Planning your future the fun way! 

As a life coach I regularly meet people who have great ideas about creating their future but are unsure of exactly what they will do and how they will do it. They are all fired up but not sure what they are really fired up about! They know they want to do ‘something great’ but not really sure what that something great is!

They are lost – stuck – clueless.

I work with them to find their purpose and create the feelings they desire first – then we start to set up a pretend structure for their future. It’s a creative and revealing process and along the way we bump into all kinds of beliefs and obstacles to overcome. If you know ‘why’ you want to do something often the ‘how’ will make itself known to you in time if you keep asking yourself the right kind of quality questions.

I recently devised a little imaginary game for my clients to play, to spark some creative ideas and get them excited about their future. The results have been fantastic!

It’s called ‘Your Interview with Oprah’ and I recommend you give it a try if you are curious to know where you will be in ten years time and how you are going to get there.

Take the time to be creative and write whatever comes to the top of your mind first; fill in all the spaces marked with XXXXX to be relevant to you and then get ready for what the answers will reveal about yourself and your future!

Your Interview with Oprah starts here;

Imagine you are YOU in ten years time

Your name is XXXXXXXXXXXXXX e.g. Louise Larraine and you are XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX e.g. the most successful owner of a bespoke furniture franchise taking the world by storm with its innovative approach to creating beautiful spaces ... or whatever you want it to be!) with your business (insert business name here please) and you are being interviewed by the one and only Oprah Winfrey on her show ... the questions below are what she is going to ask you – it’s up to you to answer them – then pay attention to what you are about to teach yourself ...

Oprah; (Your Name ) it is a pleasure to have you here with us today, thank you for giving us your time – my audience is dying to know how you created this fascinating business and we are so pleased to have you here with us today ... can you tell me ...

How does your business work?


What did you do first to get yourself started?


And then what happened?


What thought process did you have to build this business?


What did you need to change in your life to get this?


What were your biggest challenges and how did you conquer them?


When things weren’t going well how did you motivate yourself to keep going?


Why has it become the success it is?


What does it feel like to be this successful?


What was the hardest part?


How did you overcome that part?


What would you tell others that want to tread this pathway?


How will you inspire them?


What is your motto?

How has your life changed and what are you now enjoying more of?


Thanks (YOUR NAME) that was amazing, – audience applauds wildly, Oprah hugs (YOU) , fade to black ....



Congratulations – you just planned your successful future!