- Dr. Shannon Imhof-Clark
- Jun 30
- 2 min read
What are you carrying?
It's a simple question, but one that often reveals more than we expect.
Every one of us carries experiences, responsibilities, challenges, experiences, relationships, losses, hopes, and burdens that shape how we think, feel, and move through life. Yet we rarely pause long enough to consider what we are carrying and where restoration may be needed.
As a researcher, educator, and founder of Restoration Psychology®, one of my greatest passions is creating practical, research-informed tools that translate psychological concepts into meaningful resources people can use in everyday life.
Today, I am excited to introduce four free assessments, now available in the Resources section of Walking With HER.
Grounded in Restoration Psychology® and the 5R Restoration Model®: Recognition, Regulation, Reframing, Rebuilding, and Restoration, these assessments were designed to encourage reflection, increase self-awareness, and provide practical insight for your restoration journey.
Whether you are navigating adversity, rebuilding after a difficult season, strengthening your resilience, or simply seeking greater clarity about where you are today, I hope these resources encourage you to pause, reflect, and take your next intentional step toward restoration.
Introducing the Restoration Psychology® Assessment Collection
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What Are You Carrying?™
Every restoration journey begins with a single question:
What are you carrying?
This foundational self-assessment is designed to help you pause, reflect, and identify areas of your life where restoration may be needed. It provides a starting point for greater self-awareness and helps lay the foundation for the assessments that follow.
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Backpack of Life™ Audit
Once you've identified what you're carrying, it's time to take a closer look. The Backpack of Life™ Audit explores the emotional, relational, physical, occupational, financial, and spiritual burdens currently occupying your backpack. By recognizing where your load may be heaviest, you can begin to better understand the areas that may benefit most from intentional restoration.
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Restoration Readiness Assessment™
Awareness is only the beginning. The next step is understanding where you are in the restoration process.
The Restoration Readiness Assessment™ helps you discover which phase of the 5R Restoration Model® (Recognition, Regulation, Reframing, Rebuilding, or Restoration) may deserve your attention first and identify your next area of growth.
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Restoration Ecosystem Audit™
Restoration does not happen in isolation.
The Restoration Ecosystem Audit™ helps you evaluate whether your relationships, routines, physical environment, community, and available resources are supporting or hindering your restoration journey. Sometimes meaningful change begins not by changing yourself, but by strengthening the ecosystem around you.
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These four assessments were intentionally designed to complement one another, but each can also be completed independently depending on where you are in your journey.
My hope is that they provide opportunities to pause, reflect, and take meaningful next steps toward resilience, restoration, and flourishing.
Additional resources, assessments, guides, and educational tools will continue to be added over time, and I look forward to sharing them with you.
Remember:
Restoration is not the absence of burdens.
Restoration is learning to carry life's burdens in a way that helps you move forward with greater strength, hope, and purpose.
Thank you for allowing Walking With HER to be part of your journey.
With gratitude,
Dr. Shannon Imhof-Clark, PhD
Founder of Restoration Psychology®
Developer of the 5R Restoration Model®
Founder & Director, Walking With HER
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