Use when someone wants to understand themselves more deeply — not just answer a single question, but explore the full landscape of who they are. Especially suited to life transitions, career crossroads, burnout recovery, and wanting to know...
Non-linear journey across 5 zones — enter at any point, revisit freely.
| Use | Skip |
|---|---|
| Life transition, career crossroads | Single focused question (use individual skill) |
| Burnout recovery, feeling lost | Quick mood check or situational advice |
| Pre-decision self-understanding | Already know what you want — just need a plan |
Self-discovery is not a pipeline. It is a landscape.
Enter wherever the pull is strongest.
[1] FOUNDATION
Identity + Values
Who am I? What do I actually value?
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[2] INNER LANDSCAPE [3] RELATIONAL
Motivation + Fear + Attachment Style +
Flow / Anti-Goal Ego State
What drives me? How do I show up
What blocks me? with others?
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[4] SHADOW
Shadow Persona + Strength / Growth
What am I not seeing about myself?
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[5] INTEGRATION
Examined Life
The big-picture synthesis
Suggested starting points by situation:
| Situation | Start here |
|---|---|
| "I don't know who I am anymore" | Zone 1 — Foundation |
| "I keep doing things without knowing why" | Zone 2 — Inner Landscape |
| "The same relationship patterns keep repeating" | Zone 3 — Relational |
| "I get disproportionately triggered by certain people" | Zone 4 — Shadow |
| "I want to look at my whole life" | Zone 5 — Integration |
| "I don't know where to start" | Zone 1 — Foundation |
Skills: identity-explorer + values-explorer
Goal: Establish who you are and what you actually (not declaratively) value
Input: Recent choices, reactions, and moments of pride or outrage
Output: Identity map (roles, narrative, self-concept clarity); values inventory with evidence and conflict resolution
Skip if: You've done this work recently and have documented outputs from both skills
"Zone 1 시작" or "나의 정체성과 가치관부터 탐색해줘"
Skills: motivation-explorer + fear-inventory + flow-antigoal
Goal: Understand what drives you, what blocks you, and what conditions let you thrive
Input: A goal or pursuit that matters; honest reflection on where you feel blocked or depleted
Output: Root motivation layers; named fears with fear-setting analysis; flow map and anti-goal set
Skip if: You have clear motivation and are not currently blocked — move to Zone 3 or 4
"Zone 2 시작" or "내 동기와 두려움, 몰입 조건을 탐색해줘"
Skills: attachment-style-mirror + ego-state-identifier
Goal: Understand how you show up in close relationships and which inner states drive automatic reactions
Input: A recurring relational pattern or a reaction that felt disproportionate or automatic
Output: Attachment style with growth path; ego state map with Adult-state alternatives
Skip if: Relationships feel clear and non-repeating — focus on other zones first
"Zone 3 시작" or "관계 패턴과 자동 반응을 탐색해줘"
Skills: shadow-persona + strength-growth-mapper
Goal: Surface what you're not acknowledging — what's hidden in shadow and what's genuinely real in your strengths
Input: Strong reactions to others, exhausting roles, resisted feedback, and a concrete challenge ahead
Output: Persona map with shadow candidate and integration experiment; strength and growth map with precise growth edge
Skip if: Early in the journey — Zone 1 context makes shadow work land better
"Zone 4 시작" or "그림자와 강점을 탐색해줘"
Skill: examined-life
Goal: Look at the whole shape of your life — direction, alignment, and autopilot patterns
Input: Outputs from other zones as context; honest reflection on major life domains
Output: Examined life audit; values-life gaps; regret risk; Stoic reframing; one concrete commitment
Skip if: First session — gather zone material first; integration synthesizes, it doesn't replace earlier work
"Zone 5 시작" or "내 삶 전체를 통합적으로 돌아보고 싶어"
어느 존에 있는지 알려주면 바로 합류합니다:
Each zone enriches the others — Identity (Zone 1) deepens shadow work (Zone 4); Motivation and Fear (Zone 2) give the examined-life audit (Zone 5) its raw material.
| Claude | You |
|---|---|
| Suggests entry point based on your situation | Bring honest reflection — not the "right" answer |
| Asks one focused question per dimension | Sit with discomfort when a pattern surfaces |
| Names patterns without prescribing change | Decide what to do with each insight |
| Carries context across zones | Do the actual experiments and integration work |
think:deep-thinking-workflow — for structured decisions after self-discovery workself:flow-antigoal — for designing work and life around what you've found