Unfold — A Self-Coaching Workbook for the Inner Journey

I wrote Unfold because I needed it.

This is a self-coaching workbook that combines the hero's journey, psychological theories, and tanka poetry into eight modules of honest self-reflection. It won't tell you what to do. It will ask you the questions that help you hear what you already know.

Note: This is a digital download. Your PDF will be available for immediate download after purchase.

What is Unfold?

Unfold is an 8-module digital workbook grounded in the psychology of human transformation. Each module follows one stage of the hero's journey, from the first quiet stirring that something needs to change, all the way to returning with what you discovered.

Along the way, you will meet nine of the most important psychological thinkers of the last century — Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Irvin Yalom, Peter Levine, Sue Johnson, Richard Schwartz, Christopher Vogler, and Myles Downey — and their ideas will gently shape every question you are asked.

What is inside each module?

• An original tanka poem to open the emotional space
• A stage description grounding you in the hero's journey
• An invitation to begin
• Five TGROW coaching questions — Topic, Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward
• Writing space for reflection
• A commitment to carry forward

Who is this for?

For anyone who has a quiet sense, however faint, that the life they are living and the life they want to be living are not quite the same thing. For anyone ready to begin.

What you will receive:

• Instant digital download — PDF format
• US Letter size, printer-friendly
• 8 complete modules
• Ready to use immediately

About the author:

Yoko Ikeda is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of experience in clinical care, clinical training, group facilitation, and coaching. She wrote Unfold because she needed it — and now it is yours as well.

© 2026 Yoko Ikeda. All rights reserved. For personal use only.