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A Practical Tool For Better Coaching Conversations
Starting a meaningful conversation isn't always easy.
The Lifeline Deck gives coaches, mentors and professionals a practical way to explore challenges, encourage reflection and help young people identify possible ways forward.
Designed from real-world coaching experience, these coaching cards provide prompts and practical strategies while keeping the young person's voice at the centre.
It's not a game. It's a coaching tool designed to support meaningful conversations.
What Can The Lifeline Deck Help With?
The Lifeline Deck can support conversations around:
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Confidence and self-belief
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Resilience and coping
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Difficult situations
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Choices and consequences
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Relationships and support
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Practical next steps
The cards are designed to help move conversations beyond simply identifying a challenge towards reflection, choice and action.
Who Is The Lifeline Deck For?
Coaches
Use coaching cards to explore challenges, encourage reflection and identify practical next steps.
Mentors
Use conversation prompts to help create meaningful discussions when a young person isn't sure what to say.
Education Professionals
Use the deck within appropriate coaching, mentoring, pastoral and support conversations.
Youth Professionals
Use the cards to explore challenges, resilience, choices and practical strategies.
Meet The Lifeline Deck
The Lifeline Deck contains 150 thoughtfully designed coaching cards that work together to create meaningful conversations.
Three card types can be used individually or together to help explore situations, develop understanding, identify practical strategies and take action.
70 Lifeline Cards
Practical strategies and sources of support.
50 Situation Cards
Real-life situations to explore.
30 Trigger Cards
Optional prompts for deeper understanding.
Presentation Box + Quick Start Guide included.
Created By A Coach With Over 17 Years' Experience Supporting Young People
The Lifeline Deck was created by Ross Thompson, a Resilience & Mindset Life Coach and Strategic Safeguarding Manager with over 17 years' experience supporting young people through coaching, mentoring, education and safeguarding.
Ross created The Lifeline Deck to provide professionals with a practical resource they can use within real conversations — helping young people explore challenges, recognise their options and identify practical ways forward.
Practical. Flexible. Conversation-focused.
How Does The Lifeline Deck Work?
There is no single way to use the cards. Adapt them to the young person, the conversation and your professional approach.
Situation → Understanding → Strategy → Action
1. Situation
Introduce a situation or challenge to get the conversation started.
2. Understanding
Explore thoughts, responses and what may be contributing to the situation.
3. Strategy
Consider which lifelines, strategies or sources of support could help.
4. Action
Agree a realistic next step the young person can take.
The cards support your coaching. You remain the professional.
Something Practical For Your Coaching Toolkit
If you support young people through coaching, mentoring or professional conversations, The Lifeline Deck could become a valuable addition to your toolkit.
The Lifeline Deck is currently being prepared for launch.
Join the launch list to be among the first to hear when it becomes available.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Coaching Cards
What are coaching cards?
Coaching cards are practical prompts, questions or activities that can help professionals structure conversations, encourage reflection and explore different topics. The Lifeline Deck has been designed specifically for professionals supporting young people.
How many cards are included?
The Lifeline Deck contains 150 cards: 70 Lifeline Cards, 50 Situation Cards and 30 Trigger Cards. A presentation box and Quick Start Guide are also included.
Who can use The Lifeline Deck?
The Lifeline Deck is designed for coaches, mentors and professionals who support young people through coaching, mentoring or structured conversations.
Is The Lifeline Deck a game?
No. The Lifeline Deck is a coaching tool, designed to support meaningful conversations, reflection and practical action.
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Give Your Coaching Conversations Another Lifeline
Sometimes a difficult conversation needs a different starting point.
The Lifeline Deck provides practical coaching cards to help coaches, mentors and professionals support young people to explore challenges, identify possibilities and consider a way forward.
