Here are the essential life review questions from Richard Perkins which I of course did not read before embarking on my Life Review assignment.

Asking the right questions

Reflect on the context of your story before beginning this task

• How is the story of your life embedded in a cultural context? What is that context?
• How has your ecological context or lack of one shaped who you are? And who you are becoming?
• What was your spiritual upbringing and what role did/does it play in your life?
• How do you define your health and sense of wellbeing? How was/is that shaped?
• What role have ism’s played in your life (sexism, racism, ageism, ableism, etc…)?
• How might thinking contextually change how you tell your life story?

• How can you share with others your major outcomes and (un)learnings in your own unique voice.

 

 

What are some of the essential questions the Life Review needs to answer:

• What have been your most meaningful and powerful experiences in life?
• How have they helped shape you?
• How did you learn and unlearn?
• Do you recognize any patterns in your un/learnings? What are they?
• What decisions have you made in life to lead you to where you are today?
• In what ways is your life unfolding to your satisfaction?
• What might be some of your best next (career) directions, and why?
• What are your questions? Do you have any (sacred) questions that you live by?