LifeEvents

Life Events

About

If you struggle to understand why you react intensely to certain situations, the roots may lie in earlier life events. This exercise helps you systematically review key experiences to recognize repeated themes and patterns that still influence you today.

How to use:

1) Think of the most impactful moments from your past, positive and negative.

2) Fill in the table: event, age, and its impact/meaning.

3) Answer the reflection questions to find patterns and insights.

Life Event

Age

Impact / Meaning / Consequences

Who or what was behind the most important of these life events?

Can you recognize themes or patterns that led to your decisions or reactions?

What do these themes or patterns tell you?

What has helped you during the most difficult of these times?

What has motivated or demotivated you to stand up and try again?

Are there any personal skills or qualities that helped you weather the hardest moments?

Based on: Jay Shetty Certification School Coaching Tools A2.4. Reference: Jones & Gorell (2009).