Where are you in the R-Cycle?
A Self-Assessment for Leaders in Motion
Question 1
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When you think about where you are right now, which of these feels most true? |
A I am still making sense of what happened. I need to understand it before I can move.
B I am tired in a way that rest hasn't fixed. I need more than a break — I need to actually recover.
C I am beginning to feel something new stirring. I'm not ready to announce it, but it's there.
D I am ready to re-engage — more intentionally, more strategically, more like myself.
Question 2
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When you look back at the last year of your leadership, what do you find yourself doing most? |
A Sitting with what it cost me. What I gave and what I lost.
B Trying to release what depleted me. Learning how to stop carrying what isn't mine.
C Quietly planting things. Small gestures toward what I want to grow.
D Building a strategy for what comes next. I can see it clearly now.
Question 3
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How would you describe your energy for the work right now? |
A Reflective. I have more questions than answers.
B Depleted. I am running on what's left.
C Tentatively hopeful. Something is returning, slowly.
D Focused. I know what I want to do and I'm building toward it.
Question 4
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If you could give yourself one thing right now, what would it be? |
A Time and space to grieve what I didn't get to grieve yet.
B Permission to stop. Real, guilt-free recovery.
C Something small to tend to. A project, a practice, a living thing.
D A platform. An opportunity. A room where my voice belongs.
Question 5
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When you think about what comes next, what is the dominant feeling? |
A I'm not ready to think about what comes next. I'm still processing what happened.
B Cautious. I don't want to rush back before I'm actually ready.
C Curious. I'm beginning to imagine things I had stopped imagining.
D Ready. I have been preparing for this and I want to begin.
Question 6
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How do your values feel right now in relation to your work? |
A Tender. I am remembering what I believed before things got hard.
B Strained. I have been protecting them but it has cost me.
C Returning. I can feel them coming back online.
D Grounded. My values are the foundation I am building from.
Now count your responses.
How many A's did you select? ____
How many B's did you select? ____
How many C's did you select? ____
How many D's did you select? ____
The letter you selected most often is your stage. If two letters are tied, choose the one that comes first — A before B, B before C, C before D. The earlier stage is always the right place to begin.
Find your result below.
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Mostly A
You are in the Remember stage.
Before anything can be repaired or rebuilt, it has to be witnessed. The Remember stage is not stagnation — it is the necessary work of sitting with what the season cost you, what you believed, and what you want to carry forward. The leaders who skip this stage often find themselves rebuilding the same thing that broke.
You are not behind. You are not failing. You are doing the first and most essential work of renewal — and it asks more courage than most people realize.
Mostly B
You are in the Repair & Recover stage.
Repair is not passive. It is the active work of releasing what depleted you and restoring the systems that make sustained leadership possible. Rest alone is not enough — recovery requires permission, and it requires conditions that most leaders have never been given.
You are not behind. You are not broken. You are in the stage that makes everything else possible.
Mostly C
You are in the Regenerate stage.
Regenerate is the stage of small, living acts. The seed planted in a clay pot. The project that doesn't need to be announced yet. The creative gesture that says to your body and your mind: growth is still possible. This stage is quieter than Re-emergence and more alive than Repair.
Trust what is stirring. You are closer than you think.
Mostly D
You are in the Re-emerge stage.
Re-emergence is not a triumphant return. It is a considered one — grounded in the full arc of what you have moved through and oriented toward what you now know. You are not returning to where you were. You are returning to who you are — restored, grounded, and ready to lead from a full place.
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The R-Cycle does not end here. It continues in honest conversations, in small intentional practices, and in the quiet work you are already doing whether or not you have named it until now. The Well is a community and a podcast built for exactly where you are. Every stage is a welcomed one. Be Well, Dr. Wendi |
