Coaching practices for Act Bullseye Exercise

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I’ve identified the area I want to change and now I’m just sitting on a vague intention like "be more present with my kids"
• Working on my values feels like an endless aspiration with no scoreboard
• I look at all the areas where I’m falling short and try to fix everything at once, and end up moving nothing
• I pour everything into one part of my life
• I keep telling myself I’m basically living in line with what I care about, but if I’m brutally honest about my actual behavior the last couple of weeks, I suspect I’m way further from the center than I let myself admit

Practices that may help

1. Values Bullseye, Made Practical
   The values bullseye, developed by Tobias Lundgren within the ACT framework, is a visual exercise in which you rate how close your current behavior is to the bullseye in four life domains — work, relationships, personal growth, and leisure. It converts abstract values into a concrete gap-analysis, making it easier to choose one committed action that moves you toward the center. The exercise is part of the established ACT toolkit; direct evidence for the instrument is limited but the underlying ACT framework has substantial support.
2. Turn the chosen domain into a committed action
   Convert the domain insight into a concrete, timed, values-linked behavior — not a vague intention.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
3. Review the bullseye weekly to track real movement
   Re-mark each domain every week and compare — small outward or inward shifts are your feedback loop.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
4. Choose one domain to move toward the bullseye this week
   Pick the domain where a small move would matter most — not the most important one in the abstract.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
5. Map your values across the four life domains
   Write one core value statement for each domain — work, relationships, personal growth, leisure — before touching the bullseye.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
6. Rate your current position in each domain
   Mark on each domain’s bullseye how closely your recent behavior has matched the value — honestly.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
7. Understand TIPP — the full DBT context for this skill
   Temperature is one of four DBT crisis-survival tools (TIPP: Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, Paired muscle relaxation).
   The Dive Reflex, Made Practical
8. Use the bullseye to resolve competing values
   When two values pull in different directions, the bullseye shows you which domain is most neglected and most in need of attention.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
9. The Formula First-Session Task and Between-Session Noticing
   Assign between-session observation tasks that direct attention toward what’s already working.
   Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Building On What Works
10. Box Breathing, Made Practical
    Box breathing (four counts in, hold four, out four, hold four) is a structured slow-breathing technique used in high-stress professions and clinical settings. Because it slows the breath to roughly 3–4 cycles per minute and includes deliberate pauses, it reliably activates parasympathetic activity and reduces perceived stress in the short term. The four-count symmetry is a practical convention, not a magic number — what matters is the slow pace and the attentional focus it provides.

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