A self-insight test grounded in schema therapy

The patterns that run your life have names.

We measure 20 research-backed patterns and rank yours from your own answers. You get your top three free, in about 10 minutes.

  • Top 3 patterns free
  • About 10 minutes
  • Not a diagnosis
Discover Your Lifetraps
Based on the Young Schema Questionnaire (Revised) — the inventory schema therapists have used for decades. Not a diagnosis.

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Shift from self-sabotage to self-mastery.

Our science-backed program strengthens your mental muscles by rewiring your brain for sustained positive change. You learn to intercept your self-sabotage and access the part of your mind that turns life’s challenges into opportunities.

We call this mental fitness.

Discover Your Lifetraps

Shift the balance in your mind

Experience immediate and sustained improvements in both your well-being and performance.

Boost Performance

90%Use mental & emotional energy more effectively
76%Improve ability to develop others
92%Are better at teamwork and collaboration

Improve Well-Being

85%Increase happiness
91%Manage stress better
83%Improved self-confidence

Strengthen Relationships

82%Saw an improvement in relationships
84%Are better at conflict management
97%Improved their empathy skills

The 20Lifetraps Method

A path to patterns that finally make sense

A clinically-grounded path from the validated YSQ-R — first results in about 10 minutes.

1

Answer

About 80 honest questions, first instinct

2

Name

Your top 3 patterns, ranked and named

3

Understand

Why each one took root

4

Recognize

How it quietly runs your days

5

Soften

Grow out of the pattern

The map

Five domains your patterns fall into

Every pattern belongs to one of five areas of life. Your results show where yours gather.

Disconnection & Rejection

patterns about whether love and safety can be counted on

Impaired Autonomy

patterns about whether you can stand on your own in the world

Impaired Limits

patterns about self-control, and where your needs meet other people's

Other-Directedness

patterns about putting other people's needs ahead of your own

Overvigilance & Inhibition

patterns about holding yourself to a hard line and keeping feelings in

What you’ll see

A result you can recognize

It's never quite good enough
1Unrelenting StandardsPattern #1 of your ranked 20

The feeling that you must keep pushing, because nothing is ever quite good enough.

With Unrelenting Standards, you strive relentlessly to meet extremely high expectations of yourself. The primary feeling is pressure: you are always pushing to get ahead, fighting to be the best at whatever you do.

Your real results are ranked from your answers.

Pricing

Start free. Go deeper only if you want to.

You take the test and see your free results first. You decide on a report after that.

Free Results

Free

What you’re seeing now

  • Your top 3 patterns, ranked from your answers
  • A plain look at what each one is
  • Your distribution across the 5 domains
  • No card needed
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Top 3 Report

$19one-time

Go deep on the three that grip you most

  • Everything in the free results
  • Why you have each of your top 3, and how it shows up day to day
  • Step-by-step ways to begin to soften it
  • A PDF report to download and keep
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Total 20 Report

$49one-time

Your complete pattern picture

  • Everything in the Top 3 Report
  • All 20 patterns named and opened in full
  • Your middle patterns: what to watch for
  • Your lower patterns: the quiet strengths to lean on
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Questions

Before you start

No. This is an educational tool for self-insight, not therapy, diagnosis, or clinical assessment. It names a pattern, never the person. If you are struggling, please reach out to a professional or someone you trust.

Ten minutes from now, you’ll have names for it.

Discover Your Lifetraps

10 minutes · no signup · not a diagnosis