Examining Your Heart and Mind
Discovery Workbook
Stop surviving. Start living in light of the Word.
What is this Book?
This is not a devotional. This is not a journal. This is a coaching tool.
The Examining Your Heart and Mind Discovery Workbook was designed to help you take the most important first step toward healing, growth, and restoration — measuring yourself honestly against the Word of God.
"Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves."
— 2 Corinthians 13:5
We live in a fallen world where hard moments, our own sin, and the sin of others separate us from seeing the full identity God crafted in us. Before you can move forward you must know where you are — and envision where you would like to be.
This workbook is your tool for doing exactly that.
It will help you identify the gap between God's heart for you and where you are living today — and give you a clear, scripture-rooted path toward closing it.
What's Inside the Workbook?
The Discovery Workbook is built around five powerful coaching tools — each one rooted in scripture and backed by neuroscience:
— The Scale of 1-10 — evaluate where you are and envision where you want to be in each area of belief
— The Comfort vs. Challenge Stairway — understand why your brain resists the very truth that would set you free
— The Iceberg of Behaviors — reveal what is happening beneath the surface that nobody else sees
— The "I Want to Believe" Tool — identify the Biblical truths your heart is reaching for but hasn't fully owned yet
— 40 Plug and Play Scripture Cards — "I Believe" statements paired with Proof in the Truth from God's Word, with space to examine each one honestly
120 pages. Designed to be written in, prayed over, and returned to again and again.
This Book was Written for you If...
— You love God and believe His Word — but still feel overwhelmed, anxious, and stuck in patterns you cannot seem to break
— You are praying and reading your Bible but not getting traction on the peace and freedom you have been asking for
— You are wildly self-aware — you can see exactly what you are doing and why — and yet still find yourself doing it anyway
— You sense there is more available to you in this life than what you are currently experiencing
— You are done surviving and ready to start living in light of the Word
"God wastes nothing. No tear, no fear, no hard thing, no downfall, no victory — He uses it all for the good of those who love Him." (Romans 8:28)
Choose your Format
The Full Experience
The complete 120-page Discovery Workbook — beautifully designed, and built to be held, written in, and returned to.
This is the full coaching experience as it was designed to be encountered.
Physical. Tangible. Yours.
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The Quick, Accessible Entry Point
A condensed 40-page version of the Discovery Workbook — designed for home printing.
Perfect for those who want to get started immediately or explore the framework before committing to the full experience.
Instant digital delivery. Print at home.
About Shaelyn Ellyson
Shaelyn Ellyson is a certified Bible-based Neuroscience Coach and the founder of Virtuous Mind Lab — a coaching experience designed to help Christian women renew their minds, rewire their thoughts, and step into transformed lives of peace, joy, and freedom.
Shaelyn wrote this workbook from her own journey — a woman who loved God, believed His Word, and still found herself trapped in patterns she couldn't seem to break. She knows firsthand what it costs to do the work of examining your heart and mind honestly — and she knows what waits on the other side of it.
This workbook is her hand extended backward — to every woman still in the place she once was.
Your First Step is Waiting
The journey is not easy. But the work is worth it.
God sent His Son to bring you an Isaiah 61 life — beauty instead of ashes, oil of gladness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
This workbook is your first step toward that life.