Table of Contents
Ten Categories
Fifty Themes
Sensitizing Questions and Prompts
Category I, Gathering History: The Start of Something New
Themes
Childhood: A New Life Begins
Home: Where is It? What is it? The Real, the Hope, the Wish
Family: Who Was and Is Your Family?
Work and Career
Purpose in Your Life
The Meaning of Money
Acquiring Money
Talents: The Old, Forgotten, Wished For and the New and Yet to Be
Category II, The Core of You
Themes
Your Inner Selves
Inner Critic
Giver and Taker/ Helper and Receiver. Good, Bad, Making Choices
Feminine and Masculine. Masculine and Feminine. Gender Fluidity
Category III, Choice Points
Themes
Where Have You Been in Your Life?
Pivotal Moments and Their Meaning
How will you remember? Your Belief, Filter, Definition of Who You Are
Gifts: Giving, Receiving, Tangible, Intangible
Category IV, Relationships
Themes
Relationships: The Good, The Troubles, What Needs Attention
Children and Pets
Connections
Friendships: The Sweetness and The Pain
Personal Boundaries: Where, When, and How to Draw the Line
Heroes or Heroines and Villains
Romance: Who Were/Are They, Those Romantic People in Your Life
Category V, Health and Well-Being
Themes
Physical Health
Your Body - Your Sexual Self
Your Mental Health
Category VI, Transitions
Themes
Living Alone
Limits. Loss
Grief
Category VII, Contemplating
Themes
Finding Your Voice
Triggers
Being Old. Being Young
Lightness and Darkness in Every Life
Softening Up or Toughening Up
Walking the Spiritual Path
Category VIII, Discerning
Themes
Big Life. Little Life
Independence. Dependence. Are You Invested In One and Need To Find The Other?
Permanence. Impermanence
Risks Taken. Risks Not Taken
Rules of Your Life: The Latest and Greatest, The Old Standbys, What Is Right?
Truth and Fiction: What Is True In Your Life? What Is Fiction? What Is Clear? What Is Distorted?
Waking Up To … Letting Go Of …
Category IX, Celebrating
Themes
Firsts. Lasts. Holidays and Other Occasions
Happy Birthday: The Real, The Remembered, The Hoped For
Uncovering Treasures That Matter: A Thing. A Person. An Experience
Category X, What is ahead? Where to?
Themes
Legacy: Legacy Letter, Who Are You, and What Do You Value? The Toasts You Want To Hear
If Not Now, When?
What I Know To Be So
Where Are You Going in Your Life and How Will You Get There?
What Matters? Now What?