I've done values exercises before and nothing changed. How is this different?

Most values exercises stop at a list of nice words. Here, each value gets a real boundary — your hours, your cut-off time, how clients reach you — and the exact words to use when someone pushes.

What if I lose clients by setting boundaries?

We start small and clear, not dramatic. You'll decide which boundary matters most first, what counts as a real emergency, and how to explain it kindly. Most clients respect clear rules more than endless availability.

I feel guilty saying no. Will this help?

Yes. Once you've named what a boundary protects — your kids, your health, your peace — saying no stops feeling selfish and starts feeling like keeping a promise.

No. It's practical business coaching about how you run your week and your client relationships. It isn't therapy, legal or medical advice.

Because boundaries are built by holding them, not by planning them. Thirty days is long enough to practise and short enough to actually start.

What do I actually walk away with?

Your Non-Negotiables: three core values in your own words, the boundary that protects each one, your working-hours and contact rules, the words to use when someone pushes, a Stop Doing list, and your next 30 days with one first move.

Stage 1 · Foundation + Inner Alignment · Week 7 of 50

Your business was never supposed to cost you your life. Let's draw the line.

For the solopreneur whose work keeps spilling into evenings, weekends and family time. In one guided session with Sophia, name the three values that matter most and walk away with Non-Negotiables — real boundaries, and the exact words to hold them — for your next 30 days.

One-time payment · yours permanently · 49 questions

How to get the most from it

A short tour of The Core Values Coach with Sophia

Step 1 of 3 · Resentment is a clue

“You don't need a pretty list of words on a vision board to start this. I ask you one question at a time. Type, or tap the microphone and talk. Tell me where your business is pushing into your life right now, and the moments that left you feeling resentful. No judgment. Resentment is a value asking to be protected.”

— Sophia

01One question at a time
02Tap the mic and talk
03Proud and resentful moments both count

Sound familiar?

Three signs this is your coach

You answer client messages at dinner, then feel annoyed at yourself — and at them.

"Just this once" exceptions have quietly become what everyone expects from you.

You say yes while every part of you is saying no.

Meet your guide

Sophia, your strategist in your pocket

Sophia is your on-demand Chief Strategy Officer. She won't hand you a list of pretty value words for a vision board. She finds the values hiding in your proudest and most resentful moments, then turns each one into a real boundary — your hours, your cut-off, your client rules — and gives you the words to hold it.

Your 3-step plan

1
Name what matters
One question at a time — type, or tap the mic and talk. Your proud moments and your resentful ones both count.
2
Find where it's being crossed
Sophia connects your values to the exact places your business spills into your life.
3
Hold your Non-Negotiables
Each value with a boundary that protects it, the words to hold it, and your next 30 days.

What you walk away with

Your Non-Negotiables

Your three core values

In your own plain words, each tied to a real moment — not borrowed from a list.

Your boundaries and your words

Your hours, your cut-off, your client rules, and exactly what to say when someone pushes.

Your next 30 days

A Stop Doing list for the yeses you're done giving, and one first boundary with a date.

If nothing changes

Another year of answering messages at dinner, resenting clients you like, and quietly trading the things you started this business for.

After this session

You know what you stand for, you have boundaries that protect it, and the words to hold them without guilt.

Why not just ask ChatGPT?

ChatGPT will give you a list of 50 value words to choose from. Sophia finds yours in the moments you've already lived.
A blank chat tells you to 'set boundaries.' Sophia writes the exact words you'll say when a client pushes.
Chat scroll disappears. Your Non-Negotiables is a clean document you can reread the next time someone asks for 'just this once.'

Inside the session

What you'll walk through

8 sections · 49 questions · a checkpoint after every section.

1
Name What Matters Most
Name the three values that matter most to you — in plain words, drawn from real moments, not a list of nice-sounding ideas.
5 questions
2
Current Boundary Reality
Look honestly at where your business is pushing into your life right now — your time, your energy and your evenings.
6 questions
3
What Must Be Protected
Decide which parts of your life must stay protected as your business grows.
6 questions
4
Spot Boundary Breaches
Spot your earliest signs that a line has been crossed, and the exceptions that have quietly become normal.
6 questions
5
Define Absolute Limits
Set your real limits — your weekly hours, your cut-off time, and the work you will no longer do.
7 questions
6
Set Access Rules
Decide how and when clients can reach you, and what truly counts as an emergency.
6 questions
7
Hold Boundaries Firmly
Prepare for pushback — who will test your boundaries, and the exact words you'll use to hold them.
6 questions
8
Choose Your Rules
Lock in your Non-Negotiables for the next 30 days, what you're willing to trade for them, and your first move.
7 questions

The Coaching Cabinet — all 50 coaches

$97

Holiday price: $97 one time (normally $297) · Ends December 31, 2026 · Lifetime access

Guided session with Sophia, one question at a time
Checkpoint summaries you confirm or correct
A personalized strategy document
Export to Word or plain text
Re-run the session whenever the business changes

Secure checkout · no subscription · access is permanent.

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Your Non-Negotiables: three core values in plain words, the boundary that protects each one, the words to use when someone pushes, a Stop Doing list, and your next 30 days.

One session. 49 questions. A document you'll actually use.

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Your business was never supposed to cost you your life. Let's draw the line.

Three signs this is your coach

Sophia, your strategist in your pocket

Your Non-Negotiables

You're sitting down with Sophia

What you'll walk through

You don't leave with notes. You leave with a document.

Pairs well with

Questions people ask first

Your Non-Negotiables: three core values in plain words, the boundary that protects each one, the words to use when someone pushes, a Stop Doing list, and your next 30 days.

Your business was never supposed to cost you your life. Let's draw the line.

Three signs this is your coach

Sophia, your strategist in your pocket

Your Non-Negotiables

You're sitting down with Sophia

What you'll walk through

You don't leave with notes. You leave with a document.

Pairs well with

Questions people ask first

I've done values exercises before and nothing changed. How is this different?

What if I lose clients by setting boundaries?

I feel guilty saying no. Will this help?

Is this therapy?

Why 30 days?

What do I actually walk away with?

Your Non-Negotiables: three core values in plain words, the boundary that protects each one, the words to use when someone pushes, a Stop Doing list, and your next 30 days.