Coaching practices for Ifs Daily Inner Check in

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• By the time I notice I’ve been running on edge all day, it’s already too late
• I run on autopilot from morning till I crash at night, and if you stopped me midday and asked how I’m feeling I’d genuinely have no idea
• We keep meaning to have one big sit-down to sort everything out, so it never happens
• I do these life check-ins alone in my head and then quietly let them slide, and I think if I actually said the low scores out loud to someone who’d remember, I couldn’t just keep ignoring them the way I always do.
• I reach for my phone reflexively all day

Practices that may help

1. Begin the day with a brief Self-check
   Each morning, scan which parts are up and reconnect with Self before the day pulls you into reactivity.
   IFS Self Energy, Made Practical
2. The Relationship Check-In: A Structured Practice for Staying Connected
   A relationship check-in is a structured, scheduled conversation — usually weekly — where partners deliberately assess how they are doing as a couple: what’s working, what’s building up, and what each person needs. The practice is widely used in couples therapy and coaching, with a strong mechanistic rationale; direct RCT evidence for the structured check-in format specifically is limited.
3. Regular emotional check-in
   Set aside a few minutes each day to honestly ask what you are actually feeling right now.
   Radical Honesty About Emotions, Made Practical
4. Keep check-ins short — consistency beats comprehensiveness
   A 20-minute check-in every week beats a 3-hour one every quarter.
   The Relationship Check-In: A Structured Practice for Staying Connected
5. Use the wheel as a relationship check-in, not just a solo exercise
   Sharing your wheel with a partner, coach, or trusted friend turns a self-assessment into a conversation and a commitment.
   The Wheel of Life, Made Practical
6. Schedule regular offline periods to interrupt the comparison exposure cycle
   Reduce total comparison exposure by scheduling predictable offline windows throughout the day.
   Social Comparison Online: What the Research Actually Shows
7. The Daily Examen: Reviewing the Day
   The Examen is a short, structured evening review from the Ignatian tradition: you replay the day with gratitude and honest attention to where you felt drawn toward or away from your values, then carry one resolve into tomorrow. It is a centuries-old contemplative practice; its benefits are best described as mechanistically plausible and widely reported rather than established by controlled trials.
8. The Stoic Daily Review
   The Stoic daily review is a structured morning-and-evening self-examination practice — rooted in Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus — that trains attention on what is within your control, builds honest self-knowledge, and interrupts reactive patterns before they compound. Evidence is largely mechanistic and clinical; no randomized trials exist, but the underlying cognitive mechanisms align with modern research on self-monitoring and reflection.
9. Sharing scores with an accountability partner
   Send your daily scores to someone — the act of disclosure meaningfully increases follow-through.
   The Morning Questions
10. Review the day following your feelings
    Walk back through the day in sequence, tracking the emotional quality of each moment.
    The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review

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