Relationship Cards
Balance ambition and self care by investing in your relationships. This is the most powerful way to boost your performance, productivity, happiness, and wellbeing — at work and in life.
Curated by psychologists, this tool has 112 questions to ask and to answer to facilitate disclosure, reciprocity, trust, and closeness. These aren’t the superficial, chit-chat kind of questions. They’re the complex and (mostly) serious ones — questions like, “How would other people describe you?”, “What’s one thing you would change about the way you were raised?”
You can also use the questions as journal prompts, to spark deep introspection and reflection.
How it supports ambition:
- Encourages you to stay close and connected to others (... which is useful for building your network)
- Boosts emotional intelligence by practising empathy and understanding.
- Builds a support system, helping you navigate highs-and-lows, and ups-and-downs.
- Facilitates growth, providing opportunities to learn from others, gain new perspectives, and develop interpersonal skills.
- Enhances communication skills; question-asking, disclosure, active listening.
How it supports self care:
- Reduces feelings of loneliness by encouraging closeness and deep connection.
- Reduces stress, giving you a support network to rely on during challenging times.
- Builds resilience, making you more able to navigate challenges and setbacks.
- Improves physical health including lower blood pressure, reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases, and improved immune function.
- Increases a sense of belonging, fostering a sense of purpose and fulfilment.
This tool is made for mature audiences; for people who are open to sharing things about themselves and creating a safe space for others to do the same. It’s not for the faint hearted: some questions, or answers, might be confronting or difficult to answer. To get the most out of this activity, we encourage you to be curious and willing to share, but mindful that it might bring up some tough stuff. Of course, you can stop at any time or change topics and questions whenever it's required.
Although it was created by psychologists, it is not intended to be a therapeutic tool or intervention, or to replace the advice of your health professional(s).