The ObservatoryYour story, from a little distance
A guided moment that lets you see your history as a story with chapters, with warmth rather than judgment
How it works
A life is hard to see in its entirety when you are standing in the middle of it. This moment gives you a little distance. Not to sum everything up, only to see what you carry as a story, with chapters, rather than one ta …
Session in 9 steps, about 10 minutes. Doing it is part of Premium, which you try free for 7 days with no card. With Premium your answers are saved so you can pick up where you left off and look back at what you wrote.
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Why does it work?
Life review interventions gave modest improvements in, among other things, depression and perceived life wholeness, most among older adults and most with structured therapy (meta-analysis, Pinquart & Forstmeier 2012). Viewing an experience from a distance reduced low mood in experiments (Kross & Ayduk 2008). The session is a mild variant, not therapy.
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Exercise18 minThe life story
You already carry a story about who you are. It has simply written itself. Here you read it, find the turning points, and choose how the next chapter begins.