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What's Holding You Back with Hope as temporal orientation?

Discover what blocks your hope-based future thinking. Explore ancient wisdom to unlock your potential and build lasting positive momentum in life and work.

Laoziguide
What you’ll practice

This is a reflective practice guided by Laozi. It gives you one honest question to sit with — the kind that moves you from thinking about an idea to working with it.

The reflection itself unfolds in conversation with Laozi, where it adapts to your situation — so you practice it together rather than reading it off the page.

Practice this with Laozi
Begin the reflection in a coaching conversation, where it meets what you’re actually working through.
Understand first
Seasonal Hopes and Cyclical BecomingThe Uncarved Block of Present BecomingThe Great Returning: Cosmic HopeReturning to Source RenewalShadow Time and Implicit Futures
Go deeper
Hope as temporal orientation: From Confusion to ClarityThe Examined Hope as temporal orientationWhat Is Hope as temporal orientation?Hope as temporal orientationHope as temporal orientation: Questions Worth Asking
Peri
New to this practice?

Peri can explain what this practice is for, help you decide whether it fits what you’re working through, and point you to the right place to begin.

Ready to practice this?

Begin the reflection with your coach, or tell Peri what you’re working through.