The WisdomWeave Prompts Archive
Two hundred and seventy-nine questions
that get people talking.
Every prompt in the WisdomWeave library, organised by chapter, free to read and free to use. Take them to a Sunday lunch with your dad. Send them to your sister. Print them out. The questions are the marketing — the recording, transcription, and beautiful book at the end are the product.
Ten chapters · 279 prompts · no login, no paywall
Chapter 1 · 32 prompts
Roots & beginnings
the world you were born into, before you knew anything else
“What did your childhood home sound like at dinner?”
Chapter 2 · 30 prompts
Coming of age
becoming yourself — the first jobs, the first loves, the first hard choices
“When did you first feel like a grown-up — really, not for show?”
Chapter 3 · 30 prompts
Building a life
the partner, the home, the work, the children — the years you were building it all
“What was your first proper job, and what did it teach you that school never had?”
Chapter 4 · 30 prompts
The middle years
the part you didn't know you were living until it was nearly over
“Of all the roles you've played — parent, partner, friend, worker, carer, leader — which one feels most like *you*?”
Chapter 5 · 28 prompts
The later years
what the days look like now — what's quieter, what's still loud
“What's quieter in your life now that used to make a lot of noise?”
Chapter 6 · 26 prompts
People who shaped me
the parents, the teachers, the friends, the strangers — the ones who left a mark
“Was there someone in your life who really saw you, when other people didn't?”
Chapter 7 · 24 prompts
Work & purpose
what you spent your working hours doing — and why
“What's the thing you most enjoyed building, making, or growing in your life?”
Chapter 8 · 24 prompts
Meaning, beliefs & doubts
what you've come to think, after a lifetime of thinking it
“Tell me about a time you stood up for something you believed in, even when it cost you.”
Chapter 9 · 25 prompts
Love, loss & resilience
the loves that shaped you, the losses you've carried, what kept you going
“Tell me about a love that shaped you.”
Chapter 10 · 30 prompts
Forward
what you'd leave behind — for the people who come after
“What do you most want the people who come after you to know about who you really were?”
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