What's Your Problem Like?
From “Oh, THAT’S what’s going on” to “Okay, now I know what I can do.”
40 illustrated cards to help you make sense of what’s going on, see your problem differently and know what to do next.
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When Something Feels Off
You have places to be, people counting on you, and a life that expects you to look composed. Being emotionally triggered isn’t just exhausting; it is deeply inconvenient.
Your chest tightens, your mind goes into overdrive, and you just want the internal chaos to stop before anyone notices. You’d love to book a session with a coach or therapist, but they can’t fit you in until next week. You could call a friend, but she’s busy, and honestly, you don’t want to be a burden or risk being misunderstood.
People tell you to “just sit with it,” “journal,” or “take it one step at a time.”
That advice doesn’t work when your logical brain has switched off.
When you feel like you are stuck in a hole, you can’t “take one step”. There’s nowhere to step. And forcing yourself to “think positive” only makes you feel dismissed and more alone.
Why These Cards Are Different
When you are overwhelmed, stressed, or running on empty, naming exact emotions is hard. Feelings are abstract.
Instead of asking you to dig around for complicated feeling words, What’s Your Problem Like? starts with the everyday pictures your mind is already using:
- “It’s like I’m going in circles.”
- “I’m drowning under too many expectations.”
- “I’m being dragged down by guilt.”
- “I’m under too much pressure.”
The illustrations make your hidden position visible.
The moment you see the picture of where you are stuck, your brain stops spinning because you finally feel understood without having to explain yourself to anyone.
How Each Card Moves You Forward
You don’t need an hour on a couch to get relief. Pull a card in the quiet of your kitchen or between meetings, and let it walk you through four simple shifts:
One: Start with the question: “What’s your problem like?” Look at the illustration to recognize your current position and what’s really happening, without judgment.
Two: Remember What Matters to You: Uncover what you are actually trying to protect, what you’re missing out on, and what you truly value.
Three: Spot the Exit You Couldn’t See: Step back from the pressure so you can notice options and choices that were hidden while you were overwhelmed.
Four: Change Your Position: Walk away with one practical, grounded next step you can actually take right now.
The Shift: From Overdrive to Quiet Confidence
When your mind is racing, you’re second-guessing yourself, snapping or shutting down, and feeling completely isolated in your own head.
Instead of asking you to “journal it out” or “just think positive,” each card puts a mirror right in front of the exact position you’re caught in, whether you’re treading water in Overwhelm, holding the wrong key in Hopelessness, or replaying a moment of Rejection.
• Feel Understood in Seconds: See your internal struggle illustrated right in front of you. No explaining required.
• Stop the Spiral Fast: Three grounded “In Real Life” questions cut straight through the mental noise and self-doubt.
• Walk Away With Your Next Move: Every card gives you a clear “Change Your Position” shift so you can drop your shoulders, reclaim your boundaries, and get back to your day with quiet confidence.
Who Is This Deck For?
- For You (On the Busy, Overwhelming Days): A five-minute lifeline when you need immediate clarity, validation, and a way out of the spiral, on your own terms, without having to explain yourself to anyone.
- For Coaches, Therapists & Facilitators: A practical, visual bridge for clients who get stuck in their heads, shut down, or struggle to put their feelings into words. The illustrations take the pressure off talking and help clients see their own patterns immediately.
40 visual clarity cards for the moments when you need relief right now, designed for your kitchen table, your handbag, or your coaching room.
For Helping Professionals
A Visual Starting Point When Words Are Hard
Sometimes a client sits across from you knowing something isn’t right, yet they are overwhelmed, unsure where to start, or stuck in their head trying to explain it.
What’s Your Problem Like? takes some of the pressure off finding the right words. Spreading the cards on the table gives your client something concrete to look at, point to and choose, creating a natural starting point for a deeper conversation.
Start Without Words
Visual metaphors give clients something concrete to point to when words are hard to find. “I’m right here, at the bottom of this pit.” Now you have something to explore together.
Spot Patterns Together
Help clients separate who they are from the position they are stuck in. This makes it easier to explore recurring reactions, unmet needs and blind spots without making the position their identity.
Built-In Structure
Every card includes three grounded “In Real Life” questions and a “Change Your Position” prompt, giving you thoughtful questions to work with and the confidence to guide the conversation towards a practical next step.
Simple Yet Strategic
Clients need zero specialist knowledge to begin. The colour-coded Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn groupings provide an additional framework for exploring how they respond when under pressure.
Bonus Practitioner Resources via QR Code: Scan the card inside your box for instant access to extra digital guides, session ideas, and deeper ways to work with the Freeze, Flight, Fight & Fawn groupings and the 8 human needs with your clients.
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Behind the Cards
Created by Claire Chancellor
As a mum of four daughters, I am deeply passionate about giving women practical tools that help them trust themselves, find their voice, and navigate life’s messy moments without feeling overwhelmed or alone.
What’s Your Problem Like? grew out of that passion, alongside more than a decade of working with clients and training professionals in communication, coaching and personal development.
Drawing on my background in NLP, Metaphors of Movement, communication and coaching, I hand-drew each of the 40 original illustrations, digitised the artwork, crafted the questions and practical guidance on every card, and intentionally ordered the deck around the 8 core human needs and the Freeze, Flight, Fight and Fawn responses.
I wanted to create something far more substantial than surface-level affirmation cards or general reflection prompts.
A resource I trust enough to put on the table in my own client sessions, and one you can reach for independently whenever you need to find your footing. At the heart of this deck is something deeply human: feeling powerless in a difficult situation is horrible.
We can’t control everything that happens in life, but when you can finally see where you’re standing and spot an option you couldn’t see five minutes ago, you have somewhere to begin.
Sincerely, Claire Chancellor
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Real Results
Life Changes When You Do
What’s Draining Your Energy?
Sometimes it’s difficult to see what’s keeping you caught in the same situation when you’re right in the middle of it. The What’s Draining Your Energy? Quiz gives you another way to look at what’s happening.
The Capable
You carry what belongs to everyone else, and wonder why you’re so depleted.
The Sensitive
You feel what everyone else is feeling, and wonder why you’re exhausted.
The Achiever
You keep pushing because slowing down feels like letting yourself down.
The Insider
You keep giving to people, roles, and relationships long after they give back.
Your Personalised Result Reveals:
✓ Which pattern are you
✓ What’s draining your energy
✓ What it’s costing you
✓ The question that can create change
✓ Practical next steps
Discover what needs your attention to create more energy.
