Guide For 50 Issues

THE LIFE PURPOSE INSTITUTE
SPIRITUAL COACHING METHOD™
GUIDE FOR 50 ISSUES
© Fern Gorin and The Life Purpose Institute 1994-2022 (ver 06.22) Guide For 50 Issues J - 1
Learning Objectives
Students will learn how to apply Life and Spiritual Coaching Skills and
Tools for 50 different common life or spiritual issues.
2 - J Guide For 50 Issues © Fern Gorin and The Life Purpose Institute 1994-2022 (ver 06.22)
25 COMMON SPIRITUAL ISSUES
In the first column, rate each issue according to the degree to which you are living it on a scale
of 1 – 10 with 10 being you are fully living this way right now and 1 being you’re not living this way
at all. In the second column, check off which items you’d like to work on during coaching.
1. I feel connected to something greater than myself (God, Spirit, Higher
Power, Universe, Christ, etc.).
2. I have regular spiritual practices that feed my soul.
3. Instead of reacting to life’s circumstances, I respond in a peaceful,
centered way.
4. I tap into and fully utilize my spirituality in times of crisis, change, or
transition.
5. I use my spirituality to help me with relationship conflicts and challenges.
6. I use my spirituality for healing.
7. I apply my spirituality to help me create more good - more money, love,
a new home, career opportunities, etc.
8. I use spirituality to help me discover and live my life with purpose.
9. I have experiences of awakening in my life.
10. My spirituality helps me be a happier person.
11. Through my spirituality, I can deal with grief and loss.
12. Spirituality enhances my relationships. I am a more caring,
compassionate, and accepting person.
13. I see my life from a higher spiritual perspective.
14. My spirituality helps me to grow and learn through life’s challenges.
15. I trust and follow my intuition or the voice of God.
16. My spirituality helps me with willpower.
17. I feel a sense of belonging.
18. My life and work reflect my spiritual values.
19. I am able to forgive others and myself.
20. I am part of a satisfying spiritual community.
21. I am conscious, present, and aware.
22. I use spirituality to help me with health challenges.
23. I have faith and trust in God.
24. My spirituality helps me handle life with less worry, fear, stress, or doubt.
25. Spirituality helps create a more peaceful life with less chaos and stress.
25 COMMON SPIRITUAL ISSUES AND COACHING
SUGGESTIONS
Refer back to Spiritual Assessment above
1. I feel connected to something greater than myself (God, Spirit, Higher

Power, Universe, Christ, etc.).
Ask: What does it mean to be connected to God? (Use the client’s word for God.)
How have you experienced feeling connected to God before?
Facilitate “Strengthening Your Spiritual Connection and Soul” and “Helping People
Remember Their Spiritual Connection” process, so people will have a symbol of their
connection with God and be able to connect with God on a daily basis.
Ask: What does it mean to be connected to God? How have you experienced feeling
connected to God before? What name do you use – God, Christ, Spirit, Source, etc.?
Facilitate" "Helping People Develop a Spiritual Practice", “Helping Your Client
Develop Their Intuition”, and “Awakening and Opening Up to Higher Consciousness.”
2. I have regular spiritual practices that feed my soul.
Ask: What are your spiritual practices currently?
What have you done before?
What spiritual practices might feed your soul?
Facilitate "Helping your Client Develop A Spiritual Practice" if your client needs to
explore new practices they might want to do.
Ask: Is there anyone else you could ask about their spiritual practice? Is there any
way you could find out about other spiritual practices?
3. Instead of reacting to life’s circumstances, I respond in a peaceful

and centered way.
Ask: How are you reacting to life’s circumstances right now? Let the client Empty
Out.
Provide Active Listening. Bring compassion to their issue. Ask: What would it look like
to respond in a peaceful, centered, “more spiritual” way?
If the client needs to explore new practices they might want to do, ask: Is there
anyone else you could ask about their spiritual practices? Is there any other way you
could find out about other spiritual practices?
Ask: Are there any particular spiritual practices you might use to become more
peaceful and centered? Brainstorm with the client to determine specific action
steps they will take in future situations and/or spiritual practices they can do to stay
in a centered place.
Facilitate the “Clearing Process” (in Resources) or Sacred Space Centering Prayer (in
Coaching Skills).
4. I tap into and fully utilize my spirituality in times of crisis or challenge.

I feel spiritually supported in times of crisis or challenge.
Explore the client’s crisis or challenge. What is happening? What is difficult about
this crisis or challenge? Use coaching skills such as Listening Actively, Emptying Out,
Identifying and Organizing the Issues, and Blocks techniques.
Ask: What does it mean to be spiritually supported during these times? How could you
feel more spiritually supported?
Facilitate the “Spiritual Mastery Process".
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" to hear the voices of fear, doubt, feeling of being lost,
old self vs. new self, etc.
Facilitate “Strengthening Your Spiritual Connection and Soul,” “Helping People
Remember Their Spiritual Connection,” and/or "Voice Dialogue" with God.
Facilitate “New Opportunities and Ways I Can Grow and Enhance My Life During This
Time” (in Resources).
5. I use my spirituality to help me with relationship conflicts and

challenges.
Give the client the affirmation, “I resolve relationship issues lovingly and with peace
and harmony.”
Ask: Tell me about your relationship conflicts. What else? What else? What exactly
would you like to resolve?
Provide Life Coaching, which may include Listening Actively, Powerful Questioning,
Emptying Out, Identifying and Organizing the Issues, "Voice Dialogue", as well as
helping the client take the action steps needed to create loving relationships.
Facilitate the “Spiritual Mastery Process.”
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" with the angry, pissed off, hurt, or frustrated part (have
the client dramatize this if needed) and the loving, accepting, or another part.
Use the Honoring and Integrating Our Blocks and Fears technique.
Example: Understand that the client’s husband is not being supportive of her desire
to change careers because he’s afraid that your client will change too much and not
love him anymore.
Facilitate “Interrupting Habits or Patterns.” Encourage the client to design
experiments to test any changes the client wants to make in their relationships.
Examples: The client will say “no” twice this week to a friend who asks for help
frequently. The client will ask her husband to clean the house for two hours once this
week.
Help the client determine skill sets and professional help they need to resolve a
problem and make appropriate referrals to people and resources, e.g., marriage or
family counselor, parenting classes, assertiveness training, communication skills class,
etc..
6. I use my spirituality for healing.
Explore what physical, mental, or emotional healing the client would like to
experience. Provide Life Coaching, which may include Listening Actively, Powerful
Questioning, Emptying Out, Identifying and Organizing the Issues, "Voice Dialogue",
and Honoring Our Blocks and Fears, as well as helping the client take the action
steps needed to create the healing.
Help the client develop positive affirmations. Is there a statement or affirmation you
could say that would help you in your healing?
If what needs to be healed is the relationship with themselves, use "Coaching Around
Self Love".
7. I apply my spirituality to help me create more good — more money, love, new
home, career opportunities, etc.
What good is it that the client wants to create? Develop a SMART Goal. For a new
home, relationship, or career, have them list out components or ingredients of their
ideal home, relationship, or career.
What is stopping the client from creating this new thing? Use Blocks techniques.
Facilitate “Opening to Greater Abundance.”
Help the client determine action steps to create what it is they desire.
8. I use my spirituality to help me discover and live my life purpose.

I know and live my life purpose.
Ask: What does life purpose mean to you?
Depending on their answer, provide coaching that addresses their specific need.
They may be asking a spiritual question, such as, "Why am I here?"
They may need more fulfillment in their life or work.
They may need a new sense of identity.
Ask the client what they feel their life purpose is, how they might explore or research
it, and what steps they might take to start living it.
Remember Their Spiritual Connection.”
9. I have experiences of awakening in my life.
Ask: What awakening experiences have you had? What does awakening mean to
you? How are you feeling about those experiences?

Some people need to talk through spiritual experiences they have had that don’t fit
with their former view of reality or the religious tradition they grew up in. Some
people need reassurance that what they experienced was normal and acceptable
(and that they can have more of those moments). To help the client further explore
and define their current spiritual path, facilitate "Help Clients Define Their New
Religious or Spiritual Beliefs".
Facilitate “Strengthening Your Spiritual Connection and Soul".
Facilitate “Awakening and Opening up to Higher Consciousness".
10. My spirituality helps me be a happier person.
Ask powerful questions, such as: What does happiness mean to you? What’s keeping
you from being happy? In what ways can your spirituality make you a happier
person?
Talk about their happiness and fulfillment. What’s going on that they’re not
experiencing happiness and fulfillment?
Emptying Out, Identifying and Organizing the Issues, and "Voice Dialogue", as well as
helping the client take the action steps needed to be happier.
Have the client write a list of everything they can feel good about in themselves as
well as in their life. Get them started in the session then have them complete it for
homework and bring it back for the next session.
Many spiritual traditions believe true happiness and fulfillment can only come from
our connection with God.
Ask: What is your spiritual perspective on where true happiness comes from? What
else is God saying to you about your happiness?
If the client is depressed or has serious issues, refer to a licensed therapist.
Facilitate “Coaching Around Self-Love.”
11. Through my spirituality, I can deal with grief and loss.
Ask: What loss have you experienced? Tell me about the loss you’ve experienced.
Provide Active Listening, and allow them to Empty Out.
Ask: How is spirituality helping you through grief and loss? Explore the client’s
spiritual beliefs about death and loss. Ask: What could you do spiritually to help
yourself with this grief and loss? Is there a spiritual practice you could do to bring
peace and healing to yourself?
Refer to the Grief Recovery Handbook (John W James and Russell Friedman).
If the grief and loss are severe, refer to a therapist or minister.
12. Spirituality enhances my relationships. I am a more caring,

compassionate, and accepting person.
Ask: What would it look like to be a more caring, compassionate, and accepting
person? In what situations, and in what relationships, do you feel you need to be
more caring, compassionate and accepting? On a scale from 1 to 10, how loving,
caring, accepting, and compassionate are you? Explore what is keeping them from
being a 10.
Ask Powerful Questions, such as: How might spirituality enhance your relationships?
How could you become a more caring, loving, accepting, and compassionate
person?
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" with the compassionate, loving part of them versus the
judgmental, angry part.
13. I see my life from a higher spiritual perspective.
Ask the client to view the particular situation or issue they want to focus on from a
higher perspective. What is God, Christ, spirit, etc., showing you or telling you about
this situation now? What, if anything, do you feel God wants you to learn in this
situation?
Facilitate “Strengthening their Spiritual Connection and Soul” and “Helping People
Remember Their Spiritual Connection.” Then add questions at the end, such as: How
would God view this? What is the image, word, or symbol from the connection
exercise saying about this situation?

Facilitate "Voice Dialogue."
14. My spirituality helps me grow and learn through life’s challenges.
Facilitate the “Life Lesson Exercise.”
Have the client complete the handout, “New Opportunities and Ways I Can Grow and
Enhance My Life During This Time.” (in Resources)
I5. I trust and follow my intuition or the voice of God.
Ask the client to talk about their intuition and when they have a hard time following
it.
Facilitate “Helping the Client Develop Their Intuition.”
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" with parts of them that are present and keeping them
from hearing their intuition or the voice of God.
16. My spirituality helps me with willpower. Spirituality strengthens my

willpower.
Ask: What’s happening now with your willpower? How can you use spirituality to help
with willpower?
Coach the client to develop a strategy for practicing willpower in specific situations.
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" with the part that doesn’t have willpower versus the part
that does. For example, The Eater versus the Part That Wants To Be Healthy.
17. I feel a sense of belonging.
Explore what’s keeping your client from feeling a sense of belonging. After asking,
What’s keeping you from feeling connected? work on any blocks keeping your client
from feeling connected. Is it loneliness, busyness, fear, not knowing where to meet
new people, etc.? Help the client work through an inner issue or practical action
block. Use "Sensory Awareness" for moving through a sense of loneliness or feeling
that they don’t belong.
Some spiritual people believe they don’t belong on earth. They don’t fit in. Allow the
client to empty out. Validate their feeling that many spiritual people feel that way.
Use appropriate Blocks techniques.
Share with your client that there have been studies done in physics where it was
documented that there are actually strings of energy connecting each human being
with all others.
You are already spiritually and energetically connected to other people. Each
connection you have with another human being will be unique. What are your
thoughts about this? I’m wondering if it would be helpful this week to see what
connection you have with each person you interact with. How does that sound?
Emptying Out, Identifying and Organizing the Issues, or "Voice Dialogue", as well as
helping the client take the action steps needed to start feeling connected to people.
18. My life and work reflect my spiritual values.
Ask: How is your current life reflecting and not reflecting your values?
Give homework the Life and Spiritual Values handouts. If there’s a value conflict
somewhere, explore the conflict using Listening Actively, Voice Dialogue, Powerful
Questioning, and Emptying Out.
19. I am able to forgive others and myself.
Facilitate Emptying Out Thoughts and Feelings.
Facilitate the “Forgiveness Process.”
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" – the part that is willing to forgive versus the angry part.
Facilitate “Binding Agreements.”
Note: Sometimes people can’t forgive someone because the Binding Agreement is
still in place or they have the person’s voice now inside their head. If so, facilitate
"Binding Agreements" or "Voice Dialogue".

20. I am part of a satisfying spiritual community.
Ask: Do you belong to any spiritual or religious group or community?
Is this important to you?
If they’re not a part of a community, ask: Would you like to find a group or community
to be a part of? What specifically is important to you in finding or creating a
community? What particular needs would you like it to meet? Anything else about the
community you’d like to be part of? Have you thought of any communities, groups,
churches, or organizations you might participate in? How might you find other
possibilities? What action steps would you like to take to connect with a community
this month?
If the client is already part of a spiritual community, explore what is missing or
keeping it from being a satisfying community. Help the client take desired action
steps.
21. I am conscious, present, and aware.
Ask: What does being conscious, present, and aware mean to you? What does it look
like to be conscious, present, and aware? How do you remember you’re connected to
something much greater than yourself? What do you do to get yourself present? What
can you do right now to get yourself present?
Facilitate “Strengthening Your Spiritual Connection and Soul”, “Helping People
Remember Their Spiritual Connection” and teach about Mindfulness.
Some coaches provide consulting or teaching about meditation, prayer, or certain
spiritual practices or philosophies.
22. I use spirituality to help me with health challenges.
Ask: What are your health challenges? How could you use spirituality to help you with
your health challenges? What are you doing now to help yourself with your health
challenges? What else could you do to help yourself improve your health? What is
God telling you to do about your health?
Explore topics such as motivation, patterns, beliefs, and blocks.
Facilitate "Getting to the Source of Motivation."
Facilitate Testing Out.
Facilitate Techniques from the Blocks, Fears, and Insecurities chapter.
23. I have faith and trust in God.
Ask: What does having faith and trust in God mean to you? Was there something that
happened that altered your faith in God?
24. My spirituality helps me handle life with less worry, fear, stress, or
doubt.
Discuss more about their worry, fear, stress, and doubt.
Facilitate “Opening Up to Greater Abundance.”
Ask Powerful Questions, such as: How might you use spirituality to experience less
worry, fear, stress, or doubt?
Use Life Coaching skills, which may include Listening Actively, Powerful Questioning,
Emptying Out, Identifying and Organizing the Issues, Addressing Fears, or "Voice
Dialogue". Help the client take action steps needed to alleviate the fear.
If the client has anxiety or fear that is affecting their level of functioning in their life,
refer them to a licensed therapist.

25. Spirituality helps create a more peaceful life with less chaos and
stress.
Ask: What is chaotic and stressful in your life? Do coaching around those issues.
Ask the client: How could you use spirituality to have more peace and less chaos or
stress? What can you do the next time you are experiencing chaos or stress?
Emptying Out, Identifying and Organizing the Issues, or "Voice Dialogue", as well as
helping the client take the action steps needed to reduce stress, sort out priorities, or
have better time management.
Facilitate “Choices You Can Make to Design Your Life” (in Resources).
Facilitate "Interrupting Habits and Patterns".
25 COMMON LIFE ISSUES
Check those topics you would like to work on during your coaching sessions.
1. I would like to resolve relationship conflicts and challenges.
2. I would like to improve or enhance my relationships.
3. I would like to achieve more of my goals.
4. I would like to overcome career challenges.
5. I want financial security.
6. I need to move through a crisis, change, or transition.
7. I struggle with pleasing and taking care of others vs. pleasing
myself.
8. I feel overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious.
9. I feel stuck, going through the motions day in and day out.
10. I need more joy in my life.
11. I would like to have special people in my life who bring me joy.
12. I would like to have time for fun and relaxation.
13. I am too busy.
14. I want to improve my health or fitness.
15. I need to make adjustments to my life because of my health.
16. I struggle with parenting/caregiving.
17. I would like to have more energy and vitality.
18. I have experienced a big loss.
19. I want to discover and live my life purpose.
20. I struggle with a lack of self-confidence and feeling good enough
21. I struggle to find life balance.
22. I would like to revive my career.
23. I want to spend more time pursuing hobbies.
24. I want to find my voice and speak up for myself.
25. I want to turn my dreams into reality.

25 COMMON LIFE ISSUES AND COACHING
SUGGESTIONS
1. I would like to resolve relationship conflicts and challenges.
Give the client this affirmation: I resolve relationship issues lovingly and with peace
and harmony.
Ask: Tell me about your relationship conflicts. What else? What else? What exactly
would you like to resolve?
Emptying Out, Identifying and Organizing the Issues, "Voice Dialogue", as well as
helping the client take the action steps needed to create loving relationships.
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" with the angry, pissed off, hurt, or frustrated part (have
the client dramatize this if needed) and the loving, accepting, or another part.
Use the Honoring and Integrating Our Blocks and Fears technique.
Example: Understand that your client’s husband is not being supportive of her desire
to change careers because he’s afraid that your client will change too much and not
love him anymore.
Facilitate Testing Out and " Interrupting Habits or Patterns". Encourage the client to
design experiments to test any changes they want to make in their relationships.
Examples: The client will say “no” twice this week to a friend who asks for help
frequently. The client will ask her husband to clean the house for two hours once this
week.
Help the client determine the skill sets and professional help they need to resolve a
problem and make appropriate referrals to people and resources, e.g., marriage or
family counselor, parenting classes, assertiveness training, communication skills class,
etc.
Teach the "Embrace Technique."
2. I would like to improve or enhance my relationships.
Ask: What does it mean to improve or enhance your relationships?
Teach the "Embrace Technique."
Ask powerful questions, such as: What would that look like? What part can you
control? What would have to shift inside of you to improve or enhance this
relationship?
Facilitate Emptying Out Thoughts and Feelings and Identifying and Organizing the
Issues.
Facilitate "Control and Freedom."
Facilitate “Binding Agreements.”
Facilitate "Interrupting Habits or Patterns."
Facilitate Identifying and Organizing the Issues.
3. I’d like to achieve more of my goals.
Ask: What are your goals? What has kept you from achieving them? What’s difficult
or challenging for you about achieving the goals?
Work on Blocks.
Facilitate "Interrupting Habits and Patterns", Emptying out Thoughts and Feelings ,
Identifying and Organizing the issues or Organizing a Project
Facilitate “Choices You Can Make to Design Your Life.”
Take the client through a guided visualization of them achieving all their goals.
4. I’d like to overcome career challenges.
Ask: What are the career challenges?

Issues.
Facilitate "Interrupting a Habit", Designing a Plan and Organizing a Project.
Ask: What is God telling you to say or do about this situation?
Depending on what the issue is, you’ll determine the coaching you provide. If it is a
relationship conflict, see number 1 above. If it is work-related, brainstorm possible
solutions. If they are unhappy in their job, brainstorm options and, if appropriate, use
“Creating Awareness Around Life Choices" (in Resources).
If the issue the client presented is outside of your expertise, refer them to an
appropriate professional.
5. I want financial security.
Ask: What does financial security mean to you? What is your current situation relative
to that? What is your vision of what financial security would look like? What would
need to happen for you to get there?
If needed, refer to appropriate professionals: financial planners, career counselors,
banks, etc.. Discuss spiritual beliefs about money.
Facilitate the “Opening Up to Greater Abundance” exercise.
6. I need to move through a crisis, change, or transition.
Ask: Which of those terms apply to you? Are you going through a crisis, a change, a
transition, or all three?
Please describe what that’s like for you. How is the crisis, change, or transition
affecting you?
What’s difficult for you about this (change, challenge or transition)?
Issues.
Explore Inner Process or Action Blocks techniques.
Use the handout, “New Opportunities and Ways I Can Grow and Enhance My Life
During this Time” (in Resources).
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue", using parts such as the Old Self vs. the New Self.
7. I struggle with pleasing and taking care of others vs. pleasing myself.
Ask: What does pleasing and taking care of others look like for you? How do you do
that? Can you give me examples of when you’ve struggled with pleasing yourself vs.
other people?
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" (Care of Self part vs. Care of Others part).
Issues.
Explore Blocks techniques, including "Binding Agreements" and "Control and
Freedom".
Facilitate “Coaching Around Self-Love.”
8. I feel overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious.
Ask: What’s overwhelming or stressful for you or making you feel anxious?
Issues.
If they’re overwhelmed, help them prioritize and plan out tasks.
If they’re experiencing stress or anxiety, Ask: How is it affecting you?
If the person is not functioning in their everyday life, refer to a therapist.
Do "Sensory Awareness."
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" (the Stress/Fear part vs. the Calm/Confident part and
God).
Facilitate the “Surrender Process."
9. I feel stuck, going through the motions day in and day out.
Ask: What does stuck mean to you? Please describe what your routine is like day to
day. What would you like to be different?
Ask: What hot button is getting pushed inside of you when you feel stressed (or
anxious or overwhelmed)? For example: feeling out of control, feeling not good
enough, feeling bad about myself, etc.
Design actions to move forward.
10. I need more joy in my life.
Ask: What would joy look like? What brings you joy? What’s happening in your life now
that you’re not experiencing more joy?
Brainstorm different ways the client could create more joy.
Ask: What’s keeping you from feeling joy? Maybe there’s a block or issue that needs
to be addressed.
11. I would like to have special people in my life who bring me joy.
Ask: Who is in your life right now? Are there currently special people? What’s kept you
from meeting or cultivating relationships with special people?
Develop a plan to create or develop special relationships.
Work on Inner Issues or Practical Action Blocks.
Facilitate “Opening up to Greater Abundance."
12. I would like to have time for fun and relaxation.
Ask: What makes it hard for you to have time? What kind of fun and relaxation would
you like to have?
Facilitate “Creating Awareness Around Life Choices” (in Resources).
Design Actions to have fun.
Facilitate " Interrupting Habits and Patterns"
For example, sometimes people get used to working or being busy all the time, or not
having time for fun.
Address Limiting Beliefs and Assumptions, e.g.: I have to get all my work
done to play. I am not worthy of having fun.
13. I am too busy.
Ask: When you say “too busy,” what do you mean?
Issues.
Facilitate “Creating Awareness Around Life Choices” (in Resources).
Facilitate "Interrupting Habits and Patterns."
Facilitate Organizing a Project to slow down so they’re not so busy.

14. I want to improve my health or fitness.
Ask: What does it mean to improve your health or fitness? How would you know you've
improved your health?
Facilitate "Interrupting Habits and Patterns."
Ask: What’s made it difficult or challenging to improve your health or fitness?
Work on Inner Issues and Practical Action Blocks.
Facilitate "Getting to the Sources of Motivation."
Facilitate "Voice Dialogue" (the Eater vs. the one who wants to be healthy, the Slug
vs. the one who likes to be active and move around).
15. I need to make adjustments to my life because of health challenges.
Ask: What is your health challenge? How is it affecting your life? What are the
adjustments you need to make?
Issues.
Facilitate Organizing a Project or designing actions to make the necessary
adjustments to their life.
If a spiritual person wants to work on health, you can use the “Connection to God”
exercise, the “Spiritual Mastery Process,” the “Surrender Process,” Energy Dynamics,
or "Voice Dialogue" or "Sensory Awareness" with their body.
16. I struggle with parenting/caregiving.
Ask: What exactly are you struggling with regarding parenting or caregiving?
Issues.
Determine if there’s a Practical Action or Inner Issue Block.
Facilitate Control and Freedom.
Teach the “Embrace Technique.”
Facilitate Organizing a Project or designing actions.
If the topic being discussed is outside your expertise, refer to an appropriate
professional.
17. I’d like to have more energy and vitality.
Ask: What exactly would having more energy and vitality mean to you? Use a scale
from 1 to 10 to measure where they are now and where they’d like to be.
Ask: What’s keeping you from feeling energetic and vital? Is there anything in your life
draining your energy?
Sometimes, people’s lifestyles makes them tired. They stay up late, don’t get enough
rest, work too hard, have too much stress, etc.
Facilitate “Creating Awareness Around Life Choices” ( in Resources).
Coach the client to redesign their life.
If there are no obvious reasons they’re tired, you may want to refer to a doctor (or
gynecologist for women in menopause) to rule out physical reasons for low energy
and vitality.
18. I’ve experienced a big loss.
Ask: What loss have you experienced? Tell me about the loss you’ve
experienced. Provide Listening Actively, allow them to Empty Out
Thoughts and Feelings.
Ask how spirituality is helping them through grief and loss. Explore the client’s
spiritual beliefs about death and loss.

Ask: What could you do spiritually to help yourself with this grief and loss? Is there a
spiritual practice you could do to bring peace and healing to yourself?
Refer to the Grief Recovery Handbook (John W James and Russell Friedman).
If the grief and loss is severe, refer to a therapist or minister.
19. I want to discover and live my life purpose.
Ask: What does life purpose mean to you?
Depending on their answer, provide coaching that addresses their specific need.
• They may be asking a spiritual question, such as, "Why am I here?"
• They may need more fulfillment in their life or work.
• They may need a new sense of identity.
Ask the client what they feel their life purpose is, how they might explore or research
it, and what steps they might take to start living it.
20. I struggle with lack of self-confidence and not feeling good enough.
Ask: What exactly are you struggling with? When you say self-confidence and not
feeling good enough, can you tell me what you experience? What else do you doubt
about yourself and in what other ways don’t you feel good enough?
See “Coaching Around Self-Love” exercises, such as "Voice Dialogue". Use other
Blocks Techniques, such as Limiting Beliefs and Assumptions.
Determine if the lack of self-confidence and not feeling good enough is due to Inner
Issue or Practical Action Blocks. Determine if the client needs more skill or practice to
become confident.
Facilitate Testing Out to help the client take baby steps that will demonstrate
confidence and feeling good enough.
21. I struggle to find life balance.
Ask: When you say you struggle to find life balance, what exactly are you struggling
with?
See “Creating Awareness Around Life Choices” (in Resources).
Clients may need to work on redesigning their life, setting boundaries, delegating
more, changing jobs, etc.. Being too busy, overworking, or always being on the go
can be a pattern.
Facilitate "Interrupting Habits and Patterns" to make necessary changes.
22. I would like to revive my career.
Ask some Powerful Questions, such as: What would reviving your career look like?
How would you like to revive your career? What would bring fulfillment in your career?
What types of things that you do now bring the most fulfillment? How can you design
your career so you’re doing more of the things you enjoy? What are all your options to
revive your career?
If your client needs a new career, then ask: What do you love doing? What are the
gifts and skills you possess now? What kinds of work you could picture yourself doing?
As you reflect on your life purpose or life work, what might that be? What clues have
you received about your life purpose?
Refer the client to a career coach or counselor, or to books such as What Color is
Your Parachute?
23. I want to spend more time pursuing hobbies.
Ask: What are the hobbies you’d like to pursue? What has kept you from pursuing your
hobbies?
The client may need help to redesign their life so there’s more time. See “Creating
Awareness Around Life Choices” (in Resources).
Ask the client what small action step they can take. Usually, no matter how busy
someone is, they can carve out half an hour to two hours for something they enjoy.
Pursuing their hobby for even one-half hour per week can be completely life-
changing.
24. I want to find my voice and speak up for myself.
Ask: Can you tell me about the situations in which you don’t
communicate and speak up for yourself?
Explore Limiting Beliefs and Assumptions and Binding Agreements.
Use Blocks Techniques such as "Voice Dialogue" (the Quiet part vs. the Part That
Wants to Communicate).
Have the client think through what they would say and how they would communicate.
Role-playing can be helpful.
Teach the “Embrace Technique.”
25. I want to turn my dreams into reality.
Ask: What are your dreams? If you couldn’t fail, what would you do? What would your
life look like? What would that give you that you’re not currently experiencing? How
would it positively impact your life? What are the first steps to turning your dreams
into reality? What’s kept you from fulfilling your dreams?
Discuss if there’s an Inner Issue or Practical Action Block. e.g., fear, finances, doesn’t
know steps to begin, etc. Decide then which coaching tool to use.
In the examples just mentioned, you could use "Voice Dialogue", "Creating
Awareness Around Life Choices" (in Resources) around money, Organizing a Project,
or "Interrupting Habits or Patterns."
Depending on the client’s dream, they may not be able to have the full dream right
away, but they could experience aspects of it immediately.
Explore how different aspects could be realized. e.g., someone has a dream of
wanting to own a healing center; they could get started by helping people right now.
Or someone hopes to experience more fun in their life from fulfilling their dreams.
Perhaps there’s a way they could start experiencing more fun now.

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THE LIFE PURPOSE INSTITUTE

SPIRITUAL COACHING METHOD™

GUIDE FOR 50 ISSUES

Tools for 50 different common life or spiritual issues.

1. I feel connected to something greater than myself (God, Spirit, Higher

Power, Universe, Christ, etc.).

2. I have regular spiritual practices that feed my soul.

3. Instead of reacting to life’s circumstances, I respond in a peaceful,

4. I tap into and fully utilize my spirituality in times of crisis, change, or

5. I use my spirituality to help me with relationship conflicts and challenges.

6. I use my spirituality for healing.

7. I apply my spirituality to help me create more good - more money, love,

a new home, career opportunities, etc.

8. I use spirituality to help me discover and live my life with purpose.

9. I have experiences of awakening in my life.

10. My spirituality helps me be a happier person.

11. Through my spirituality, I can deal with grief and loss.

12. Spirituality enhances my relationships. I am a more caring,

compassionate, and accepting person.

13. I see my life from a higher spiritual perspective.

14. My spirituality helps me to grow and learn through life’s challenges.

15. I trust and follow my intuition or the voice of God.

16. My spirituality helps me with willpower.

17. I feel a sense of belonging.

18. My life and work reflect my spiritual values.

19. I am able to forgive others and myself.

20. I am part of a satisfying spiritual community.

21. I am conscious, present, and aware.

22. I use spirituality to help me with health challenges.

23. I have faith and trust in God.

1. I feel connected to something greater than myself (God, Spirit, Higher

How have you experienced feeling connected to God before?

Facilitate" "Helping People Develop a Spiritual Practice", “Helping Your Client

Develop Their Intuition”, and “Awakening and Opening Up to Higher Consciousness.”

2. I have regular spiritual practices that feed my soul.

Ask: What are your spiritual practices currently?

What have you done before?

What spiritual practices might feed your soul?

explore new practices they might want to do.

way you could find out about other spiritual practices?

3. Instead of reacting to life’s circumstances, I respond in a peaceful

to respond in a peaceful, centered, “more spiritual” way?

could find out about other spiritual practices?

4. I tap into and fully utilize my spirituality in times of crisis or challenge.

Identifying and Organizing the Issues, and Blocks techniques.

feel more spiritually supported?

Facilitate the “Spiritual Mastery Process".

old self vs. new self, etc.

Facilitate “Strengthening Your Spiritual Connection and Soul,” “Helping People

Remember Their Spiritual Connection,” and/or "Voice Dialogue" with God.

Time” (in Resources).

5. I use my spirituality to help me with relationship conflicts and

would you like to resolve?

Facilitate the “Spiritual Mastery Process.”

love him anymore.

Facilitate “Interrupting Habits or Patterns.” Encourage the client to design

family counselor, parenting classes, assertiveness training, communication skills class,

6. I use my spirituality for healing.

steps needed to create the healing.

Facilitate the “Spiritual Mastery Process.”

could say that would help you in your healing?

ideal home, relationship, or career.

Facilitate “Opening to Greater Abundance.”