In many sessions having a well defined intention or goal is recommended.
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Heck, in LIFE sometimes having a checklist of goals helps a lot!
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Here I’ll share a few questions- and even give example of answers– with the hopes it helps myself, my clients, and other practitioners reflect on and refine our GOALS.
I’ve already shared Questioning Your Subconscious Mind, which helps to prepare for Quantum Healing sessions. I find that weaves nicely with goal setting.
While goals can be quite different than expectations, questions, or even results, when we:
✅Set goals
✅Examine our intentions
✅Define the areas we’d like to explore &
✅Stay absolutely open to the results??
WOWZERS. I promise you’ll be impressed when you do this routinely. Click here for easy copy/paste document: Goal Setting Checklist: 20+ Prompts
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Why did you book this session/what is your session intention? This can be more nebulous- an area of exploration as opposed to a desired result.
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Why did you book this session/what is your session intention? This can be more nebulous- an area of exploration as opposed to a desired result.
✅I’m stressed out about snow removal
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What is your goal for this session? Define your goal as something you CAN measure.
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What is your goal for this session? Define your goal as something you CAN measure.
✅I’d like snow removed before I go to work. I’d like to worry half as much, or less about this. I dn’t want to be stuck. I want to be able to make a decision. So my goal is to take action around this issue, so I can think about it far far less. I need to do this before winter.
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Is the goal achievable? Do you believe it’s possible?
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Is the goal achievable? Do you believe it’s possible?
✅Yes. I can wake up early and do it myself, I could call a service, or I could hire an individual. I’ve just been stuck and not doing anything but stressing.
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Is it desirable? Would it benefit your ecology? If you achieve this goal, will it harm you in any way?
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Is it desirable? Would it benefit your ecology? If you achieve this goal, will it harm you in any way?
✅No, it’s not helpful to worry about snow.
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If you achieve this goal, how do you imagine it will help you?
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If you achieve this goal, how do you imagine it will help you?
✅I’ll be able to drive to work. I won’t wake up thinking about it or worry all week about if we’ll get snow.
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Are the desired results repeatable and or sustainable?
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Are the desired results repeatable and or sustainable?
✅It’s more sustainable for me to hire a service, since I like to sleep in, and it snows frequently. I’m not sure I’d be able to wake up and shovel snow without gaining stress. But yes, it’s sustainable because I can pay a service far less than I lose in wages from stress/not being able to drive in the snow.
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How will you know if this goal has been achieved, specifically how will you measure success?
If you can’t define your goal in terms of of measurable success, change your goal into something you CAN measure.
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How will you know if this goal has been achieved, specifically how will you measure success?
If you can’t define your goal in terms of of measurable success, change your goal into something you CAN measure.
✅I’ll be able to drive to work on snowy days without added stress. I’ll spend less time- half -thinking about it. I won’t wake up at night worried about snow.
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How bad are your symptoms or desires- on a scale of 1-10, at the present time?
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How bad are your symptoms or desires- on a scale of 1-10, at the present time?
✅5 general stress during winter
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When did they start?
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When did they start?
✅When I couldn’t get to work last winter and was written up for missing work.
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How bad have your desires or symptoms been at their most extreme? What #?
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How bad have your desires or symptoms been at their most extreee? What #?
✅ #9 panic attack
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At what point were these symptoms/desires at their minimum? What #?
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At what point were these symptoms/desires at their minimum? What #?
✅#0, I never used to worry about this before I owned a car.
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What # would you like this to be, ideally?
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What # would you like this to be, ideally?
✅It would be great for it to go away completely to zero again.
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What # would you be happy to achieve during this one experience?
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What # would you be happy to achieve during this one experience?
✅I’d be happy with not panicking or feeling guilty, so I’d say #3 or #4?
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What have you already tried, and with what results? (be specific)
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What have you already tried, and with what results? (be specific)
✅I’ve used self hypnosis, and it relaxes me in the moment but doesn’t help in the moment of panic. I’ve also tried shoveling myself, and it’s overwhelming. I know I should be able to, but for some reason I don’t/can’t. Talk therapy hasn’t helped for this.
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What makes these symptoms worse/ or these desires flair up? (any triggers or known causes)
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What makes these symptoms worse/ or these desires flair up?
✅Immediacy, weather reports/pictures of snow, self-judgement about missing work
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What has helped/what helps?
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What has helped/what helps?
✅Nothing has really helped so far. Music is a good way I relax and distract myself, but I still fee the guilt of missing work, missing wages, and just ‘not being good enough”.
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Do you already have hunches or insights into these areas? What do YOU think your symptoms or desires are trying to communicate?
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Do you already have hunches or insights into these areas? What do YOU think your symptoms or desires are trying to communicate?
✅It’s like I’m blocked. When my car is blocked, I’m panicking like I’m in danger but I’m not. So it’s like a phobia, but I never had it before.
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What do these symptoms or desires make you do?
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What do these symptoms or desires make you do?
✅They make me want to do nothing. To freeze. I just freeze and can’t do anything.
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What do they prevent you from doing?
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What do they prevent you from doing?
✅Moving forward. Living my life.
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What do they encourage you to do that you wouldn’t do otherwise?
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What do they encourage you to do that you wouldn’t do otherwise?
✅I need to plan ahead and I need to communicate with others for support. I don’t think I can do it alone. But I’m also hesitant to call, like something just keeps me stuck. Frozen in place.
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What else is important? This is your chance to add any context.
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What else is important? This is your chance to add any context.
✅I’ve lived in the South and only recently moved to a colder climate. I’ve missed work before for weather, but nothing bothered me until I was stuck in my driveway last winter.
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What would you like to understand more deeply?
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What would you like to understand more deeply?
✅I’m curious about the timing. I’m 33 and I was drawn to this place last year. I can’t help but think there’s a connection.
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Is there anything that you do NOT want to happen, to examine or feel? It’s okay to set boundaries, so let communicate anything that makes you uncomfortable. I can’t control what others do or feel- but you can be easily guided toward or away from intense feelings.
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Is there anything that you do NOT want to happen, to examine or feel? It’s okay to set boundaries, so let communicate anything that makes you uncomfortable. I can’t control what others do or feel- but you can be easily guided toward or away from intense feelings.
✅ I don’t really like EFT tapping or breathwork, but I’m open to past lives and spirit guides if they want to help.