Why the Life Puzzle? Simplifying Wholeness.

When I was first working as a counselor and trying to help my clients on their pathway to Wholeness, one of the big challenges I had was how to translate the information I had into an easy to understand, easy to apply methodology for my clients.

While I had loved spending 10 years learning about wholeness and all the different areas this entailed in one’s life, the reality is that my clients did not have nor did they want to spend 10 years doing the same thing! They were people busy running their lives and had come to get help and expertise. And I will never forget the day when I was sitting across from a gentleman who worked as an engineer and he said to me “Ann, all this stuff about wholeness sounds great, but I really have no idea what you’re talking about. Tell me, when I get out of the bed in the morning and my feet hit the floor and my day begins, what exactly am I supposed to be doing so I end up whole?”

That question was a great gift to me as it really challenged me to create an easy way for someone to implement wholeness in their lives. Because I was sitting across from an intelligent man and while I couldn’t do what he did in engineering, he was essentially saying to me “I don’t know what you know in this field—translate it into something I can understand and use in my life so I can get healthier.” Challenge heard, challenge solved—voila, The Life Puzzle.

 

Why the Life Puzzle? A Framework for Wholeness That Works

The Life Puzzle emerged from a critical insight: while wholeness entails many areas (16!), it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. By breaking down wholeness into daily practices, the work becomes manageable. This methodology translates personal development into concrete actions you can take each day through three key innovations:

1. The Universal Framework

  • 16 core life areas that exist in everyone’s life
  • 5 foundational edges: physical, emotional, thinking, sexual, and spiritual
  • A SELF that takes responsibility and integrates these 16 core areas and 5 edges.

2. Practical Implementation

  • Transforms wholeness into concrete daily actions
  • Designed for busy people who need efficient, effective solutions
  • Built from real client needs and feedback

3. Progressive Development Rather than overwhelm you with change, Life Puzzle helps you:

  • Identify which pieces you’re already managing well
  • Identify gaps that need your attention
  • Build missing areas a piece at a time with the whole in mind
  • Integrate new behaviors naturally into your daily routine

Every day you’re living with these 16 core areas – they’re already shaping your life, even if you haven’t noticed them all. Think of them like rooms in your house – some you use consciously and keep in good order, while others might be neglected or overlooked. Life Puzzle helps you open those closed doors, turn on the light, and actively shape each area instead of ignoring it. You’re not adding more rooms to the house just taking advantage of and optimizing what’s already there into a home of wholeness.

This means you can:

  • Start exactly where you are
  • Move at your own pace
  • Create sustainable change
  • Build lasting wholeness

The methodology recognizes that while we all share these fundamental life areas, each person’s journey to wholeness is unique. This balance between universal structure and personal customization makes Life Puzzle an exceptionally effective tool for life development.