Coach Guide: Interpreting Data and Guiding Client Conversations

What This Guide Is For

Use this guide to:

  • onboard clients with clarity
  • guide coaching sessions using patterns
  • support reflection between sessions
  • reinforce progress and momentum

PrescribeLife.AI interprets behavioural patterns and translates them into Coaching Insights to support performance capacity between sessions.


Onboarding: Establish a Clear Starting Point

Complete the Resilience Drivers Assessment

  • Have the client rate each driver (1–10)
  • Use this to establish a baseline

Explore Meaning

Use reflective prompts:

  • What stands out to you?
  • Which area feels most important right now?
  • What would a 10 look like for you?

Set Initial Action

  • Identify 1–2 small, self-directed actions
  • Focus on consistency over intensity

Revisit Over Time

  • Reassess drivers periodically
  • Track shifts alongside dashboard patterns

Important Coaching Scope

Dashboard indicators are designed to support reflection.

Coaches must:

  • not interpret physiological meaning
  • not diagnose or assess health states
  • not draw conclusions about risk

Use the platform as a conversation tool, grounded in the client’s lived experience.


Using Dashboard Trends as Conversation Starters

Resilience Overview

Represents how daily habits support overall resilience capacity and performance.

Score RangeCategoryWhat It Indicates 
81-100HighHabits strongly support recovery, energy, and performance capacity 

66-80
Medium
Generally supportive patterns with some areas to strengthen
51-65LowInconsistent habits may be limiting recovery and energy 
0-50MinimalSignificant imbalance impacting resilience capacity 

Coaching Prompts

  • What do you think contributed to this pattern?
  • What might help shift it?
  • Which habit is influencing this most?

Readiness

Reflects recovery and capacity for the day.

Score RangeCategoryWhat It Means for Resilience
81-100HighStrong recovery, capacity for higher demand 
61-80MediumModerate recovery, balance required 
41-60Low
Limited recovery, reduced capacity
0-40MinimalRecovery is low, prioritise rest and reset 

Coaching Prompts

  • What was happening during this dip?
  • What supported recovery here?

Activity & Movement

Reflects how movement supports energy, stress regulation, and recovery.

Score RangeCategoryWhat It Means for Resilience
76-100HighStrong movement supports resilience and recovery 
61-75Medium

Adequate movement with room to improve .
46-60LowMovement may be insufficient for recovery support 
0-45MinimalVery low movement, impacting energy and resilience 

Coaching Prompts

  • What do you notice during more active periods?
  • What gets in the way during busy weeks?
  • What feels realistic to maintain?

Habit Engagement

Shows consistency in behaviours linked to resilience drivers.

How to Use

  • Identify consistent vs inconsistent habits
  • Explore what supports follow-through
  • Adjust or simplify when needed

Key Principle

Consistent habits build momentum
Inconsistency is a signal for inquiry, not judgement

Coaching Prompts

  • Which habit felt easiest?
  • What supported consistency?
  • What got in the way?

 Consistent habits build momentum.

 Inconsistency is a cue to get curious, not to judge.


Using Dashboard Features Effectively

Coaching Topics

Purpose: Capture what matters between sessions

How to Use:

  • Ask clients to log topics during the week
  • Review at the start of sessions
  • Prioritise one focus area

Prompts

  • What would you like us to explore next?
  • Add anything that feels important

Wins & Growth

Purpose: Reinforce progress and build momentum

How to Use:

  • Encourage logging small wins
  • Review and celebrate progress

Prompts

  • What felt like a win this week?
  • What helped you move forward?

Preslie Insights

Purpose: Support reflection and awareness

Important:
Insights are generated through client interaction.
No engagement = no insights.

How to Use:

  • Encourage reflection via Preslie
  • Review insights together

Prompts

  • What did the insights surface for you?
  • Was anything surprising or useful?

The 3-Step Coaching Flow (Use Every Session)

Step 1 — Scan the Trends (1–2 minutes)

  • Identify what increased, decreased, or stayed consistent
  • Choose ONE meaningful pattern

Step 2 — Ask Insight Questions

Start with:

  • What do you notice?

Then deepen:

  • What stands out?
  • Where was your energy strongest or lowest?
  • What felt supportive or challenging?

Step 3 — Turn Insight Into Action

End with:

  • What one small shift matters this week?
  • What boundary or habit supports you now?

Between Sessions: Client Practice

Encourage clients to actively engage with the platform.

Share Observations

  • energy
  • stress
  • recovery
  • challenges

Log Coaching Topics

  • reflections
  • questions
  • patterns

Record Wins

  • habits
  • boundaries
  • emotional progress

Core Loop

Noticing → Reflecting → Sharing → Adjusting


Coaching Flags vs Red Flags

Coaching Flags (Normal)

  • fluctuations in energy
  • inconsistent habits
  • dips during stressful periods

Use these as conversation starters.

Red Flags (Escalation Required)

  • harm-related statements
  • medical concerns
  • severe emotional distress

Pause coaching and refer to appropriate support.


Core Coaching Prompts

Use consistently:

  • What stands out this week?
  • Where did you feel most energised or drained?
  • What supported your recovery?
  • What challenged your habits?
  • What caused this shift?
  • Which habit felt easiest?
  • What felt like a win?
  • What insight do you want to carry forward?
  • What small shift matters now?
  • How is this useful for you?

Key Coaching Principles

  • Use data to guide reflection, not interpretation
  • Keep conversations client-led
  • Focus on patterns, not isolated metrics
  • Prioritise small, consistent behaviour change

Optional Deeper Learning

For additional context on:

  • resilience drivers
  • behavioural design
  • performance capacity

Refer to the Guide to High Performance Coaching.

This material is informational and does not replace coaching training.


Final Note

This guide is intentionally designed to be:

  • simple
  • repeatable
  • usable in real sessions

If coaches cannot use it in under 2 minutes during a session, it is too complex


Support and Troubleshooting

If you experience issues:

Support requests are typically acknowledged within one business day.


FAQ: Interpreting Data and Guiding Client Conversations

Do I need to fully understand the data before using it in a session?
No. You do not need to fully interpret the data. Your role is to use patterns as prompts for reflection. The client’s insight is more important than your analysis.


What if I’m not sure what the data means?
You do not need to explain it. Ask the client what they notice. Use the data to guide the conversation rather than provide answers.


How do I avoid overcomplicating coaching with data?
Focus on one pattern per session. Avoid reviewing everything. Simplicity leads to clearer insights and better action.


What if the client disagrees with the data?
That is valuable. The goal is not to prove the data is correct, but to explore the difference between perception and patterns.


Can I use the data to make recommendations directly?
Use caution. The goal is to guide reflection first. Recommendations should follow the client’s own insights, not replace them.


How do I keep the session client-led while using structured data?
Start with open questions. Let the client interpret patterns before you guide the discussion. This keeps ownership with the client.


What if there are multiple patterns visible?
Choose one. Trying to address too many patterns reduces clarity and actionability.


How do I handle emotional responses to the data?
Acknowledge the response and explore it. Emotional reactions often point to meaningful insights or areas that need attention.


When should I escalate beyond coaching?
Escalate if there are signs of harm, medical concerns, or severe emotional distress. Coaching should pause and appropriate support should be recommended.


How do I know if a coaching conversation was effective?
A session is effective when:

  • the client identifies a clear insight
  • a small, actionable step is defined
  • the client feels ownership of the next step