Instrument · five-layer map

Where the client is, and where they want to be.

A working diagnostic for the depth module. Taken three times — baseline, midpoint and close — so that movement is visible rather than asserted. Designed to be used by a coach with a client, in the room or on a call.

How to use it

Rate each layer twice Ask what surprises them Re-rate at week 9 and 12

The map

Five layers, two ratings.

Higher always means "more true for me". Now is how true the statement is today; wanted is how true the client would like it to be in twelve weeks. The direction of each slider is the same, so the gap is the work.

Body

5 now · 7 wanted

I have energy, rest and ease in my body.

Mind

5 now · 7 wanted

My mind is quiet enough that I can watch my thoughts rather than be run by them.

Story

5 now · 7 wanted

I live by roles and beliefs I have chosen, rather than ones I inherited.

Purpose

5 now · 7 wanted

My sense of direction is clear and alive.

Witness

5 now · 7 wanted

I can step back and observe my thoughts and feelings with ease.

Five-layer map A radar chart showing the client's rating for each layer today and where they want it to be.
Now Wanted

Quick read

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Nothing is stored and nothing is transmitted. This page runs entirely in the browser: no names, no accounts, no cookies, no analytics, no data leaving the device. Print or save the sheet if you want a record, and keep it wherever you keep client notes.

How the instrument is used

  • Session 1 — baseline. The client rates before you discuss anything. The gap between now and wanted shows where the work starts; a low Witness rating tells you to spend longer in Notice before going near identity.
  • Session 9 — midpoint. Re-rate. Compare the two maps side by side, and let the client say what surprises them before you offer a reading.
  • Session 12 — close. A final map shows the full arc. It makes the closing conversation concrete, and it is the honest basis for a testimonial.

The scores are conversation starters, not diagnoses. They measure what the client reports about themselves, and nothing more. Pair them with one behavioural measure chosen with the coach of record — a goal-attainment rating, a repeated decision, a record of practice — or the evidence will be beautiful and thin.

Read the framework The partner brief