UNFOLD — A Self-Coaching Workbook to Find Your Next Step

UNFOLD - A Self-Coaching Workbook to Find Your Next Step

This self-coaching workbook combines the hero's journey, psychological theories, and tanka poetry into eight modules of honest self-reflection, built for navigating life's transitions. It will ask you the questions that help you hear what you already know.

What is UNFOLD?

Unfold is grounded in the psychology of human transformation, unfolding across eight modules that follow the stages 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'll encounter ideas from nine influential thinkers and practitioners: Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Irvin Yalom, Peter Levine, Sue Johnson, Richard Schwartz, Christopher Vogler, and Myles Downey. Their work helps shape the reflections and questions throughout the journey.

What is inside each module?

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

Who is this for?

This workbook is 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.

It is 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
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About the author:

Yoko Ikeda, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a background in clinical care and clinical training. Her work draws on various psychological theories and practices, distilled into a practical, human-centered method of self-inquiry.

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