeschooling burnout level. Ask me about warning signs: Do you dread starting the school day? Feel resentful of your child...
Help me explore who I am beyond being a homeschool parent. Ask me about identity loss: When did you last do something just for yourself? Do you know w...
Help me process the isolation of homeschooling. Ask me about loneliness: Do you feel judged by family or friends for homeschooling? Miss adult convers...
Help me address the decision fatigue of homeschooling. Ask me about overwhelm: Do you second-guess every curriculum choice? Spend hours researching op...
Help me examine my perfectionism around homeschooling. Ask me about expectations: Are you trying to replicate school at home with strict schedules? Fe...
Help me examine how homeschooling affects my partnership. Ask me about dynamics: Does your spouse support homeschooling or just tolerate it? Do they u...
Help me examine how homeschooling affects my relationship with my children. Ask me honestly: Is there more conflict since you started homeschooling? D...
Help me create boundaries in my homeschool life. Ask me about blurred lines: Do you feel like school never ends? Work through weekends? Have no protec...
Help me build confidence in my homeschooling. Ask me about doubt: Do you feel unqualified because you're not a trained teacher? Worry you're missing s...
Help me think through whether to continue homeschooling. Ask me about this crossroads: Is this a hard season or a sign to change? What would you gain ...
Help me make homeschooling sustainable for the long term. Ask me about what's working and what's depleting me: What parts energize you? What parts dra...
Help me reconnect with why I chose to homeschool. Ask me about origins and purpose: What originally drew you to homeschooling? Were those reasons abou...
Help me recognize whether I'm experiencing side hustle burnout. Ask me about your situation: How many income streams or projects are you managing? How...
Help me examine the messages I've absorbed about constant hustling. Ask me about the beliefs: Where did 'I should have multiple income streams' come f...
Help me separate my worth from my productivity and hustle. Ask me about your identity: Do you feel valuable when resting? What happens when you're not...
Act as my side hustle burnout recovery coach. Help me find a sustainable relationship with work after buying into hustle culture. Ask me about your si...
Help me honestly assess whether my hustling is financially necessary. Ask me about your financial situation: Are you surviving or accumulating? What l...
Help me develop boundaries around work and side hustles. Ask me about your rest: When do you stop working? Do you have genuine off time? Can you relax...
Help me define what 'enough' means for me. Ask me about your relationship with enough: Do you have a number? Do you move the goal post? What are you s...
Help me reclaim hobbies that became side hustles and lost their joy. Ask me about what happened: What did you love doing before you monetized it? How ...
Help me address FOMO around opportunities I'm not pursuing. Ask me about the fear: Are you afraid of missing the 'big break'? Do you say yes to everyt...
Help me design a sustainable relationship with work after side hustle burnout. Ask me about what you've learned: What did burnout teach you? What do y...
Help me process what it means to parent a disabled adult child. Ask me about my situation: What is your child's disability? What level of support do t...
Help me process the grief that doesn't end. Ask me about what you mourn: The life you expected for your child? Milestones they won't reach? The indepe...
Help me face the terrifying question of what happens when I can't care for my child anymore. Ask me about fears: Who will care for them when you're go...
Help me think about how this affects my other children. Ask me about sibling dynamics: Do they resent the attention their disabled sibling requires? F...
Help me figure out how to take care of myself when caregiving never ends. Ask me honestly: When did you last have real time off? Do you feel guilty ta...
Help me have an adult relationship with my disabled child, not just a caregiving one. Ask me about the relationship: Do you see them as a person with ...
Help me navigate the exhausting world of disability services and advocacy. Ask me about system struggles: social security, group homes, day programs, ...
Help me balance protecting my adult child with supporting their independence. Ask me about the tension: Do you do things they could do themselves? Fea...
Help me maintain my marriage or partnership while caregiving for our adult child. Ask me about the strain: Do you and your partner disagree about care...
Help me face the reality that I'm aging while still being a primary caregiver. Ask me honestly: Can you physically do what you used to? Is your own he...
Help me address the isolation of this caregiving role. Ask me about loneliness: Do your friends understand? Have relationships fallen away? Do you fee...
Help me find the joy and meaning in parenting my disabled adult child. Ask me about what's good: What do you love about them? What have they taught yo...
Help me work through guilt about this caregiving role. Ask me about the guilt: Do you feel guilty for wanting time for yourself? For wishing things we...
Help me find acceptance of this life I didn't plan. Ask me about where I am: Have you made peace with this path? Still fighting reality? Somewhere in ...
Help me explore teaching values to my children without religion. Ask me about my situation: Was I raised religious? What values do I want to teach? Wh...
Help me address meaning and purpose questions with my children without religious answers. Ask me about questions they ask: Why are we here? What happe...
Help me navigate religious extended family as a secular parent. Ask me about the dynamics: What are grandparents saying? Taking kids to church without...
Help me explain death to my children without afterlife beliefs to comfort them. Ask me about the situation: Has there been a death? Are they asking qu...
Help me build community and create meaningful rituals for my secular family. Ask me about what we have: Are we isolated? Missing holiday structure? Wa...
Help me decide how to expose my children to religion as education rather than indoctrination. Ask me about my approach: Do I want religious literacy? ...
Help me process guilt about not raising my children in the faith I was raised in. Ask me about the guilt: Family disappointment? Fear I'm harming them...
Help me respond when my children ask about God or religion. Ask me about questions they're asking: Is God real? Why don't we go to church? What do we ...
Help me prepare my children to navigate religious differences with friends. Ask me about situations: Friends inviting to church? Questions about why t...
Help me navigate holidays as a secular family. Ask me about our challenges: What to do with Christmas? Easter? Explaining to kids? Creating our own me...
Help me navigate parenting when my partner has different views on religion than I do. Ask me about the disagreement: How different? What's the conflic...
Help me cultivate wonder and spirituality in my children without religion. Ask me about what I want them to experience: awe, gratitude, connection to ...
Help me handle criticism of my secular parenting from family, friends, or community. Ask me about what I face: accusations of harm, concern for childr...
Help me navigate my child's interest in religion. Ask me about the situation: What's attracting them? Friends' influence? Genuine curiosity? Rebellion...
Help me teach ethics and empathy to my children without religious framework. Ask me about what I value: kindness, honesty, justice, compassion. Then h...
Help me reflect on my secular parenting journey and where to go from here. Ask me about what's worked and what I question: Are my children thriving? W...
Help me identify a goal that truly matters to me. Ask me about different life areas (career, relationships, health, creativity, impact) and what feels...
Help me transform my vague goal into a SMART goal (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound). Ask me what I'm trying to achieve. Guide m...
Help me connect to my deeper 'why' for this goal. Ask me: Why do I want to achieve this? And after I answer, ask 'why?' again, going 5 levels deep. Gu...
Help me anticipate obstacles to my goal. Ask me what could get in the way: time constraints, competing priorities, lack of skills/resources, other peo...
Help me break my goal down into concrete action steps. Ask me about my timeline, then guide me to work backward: What's the end state? What needs to h...
Help me set a meaningful goal and break it down into actionable steps. Ask me about my motivation, timeline, and potential obstacles, then help me cre...
Help me prioritize when I have multiple goals competing for my attention. Ask me to list all my current goals across life areas. Guide me to assess ea...
Help me shift from goal-oriented to systems-oriented thinking. Ask me about my goal, then guide me to design a sustainable process that makes the outc...
Help me create an accountability system for my goal. Ask me what would help me stay committed: public declaration, accountability partner, financial s...
Guide me to review my goal progress. Ask me what's working, what's not, and what I've learned. Help me celebrate wins, even small ones. Guide me to ad...
Help me use visualization to strengthen my goal pursuit. Guide me to close my eyes and imagine in vivid detail: achieving the goal, what I see/hear/fe...
Help me process a goal I didn't achieve. Ask me what happened—not to judge, but to learn. Guide me to explore: What was in my control vs not? What wou...
Help me set a stretch goal that scares and excites me. Ask me what I'd attempt if I knew I couldn't fail. Guide me to articulate a goal that's beyond ...
Help me connect my goals to my identity. Ask me: Who do I need to become to achieve this goal? What beliefs, habits, and skills does that person have?...
Guide me through annual goal-setting. Ask me to reflect on the past year: What am I proud of? What didn't go as planned? What did I learn? Then help m...
Help me think beyond short-term goals to legacy. Ask me: What do I want to have built, created, or contributed in 5, 10, 20 years? What do I want to b...
Help me ensure my goals create balance, not just achievement in one area. Ask me about my goals across: career, relationships, health, personal growth...
Help me let go of a goal that's no longer right for me. Ask me why I set this goal initially and what's changed. Guide me to give myself permission to...
Help me practice self-disclosure gradually and appropriately. I either share nothing or overshare—I don't know the middle ground of healthy disclosure...
Act as my accountability partner. Help me review my recent progress toward my goals, identify where I fell short, and guide me to set realistic next s...
Help me explore my relationship with doing the minimum at work. Ask me about your situation: Are you coasting? Doing what's required but no more? Stop...
Help me see my reduced work effort as possible recovery from over-functioning. Ask me about your history: Did you used to give everything? Burn out? F...
Help me navigate guilt about not giving 100% at work. Ask me about the guilt: Do you feel lazy? Like you're cheating? That you should be doing more? T...
Help me explore whether my disengagement signals a deeper values mismatch. Ask me about alignment: Does your work matter to you? Does it align with yo...
Help me design a sustainable level of work engagement. Ask me about what works: What's the minimum that keeps your job safe? What gives you satisfacti...
Help me think about how reduced engagement affects my reputation. Ask me about your concerns: Are you seen as less committed? Overlooked for opportuni...
Help me think about what to do with the energy I'm no longer giving to work. Ask me about reallocation: Where else could your energy go? Relationships...
Help me decide whether to continue in this disengaged state or make a bigger change. Ask me about the decision: Is this sustainable? Are you waiting f...
Help me identify what would need to change for me to re-engage at work. Ask me about conditions: What would make you care again? Different role? Bette...
Help me decouple my identity from my work performance. Ask me about the entanglement: Does doing less make you feel like less? Is your worth tied to y...
Help me explore my relationship with technology. I often feel left behind or overwhelmed by new tech. Ask me about my specific fears—looking stupid, b...
Help me work through shame about my technology struggles. Ask me about messages I've received—from younger family members, coworkers, or society—about...
Help me discover how I actually learn technology best. Ask me about times I've successfully learned something new—tech or otherwise. What helped? Taki...
Help me figure out which technology actually matters for my life. I feel pressure to learn everything but can't keep up. Ask me about my daily life—co...
Help me get better at asking for technology help. Ask me about past experiences—feeling rushed, patronized, or like a burden. Who helps me now and how...
Help me overcome my fear of breaking technology by clicking the wrong thing. Ask me about my worst fears—losing data, messing up settings, breaking ex...
Help me recognize and celebrate my technology progress. I focus on what I can't do, not what I've learned. Ask me about technology I use now that I co...
Help me cope with constant technology changes. Every time I learn something, it changes again. Ask me about my fatigue—is it updates, new apps, changi...
Help me navigate technology safety without becoming paranoid. Ask me about my fears—scams, identity theft, hackers, privacy invasion. What have I hear...
Help me become more technologically independent. I rely too heavily on others for basic tasks. Ask me what I currently need help with that I'd like to...
Help me improve technology dynamics with younger family members. Ask me about frustrating interactions—being rushed, talked down to, or dismissed. But...
Help me update my self-image around technology. I've told myself 'I'm not a tech person' for so long it feels true. Ask me where this identity came fr...
Help me see how technology avoidance has isolated me. Ask me about connections I've missed—video calls with grandchildren, online communities, informa...
Help me commit to lifelong technology learning. I've resisted, but I see I need to keep adapting. Ask me about my reasons—staying connected, independe...
Help me understand my relationship with time. Ask me about my experiences—do you consistently underestimate how long things take? Does time seem to pa...
Help me work through the shame I carry from being chronically late. Ask me about your history—how long has this been a pattern? What messages have you...
Help me address how my chronic lateness has affected my relationships. Ask me about specific impacts—who have you disappointed? What relationships are...
Help me navigate time blindness at work. Ask me about your situation—have you faced disciplinary action? Do you miss deadlines? Should you disclose to...
Help me build external systems to manage time blindness. Ask me what I've already tried—timers? Alarms? Calendars? Apps? What worked partially? What f...
Help me explore using body doubling and accountability for time management. Ask me about your experience—have you noticed you work better when someone...
Help me improve my time estimation abilities. Ask me about specific miscalculations—what do you chronically underestimate? Getting ready? Commute? Tas...
Help me manage transitions between activities when I have time blindness. Ask me about your patterns—do you get stuck in hyperfocus and lose track of ...
Help me integrate time blindness into my sense of who I am. Ask me about identity—has chronic lateness become part of how you see yourself? Do you fee...
Help me learn to communicate about my time blindness effectively. Ask me about current communication patterns—do you over-explain? Under-explain? Make...
Help me create time management systems I can actually maintain long-term. Ask me about what's failed before—systems that worked briefly then collapsed...
Help me explore whether time blindness coexists with any strengths. Ask me about your gifts—do you experience flow states? Deep focus when interested?...
Help me understand the unique challenges of parenting when I have ADHD. Ask me about what's hardest: keeping track of schedules, staying patient, mana...
Help me work through the guilt I feel about my ADHD affecting my parenting. Ask me about the shame: Do you feel like a bad parent? Compare yourself to...
Help me build routines that work with my ADHD brain. Ask me about what I've tried: charts that get ignored, schedules that fall apart, systems that la...
Help me manage my emotional regulation while parenting. Ask me about the struggle: Do you snap at kids? Yell more than you want? Feel overwhelmed by t...
Help me manage parenting's mental load with ADHD working memory. Ask me about what falls through: appointments, permission slips, lunches, activities,...
Help me be more consistent as a parent. Ask me about the pattern: Do you make rules you don't enforce? Set consequences you forget? Start systems that...
Help me navigate parenting a child who might also have ADHD. Ask me about the dynamic: Do you see yourself in them? Get triggered by their struggles? ...
Help me navigate co-parenting when I have ADHD. Ask me about the dynamic with my partner: Do they pick up my slack? Resent the imbalance? Not understa...
Help me survive mornings and transitions with kids. Ask me about the chaos: running late constantly, losing things, meltdowns, forgotten items, stress...
Help me support my kids' education when my ADHD makes school involvement hard. Ask me about the challenges: helping with homework when you can't focus...
Help me address parenting burnout with ADHD. Ask me honestly: Are you depleted? Running on empty? Using all your energy to barely function? Have nothi...
Help me find self-care when ADHD parenting leaves nothing for me. Ask me about what I've lost: sleep, exercise, hobbies, friends, time alone, basic ca...
Help me think about what I'm modeling for my kids. Ask me about the teaching: Do they see you struggle and cope? Are you open about ADHD? Showing them...
Help me see the strengths I bring as an ADHD parent. Ask me about the gifts: spontaneity, creativity, playing with kids, understanding big emotions, t...
Help me explore what courage means to me personally. Start by asking me to describe 3-5 moments in my life when I felt genuinely brave—times when I ac...
Help me assess my current courage capacity across different life domains. Ask me to rate my courage level (1-10) in each of these areas: (1) PROFESSIO...
Help me distinguish between real danger and fear-based avoidance. Ask me to describe a specific situation I'm currently avoiding because it feels scar...
Help me design 5-7 small, low-stakes courage experiments for this week. Start by asking me which life domain I want to focus on (professional, relatio...
Help me reflect on a recent moment of courage, no matter how small. Ask me to describe what I did—what was the brave action I took? Then guide me thro...
Help me build the courage to speak up in professional meetings. Start by asking about my current meeting behavior: Do I stay silent even when I have i...
Help me practice asking for help when I need it. Start by asking: What's my relationship with asking for help? Do I pride myself on being self-suffici...
Help me build courage to share my creative work publicly. Start by asking: What creative work have I made that I've been hiding? (writing, art, music,...
Help me practice admitting mistakes and saying 'I don't know.' Start by asking about a recent mistake I'm avoiding owning. What happened? What was my ...
Help me develop the courage to change my mind publicly when presented with new evidence. Start by asking: What belief or opinion have I held strongly ...
Help me build courage to stand alone when my values conflict with group consensus. Start by asking me to describe a current situation where I disagree...
Help me build courage to enforce boundaries I've already set. Start by asking: What boundary have I communicated that I'm struggling to maintain? (tim...
Help me build the courage to be the first to apologize, even when the other person was also wrong. Start by asking: What's the relationship conflict I...
Help me practice expressing unpopular opinions with courage and respect. Start by asking: What opinion do I hold that goes against the dominant view i...
Help me recover from a visible failure with courage and resilience. Start by asking me to describe what happened. What did I try that didn't work? Who...
Help me choose imperfect action over perfect inaction. Start by asking: What am I not doing because it won't be perfect? (starting a project, sharing ...
Help me prepare for an awkward or difficult conversation I've been avoiding. Start by asking: What conversation do I need to have that I've been putti...
Help me integrate courage as a core part of my identity, not just something I do occasionally. Start by asking me to review my courage journey: What b...
Help me build courage to express my authentic self despite potential social cost. Start by asking: Where in my life am I performing or masking? (at wo...
Help me build courage to advocate for myself in professional settings—asking for raises, promotions, credit, and recognition. Start by asking: What am...
Help me assess and potentially take a major career risk—job change, career pivot, entrepreneurship, or bold move. Start by asking: What's the career r...
Help me build courage to end a relationship that no longer serves me—friendship, romantic relationship, professional relationship, or family relations...
Help me prepare for coming out about a significant identity (LGBTQ+ orientation/gender, neurodivergence, mental health, recovery, disability, etc.). S...
Help me build courage to assert my cultural identity or minority perspective in professional or dominant-culture settings. Start by asking: What's my ...
Help me build resilience to creative rejection so I can keep showing my work despite criticism or indifference. Start by asking: What creative rejecti...
Help me use body-based practices to access courage before taking brave action. This is about accessing courage through the body, not just the mind. St...
Help me take courageous action aligned with my values, even when I feel afraid, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles. Start by ask...
Help me have an imaginary conversation with someone I admire for their courage, to internalize their wisdom and access my own bravery. Start by asking...
Help me understand what courage means to me personally. Ask me: What does courage look like in my life? When have I been brave, even in small ways? Wh...
Help me build my courage muscle through daily micro-bravery. Ask me: What small act of courage could I practice today? Something that scares me a litt...
Guide me to create a courage map of my life. Ask me to list everything I'm afraid of or avoiding across all domains: relationships, career, health, cr...
Help me connect courage to what I value most. Ask me: What do I care about more than being comfortable? What's worth being scared for? What matters en...
Guide me to learn from people who demonstrate courage I admire. Ask me: Who do I think of as brave? What specifically do they do that requires courage...
Help me reframe my relationship with fear from enemy to teacher. Ask me about a specific fear I'm experiencing. Then guide me to ask it: 'What are you...
Help me create a courage-building plan for a specific fear using progressive exposure. Ask me what I want to build courage around. Then guide me to cr...
Help me build courage specifically around failing and trying again. Ask me about a recent time I tried something brave and it didn't work out. How did...
Guide me to build a support system for my courage practice. Ask me: Who can I tell about what I'm working to be brave about? Who will encourage me wit...
Help me shift my self-concept from fearful to courageous. Ask me: How do I currently see myself in relation to fear? Do I identify as anxious, cautiou...
Guide me to build courage through my body, not just my mind. Ask me: What does courage feel like in my body? What's my physical posture when I'm brave...
Help me build my capacity to tolerate discomfort, which expands my courage range. Ask me: What level of discomfort can I currently handle? What happen...
Guide me to build courage specifically for uncertainty and the unknown. Ask me: Where in my life do I avoid uncertainty? What do I need to control to ...
Help me build moral courage—standing up for what's right even when it's costly. Ask me: What do I believe in strongly but don't speak up about? Where ...
Help me see how courage expands my capacity for joy, aliveness, and full living. Ask me to reflect: What has courage already brought into my life? Wha...
Help me pay forward what I've learned about courage by supporting others in their bravery. Ask me: What have I learned through my courage practice? Wh...
Help me prepare emotionally for returning to work after parental leave. Ask me about my feelings: dread, guilt, relief, ambivalence, fear of missing m...
Help me process guilt about returning to work and leaving my child. Ask me about the guilt: leaving them with others, missing firsts, not being 'prese...
Help me reclaim my professional identity after leave. Ask me about the shift: Do you feel like you've lost your work self? Worry you're behind? Feel l...
Help me plan the logistics of returning to work. Ask me about my situation: childcare arrangements, schedule negotiations, pumping at work, backup pla...
Help me rebuild professional confidence returning to work. Ask me about confidence struggles: feeling behind, 'baby brain,' imposter syndrome, peers a...
Help me think through boundaries and flexibility needs for return. Ask me what I need: schedule flexibility, remote work, protected pumping time, leav...
Help me navigate division of labor as I return to work. Ask me about current dynamics: Who handled what on leave? What happens now? Is there equity? A...
Help me figure out pumping at work. Ask me about my situation and concerns: workplace accommodations, time for pumping, storage, protecting supply, wh...
Help me survive the first weeks back at work. Ask me what's hardest right now: exhaustion, emotion, overwhelm, logistics failing, guilt, feeling incom...
Help me think about my career path now that I'm a working parent. Ask me about changes: Do I want the same career as before? Does my ambition look dif...
Help me plan for when childcare falls apart. Ask me about my fears and realities: What happens when the baby is sick? When daycare closes? When the na...
Help me navigate workplace attitudes after parental leave. Ask me about what you're facing: assumptions about your commitment, being passed over, micr...
Help me understand the hidden curriculum of college that my family couldn't teach me. Ask me what feels confusing or like everyone else knows somethin...
Help me work through guilt about being in college while my family struggles. Ask me about the guilt: Is it about leaving home? Having opportunities th...
Help me deal with imposter syndrome as a first-generation student. Ask me about moments I've felt like I don't belong—in class, with peers, at campus ...
Help me build a support network as a first-gen student. Ask me who I currently have for support—family, friends, professors, advisors? Where are the g...
Help me navigate code-switching between home and campus. Ask me about the differences—language, values, expectations, how I present myself in each wor...
Help me understand college finances without family guidance. Ask me about my current understanding and struggles—financial aid, loans, budgeting, hidd...
Help me prepare for career success without family professional networks. Ask me about my career goals and what I don't know—networking, internships, r...
Help me set boundaries with family who don't understand college demands. Ask me about the conflicts—being called home for non-emergencies, expectation...
Help me consider graduate school as a first-gen student. Ask me about my interests and fears—do I even belong in grad school? How does this work? Can ...
Help me integrate my first-gen identity with my academic success. Ask me how being first-gen has shaped me—what strengths did I develop? What perspect...
Help me cope with academic struggles as a first-gen student. Ask me what's happening—failing grades, academic probation, feeling behind peers? Then he...
Help me adjust to campus culture that feels foreign. Ask me what's been shocking or uncomfortable—wealth disparity, cultural references I don't get, s...
Guide me through the complexity of going home from college. Ask me how it feels to return—do I feel different? Do others treat me differently? Have re...
Help me find ways to share my college experience with family who haven't been through it. Ask me what's been hard to communicate—academic stress, why ...
Help me define success on my own terms as a first-gen student. Ask me about the messages I've received—from family, from campus culture, from social c...
Guide me to step into leadership as a first-gen student. Ask me about opportunities I'm considering—student government, first-gen advocacy, clubs, res...
Help me prepare for post-graduation as a first-gen student. Ask me about my specific concerns—job searching without family connections, navigating pro...
Help me build a narrative of pride around my first-gen journey. Ask me to share what I've overcome—navigating without a roadmap, bridging two worlds, ...