The Tuesday Check

Grit got me through. Then I tried to live there.

The Tuesday Check is a ten-minute, one-to-ten look at your mind, body, and soul. It is the same check I use with the people I coach.

You leave with one small practice for this week. Your numbers are not stored or sent. They stay on this page. Next step: the free 25-minute consult.

Guy’s 10-minute walk

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Or try Guy’s 10-minute walk. After morning coffee, tell yourself “just move” and walk for two minutes. On a better day, walk for ten. Two minutes is enough.

Guy: “It has worked every time I’m in a funk or depressed. I just tell myself, just move. At first it’s a manual override of how I feel. But once I do it, my mind clears. Every time.”

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• Mind
• Body
• Soul

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What this is for. This is a quick look at where you are today in mind, body, and soul, so you can pick one small habit for this week. Today is what you rate. This week is what you do. Small habits repeated are how change holds.

1. 1 Rate today
2. 2 See your lowest
3. 3 Pick one small action

How: score today, not your best day and not your worst. One to ten. Your numbers are not stored or sent. They stay on this page.

Mind The navigator

5

In plain words: how well you notice what is going on in your head and choose what to do next.

1 · “A mind that wouldn’t settle.”10 · “I can stay when my mind says leave.”

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Reads the conditions, shapes attention and belief, and leads the choices you make in the moment.

• Around a 3: a hard thought shows up and you reach for your phone or stay busy to avoid it.
• Around an 8: you notice the thought, take a breath, and choose your next step on purpose.

Body The vessel

5

In plain words: your energy, sleep, and movement, and whether you can carry what is in front of you.

1 · “When it gets heavy, my body locks up.”10 · “My body is learning what it is for.”

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Carries the load, takes the strain, and turns intention into disciplined action.

• Around a 3: training keeps slipping, sleep is short, and you are worn out by afternoon.
• Around an 8: you have set times to train, you sleep enough most nights, and you recover well.

Soul The outrigger

5

In plain words: your life with God, such as prayer, Scripture, and living what you say you value.

1 · “Spiritual practices feel difficult to sustain right now.”10 · “I have a steady rhythm of spiritual practice and reflection.”

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Faith, values, meaning, conscience, and purpose. The part that keeps the life from capsizing.

• Around a 3: prayer or time in Scripture keeps getting crowded out.
• Around an 8: you have a steady time for prayer or Scripture, and your day matches what you say you value.

These describe practice, not the state of your faith.

See where to start

An example from start to finish

1. After morning coffee
2. I walk

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Example (a reader, not Guy).

1. Body is my lowest area.
2. I choose walking.
3. After morning coffee, I walk for two minutes.
4. I record each attempt.
5. I review after seven days.

Most people I talk to are fine. Ask anybody. Their spouse will tell you otherwise, and so will their lower back.

Fine is not a number. So I ask for one. Mind, body, soul, one to ten. Then three questions I ask everyone before we work together, including the one people skip: who comes after you?

It takes ten minutes. It does not fix anything. It shows you where to start, which is the part most of us avoid with great discipline.

“It feels different to be in this body today than it did a few months ago.”Ibrahim Kamal, client

“He sees what you’re capable of and somehow gets you to see it too.”Nimesh Vettikkattil, client

For people determined not to pass their damage forward.