What's Your Problem Like?

Emotional clarity. A different perspective. Your next step.

40 illustrated cards to help you make sense of what’s going on, see your problem differently and know what to do next.

The 40-card deck is currently preparing for its first print run. Join the priority waitlist to receive early access, launch updates, and first-release pricing as soon as the boxes arrive.

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’s deeply inconvenient.

Your heart races, 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, healer 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.

You turn to podcasts and other advice, but you’re often told to “just sit with it,” “journal,” “take it one step at a time” or “think positively.”

But that advice isn’t particularly helpful when you’re in the problem and can’t see a way out.

Why These Cards Are Different

When you’re overwhelmed, stressed or running on empty, finding the right words to describe exactly what’s happening isn’t always easy.

Instead of asking you to search for complicated feeling words, What’s Your Problem Like? starts with something more familiar: the everyday pictures and expressions we use to describe our experiences.

“It feels 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.”

That’s what makes these cards different. They give you a picture of the position you’re experiencing.

Think about what it’s like to be stuck in a hole. Your mind has taken you somewhere dark, and you can’t see a way out.

Someone might tell you to take it one step at a time. But if you can’t see where to step, that advice doesn’t give you anywhere to begin.

The What’s Your Problem Like? cards make that physical stuck position visible. The illustration gives you something to recognise, while the questions on the card help you explore what’s happening and consider practical possibilities for changing your position.

It’s a different way to understand what’s happening, find another possibility and begin to feel some relief, so you can get back to your day and what matters to you.

How Each Card Moves You Forward

You don’t need an hour-long conversation to begin exploring what’s happening. Start with a question, find an illustration that resonates and use the prompts to explore a different perspective.

One: Start by Asking: “What’s Your Problem Like?”

Consider the first thing that comes to mind. What picture, situation or familiar expression describes what’s happening? Look through the illustrations and choose a card that resonates with your experience.

Two: Remember What Matters

Explore what you’re trying to protect, what you need, what’s important to you and what you would like to be different.

Three: Discover Another Possibility

Step back from the situation and consider what else might be happening, what you haven’t noticed and what options might be available.

Four: Change Your Position

Consider a different perspective or a practical next step to approach your situation differently. Sometimes seeing an option you couldn’t previously recognise is enough to begin changing how you experience the problem.

The Shift: From Overdrive to Quiet Confidence

Before: Your mind is racing. You’re second-guessing yourself, feeling frustrated or overwhelmed, snapping at people or shutting down. You know something isn’t right, but you’re finding it difficult to see the situation clearly.

After: You have a clearer understanding of what’s happening, why you might be responding this way and what matters to you. You can consider the situation differently and decide what you might like to do next.

40 visual clarity cards for the moments when you need relief right now, designed for your kitchen table, your handbag, or your coaching room.

Who Is This Deck For?

For You When You Need Emotional Support

When something is bothering you, but you can’t quite work out why, or what to do about it.

Use the cards on your own to explore what’s happening, recognise familiar patterns and find a different way of looking at the situation.

For Coaches, Counsellors and Helping Professionals

A practical visual resource for working with clients who struggle to articulate their experiences, get caught up in their thinking or find it difficult to see their situation differently.

The illustrations offer a different starting point for conversation. The questions encourage exploration, while the Change Your Position prompts open up possibilities that can complement your existing professional approach.

Discover how to use the cards in professional practice, including the symbolic language of the unconscious mind, the eight human needs and the colour-coded response groupings.

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The 40-card deck is currently preparing for its first print run. Join the priority waitlist to receive early access, launch updates, and first-release pricing as soon as the boxes arrive

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

One-to-One Support

Individualised Support with Claire Chancellor

Sometimes a difficult situation or familiar pattern calls for dedicated, individual attention. In one-to-one sessions with Claire, we explore what’s happening beneath the surface, what’s influencing your reactions, what matters to you and what you want to be different.

Together, we explore a different perspective and map out what you can do next.

Claire Chancellor: Creator | Educator | Author of Essential Scripts for Coaches and Healers

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The 40-card deck is currently preparing for its first print run. Join the priority waitlist to receive early access, launch updates, and first-release pricing as soon as the boxes arrive

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