Have you ever known a person, or perhaps been a person, who gives the impression that everything is good, but you sense it would only take one small bump in the road before the house of cards comes tumbling down? It takes one to know one. I lived this way for a long time, and I have met countless others who have felt the same.
The answer is resilience: your ability to bounce back when something unexpected and unwanted occurs. The key is strengthening the different parts of your life, so when one part is injured, the healthy parts provide support for real healing and a return to wholeness.
A person is a lot like a tree. A healthy tree is not healthy because of one part. It needs roots that hold, a trunk that carries, bark that heals, branches that reach, leaves that breathe, and fruit that carries the future. Soul Tree looks at all six parts of you, from root to fruit.
Tap any part of the tree.
Name each resource in only one part of your tree. If your family gives you hope, they still belong in the Branches, not the Fruit. This constraint reveals your true resources in each part, and where you may be leaning on one part of the tree to carry weight it was never meant to hold alone.
I'm Chris, a hospice chaplain. Grounded. exists to support caregivers, normalize hospice, and care for the bereaved. I built Soul Tree from years of sitting with people at the end of their lives and watching which parts of them held when everything else gave way.
Grounded. is where I write those stories down. The man who swore at my badge, then asked me to pray. The woman who hadn't spoken in three days, dancing to Drift Away. Real stories from the edge of life.
We start at the roots and climb. For each part, move the slider from 1 (depleted) to 10 (thriving), and use the reflection space to name your actual resources.
Finish your checkup to see your tree here.
Choose 1 to 3 practices for each part of your tree. This becomes your personal plan, the practical next step that turns your checkup into real growth.
Finish your checkup first so your care plan can reflect your actual results.
Each time you take the checkup, save your results to a file on your phone or computer. Load that file here to watch your tree grow: your score over time, your tree, and every result side by side.
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Score each part 1 to 10 based on the client's resources and resilience. Use the clinical notes field for specific disclosures, risk factors, or context.
Complete a session to see results here.
Select 1 to 3 practices per part as the agreed next steps with your client, or write your own.
Complete a session first so the care plan can reflect this client's actual results.
Select a client to view their score trend across sessions.