Transformation journey program template
A transformation journey program template is a staged plan that takes a client from where they are to a change they name at the start, with the same questions asked at the beginning, along the way and at the end. This one runs twelve weeks in four stages, Awareness, Letting go, Building and Owning it, with a baseline in week 1, a short weekly check-in and a final reflection in week 12 that repeats the baseline.
- 0:00Arrive5 min
- 0:05Check-in review10 min
- 0:15This week's theme20 min
- 0:35Share and reflect15 min
- 0:50Commit10 min
The 12-week transformation journey: four stages
Each week opens on schedule and has a short lesson, one reflection or practice, the weekly check-in and a live session. Rename the stages and weeks to fit your method; keep the baseline at the start, the check-in every week and the mirror at the end.
- 1
Awareness
See clearly where the client is and where they want to be.
- Week 1
Where you are now
- Welcome lesson: how the journey works
- Baseline self-assessment
- First weekly check-in
- Live session: introductions and what each person wants to change
- Week 2
What you want instead
- Lesson: describing the change in your own words
- Vision worksheet
- Weekly check-in
- Live session
- Week 3
What's in the way
- Lesson: patterns, habits and beliefs
- Patterns worksheet
- Weekly check-in
- Live session
- Week 1
- 2
Letting go
Loosen what holds the old pattern in place.
- Week 4
The cost of staying the same
- Lesson: what the old pattern costs and what it gives
- Reflection: the cost and the benefit
- Weekly check-in
- Live session
- Week 5
One thing to stop
- Lesson: small stops, not big starts
- Practice: stop one habit for a week
- Weekly check-in
- Live session
- Week 6
Midpoint reset
- Lesson: what has changed so far
- Midpoint reflection (private)
- Weekly check-in
- Live session: compare with the baseline and adjust the next six weeks
Read the midpoint reflections and the check-in trend before this session. Reach out to anyone whose ratings have dropped.
- Week 4
- 3
Building
Practise the new pattern until it holds.
- Week 7
The new habit
- Lesson: designing one new habit
- Practice: the habit, every day this week
- Weekly check-in
- Live session
- Week 8
When it gets hard
- Lesson: setbacks are part of the journey
- Reflection: my plan for a bad week
- Weekly check-in
- Live session
- Week 9
The people around you
- Lesson: support and resistance
- Practice: one conversation about the change
- Weekly check-in
- Live session
- Week 7
- 4
Owning it
Make the change the client's own and plan what comes next.
- Week 10
Who you are becoming
- Lesson: the story you tell about yourself
- Reflection: then and now
- Weekly check-in
- Live session
- Week 11
Your plan to keep it
- Lesson: keeping the change after the program
- My keep-going plan worksheet
- Weekly check-in
- Live session
- Week 12
Looking back
- Final reflection: the same questions as the baseline
- Last weekly check-in
- Live session: each person shares where they started and where they are
Put each client's baseline and final answers side by side before the session, and let them name the biggest change themselves.
- Week 10
Transformation session structure: one 60-minute session
Use the same shape every week, so clients know what to expect and the time goes to their change. It works for a group or for one client.
| Time | Block | What the facilitator does |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00–0:05 | Arrive5 min | A minute of quiet, then one word each for how they're arriving today. |
| 0:05–0:15 | Check-in review10 min | What do this week's check-in ratings show? Name one shift, up or down, and ask what was behind it. |
| 0:15–0:35 | This week's theme20 min | The week's idea in five minutes, then apply it: each person works on their own situation in pairs or with you. |
| 0:35–0:50 | Share and reflect15 min | Two or three people share what they noticed. Ask more than you tell. |
| 0:50–1:00 | Commit10 min | Each person names one thing they'll practise before the next session, and when. |
Three checkpoints and a weekly check-in
The weekly check-in asks the same three ratings every week, so each client sees their trend. The final reflection repeats the baseline questions.
Baseline self-assessment
- 1What do you want to be different in 12 weeks, in a sentence?
- 2How satisfied are you today with this area of your life? (1 to 10)
- 3How confident are you that you can change it? (1 to 10)
- 4What have you already tried?
- 5What would the people closest to you notice if this worked?
Weekly check-in
- 1How satisfied are you with this area this week? (1 to 10)
- 2How confident are you that you can change it? (1 to 10)
- 3How much energy did you have for it this week? (1 to 10)
- 4One thing that happened this week, in a sentence
Midpoint reflection
- 1What has changed since week 1, however small?
- 2What has been hardest?
- 3What should we do more of in the sessions? Less of?
- 4What do you need for the second half?
Final reflection
- 1What is different now, in a sentence?
- 2How satisfied are you today with this area of your life? (1 to 10)
- 3How confident are you that you can keep the change? (1 to 10)
- 4What was the biggest shift for you?
- 5Would you recommend this journey to someone in your situation? (0 to 10)
Five questions for week 2
The vision gives the journey its direction. Come back to it at the midpoint and in week 12.
My keep-going plan, week 11
- The practices that made the biggest difference
- When and where you'll keep doing them
- The early signs that the old pattern is coming back, and what you'll do then
- Who will support you after the program
- 1Describe a normal day 12 weeks from now, when the change has happened.
- 2What will you be doing that you don't do now?
- 3What will you have stopped doing?
- 4How will you feel, and how will you know?
- 5Why does this matter to you now?
Four rules for the coach
A transformation is built week by week, not in one breakthrough session.
Measure the same thing every week
Keep the weekly check-in questions the same for twelve weeks. Change the wording and the trend means nothing.
Small practices, every week
One thing to stop or start, practised for a week, beats a big plan. Each week ends with a commitment.
Expect a dip
Ratings can fall when the old pattern is first questioned. Say so at the start, and use the midpoint to adjust.
Let the client name the change
At the end, show the baseline and final answers side by side and ask what changed. Don't tell them.
What keeps clients moving between sessions
The change happens in the week, not in the session. These keep it going.
Weekly check-in
Three ratings and one line every week, shown as a trend over the twelve weeks.
Weekly practice
The one thing to stop or start this week, as a task the client checks off.
Weekly release
Each week's section opens on schedule, so the client focuses on one stage at a time.
Discussion channel
For a group journey: a place to share what was noticed, between sessions.
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