Frequently asked questions

Evaligned is a whole-life alignment platform that helps you understand where your life is out of balance — and gives you a structured, personalised path back. It combines a validated assessment across six life dimensions, AI-guided daily practices, and access to qualified human practitioners.

Evaligned is for adults who sense that something is off — even if they can't always name it. It's especially useful for people navigating burnout, career change, relationship shifts, or the quieter experience of life feeling flat or without direction. You don't need to be in crisis to benefit. Most members describe themselves as high-functioning but running on empty.

Evaligned is not therapy, and it doesn't replace clinical mental health care. The difference is structure and scale: therapy is unstructured conversation led by a trained professional; coaching is goal-focused guidance. Evaligned sits between — it's a self-directed programme with daily structure, evidence-based practices, and optional practitioner support. Think of it as a well-designed system for people who want more than a wellness app but don't need clinical intervention.

No. You can take the full assessment and receive your Life Alignment Score without creating an account. An account is required if you want to save your results, access your personalised dashboard, or enrol in a pathway programme. Creating one is free.

The platform is available globally. The founding team is based in Australia, and some practitioner availability is currently Australia-focused, but the programmes, library, and AI guidance are available to anyone, anywhere.

There are two options. The Quick Scan is 19 questions and takes around 5 minutes. The Deep Assessment is 31 questions and takes around 10 minutes. Both use validated psychological scales and deliver a full six-dimension result — the deeper version simply produces a more precise report.

It measures your current state across six dimensions of whole-life alignment: Purpose & Direction, Mental Clarity, Emotional Balance, Relationships & Support, Energy & Health, and Soul & Inner Life. Each dimension is scored 0–100, and an overall Life Alignment Score is calculated from the combined results.

Yes. The questions and dimensions are grounded in established psychological frameworks — including self-determination theory, research on psychological wellbeing (Ryff), positive psychology (Seligman), and the empirical literature on meaning in life (Steger). The assessment is not a clinical diagnostic tool, but it is built on evidence rather than intuition.

Yes. We recommend retaking it every 4–6 weeks to track how your scores change over time. With a free account, your history is saved and displayed as a trend chart on your dashboard, so you can see which dimensions are improving and which need more attention.

You receive your Life Alignment Score and a breakdown across all six dimensions, along with an AI-generated summary of your pattern and a recommended pathway. You can save your results, access your full dashboard, and begin your first daily practice immediately — all without a paid plan.

A pathway is a structured, day-by-day programme of practices built around a specific life situation or dimension. Each day includes a named practice with step-by-step instructions, an evidence-based explanation of why it works, and a reflection prompt. Pathways range from 7 to 30 days.

Your assessment results determine which pathway is recommended. The system considers your lowest-scoring dimensions, your overall score, any life event you've identified, and pattern signals from your weekly check-ins. The recommendation updates over time as your scores change.

There are fifteen pathway topics — each available in up to three depths: a 7-day Spark (test the fit), a 30-day Foundation (build real change), and a 90-day Transformation (deep, lasting shift). The nine situation-specific topics are Burnout Recovery, Career Transition, New Parenthood, Relationship Breakdown, Returning to Self, High Performer Plateau, Inner Life Reset, Grief to Growth, and Boundaries & Self-Worth. Three general programmes — Stabilise, Momentum, and Full Alignment — are also available based on your overall score. Your assessment recommends the right topic and starting tier for you.

You simply pick up where you left off. There are no penalties or resets. The practices are designed to be done in sequence, but life happens — consistency over time matters more than perfection. The programme doesn't expire.

Yes. You can start a new pathway at any time from your dashboard. If your circumstances change significantly — a new life event, a major shift in scores — it makes sense to reassess and move to a more relevant programme rather than continuing one that no longer fits.

Soul & Inner Life is the sixth dimension — added to capture something the first five don't fully address: the felt sense that life has depth beyond what can be measured or achieved. It includes your relationship with meaning, awe, stillness, and connection to something larger than your immediate self. This is deliberately non-religious — it applies equally to people with spiritual beliefs and those without.

Research consistently shows that people can score well on purpose, clarity, relationships, and energy — and still feel hollow. The empirical literature on meaning in life (Frankl, Steger, Kaufman) identifies self-transcendence and felt depth as independent contributors to wellbeing that aren't captured by other frameworks. Leaving it out would have meant leaving out a real and common source of disconnection.

Yes. Each dimension contributes equally to your Life Alignment Score. The overall score is the average of all six dimension scores. This is deliberate — no dimension is treated as more important than another, because the system is fundamentally about whole-life alignment rather than optimising one area at the expense of others.

The assessment, your Life Alignment Score, and your first pathway programme are free. A paid plan unlocks your full history, advanced dashboard features, unlimited pathway access, and the ability to work with practitioners directly through the platform. See the Plans page for current pricing.

Yes. There are no lock-in contracts. You can cancel your subscription at any time and retain access until the end of your current billing period. Your data and history are retained if you return.

We offer a free tier with meaningful access rather than a time-limited trial. You can take the assessment, receive your scores, and begin a pathway before deciding whether to upgrade. This means you're making an informed decision based on real experience with the platform.

Yes. Your scores, reflections, and check-in data are private to your account. They are not shared with third parties, sold, or used for advertising. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

Only you — and any practitioner you explicitly choose to share access with. Practitioners can only see what you grant them access to. No one at Evaligned views individual user data except where required to resolve a technical issue, with your permission.

Yes. You can request full deletion of your account and all associated data at any time through your Account settings or by contacting us directly. Deletion is permanent and irreversible.

Yes. Evaligned uses AI to generate personalised summaries of your assessment results, detect patterns in your check-in data, and recommend daily practices. The AI does not have access to your reflection text unless you explicitly submit it as part of a feature. All AI outputs are used to personalise your experience — not to profile or target you.

Practitioners are qualified professionals — including integrative therapists, life coaches, nutritionists, somatic practitioners, and mindfulness teachers — who work within the Evaligned framework. They understand the six dimensions and can provide personalised support where the programme alone isn't enough.

Your dashboard surfaces a practitioner match based on your lowest dimension scores and pattern. You can view their profile, areas of speciality, and session format before booking. Sessions are arranged directly through the platform. Visit the Practitioners page to browse the current directory.

Yes. All practitioners listed on Evaligned have been reviewed for relevant qualifications, professional registration (where applicable), and alignment with the Evaligned approach. They are not employees of Evaligned — they are independent professionals who have been accepted into the directory.

Yes, and we encourage it. Evaligned is designed to complement professional care, not replace it. If you are currently working with a therapist, GP, or specialist, the practices and reflections from the programme can be useful material to bring to those sessions. If you are unsure whether the programme is appropriate for your situation, please consult your healthcare provider first.

General AI tools are designed to answer any question on any topic. The Evaligned AI Coach is purpose-built for one thing: helping you improve your life alignment. It has access to your real dimension scores, your archetype, your weekly trends, your journal patterns, and your pathway progress. It uses established coaching frameworks (Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance & Commitment Coaching, Solutions-Focused techniques) rather than freestyle conversation. It knows your history, learns what works specifically for you, and adapts its approach as your engagement deepens. A general AI starts from zero every conversation. Your Evaligned coach builds on everything that came before.

No. The Evaligned AI Coach is a wellbeing and alignment coaching tool, not a clinical service. It does not diagnose conditions, prescribe treatment, or replace professional mental health care. It helps you explore your values, identify patterns, set goals, and take action within six validated life dimensions. If the AI detects signs that professional support may be warranted, it will recommend speaking with a qualified practitioner or GP — and in situations of immediate concern, it provides crisis resources directly.

The AI adapts based on your coaching stage. New users receive gentle, exploratory guidance focused on one dimension at a time. As you complete more assessments, check-ins, and journal entries, the AI progressively introduces more sophisticated coaching techniques — connecting dimensions, challenging assumptions, and building your self-coaching capability. It also learns from your interactions: what types of practices you complete, what language resonates with you, and where your recurring blocks are.

Every interaction passes through a three-tier safety protocol. Level 1 is normal coaching. Level 2 occurs when accumulated signals suggest professional support would be beneficial — the AI continues coaching but recommends speaking with a counsellor or GP. Level 3 activates when immediate concern is detected — the AI pauses coaching and provides crisis resources (Samaritans, Lifeline, 988 Lifeline). These protocols run continuously across all AI touchpoints: companion chat, journal analysis, and check-in processing.

No. AI coaching is effective for structured self-exploration, pattern recognition, accountability, and habit formation — and it excels at availability, consistency, and data-driven observation. But it cannot replace the depth of a skilled human coach or therapist, particularly for complex personal issues, trauma, or clinical conditions. Evaligned offers human practitioner support for users who need deeper guidance. The AI and human layers are designed to complement each other, with the AI providing daily support and the practitioner providing periodic deeper work.

The opposite. The AI is designed to build your self-coaching capability — its success metric is you needing it less over time. It actively monitors for dependency patterns and, when detected, redirects you toward your own judgement and human relationships. It will never encourage excessive use or attempt to replace genuine human connection.

Your coaching conversations are processed in real-time and not stored beyond what is needed for your coaching profile (which tracks themes, values, and what works — not conversation transcripts). AI interactions are logged for quality and safety monitoring but are not shared with third parties. Your coaching profile is visible only to you. If you engage a human practitioner through the platform, a summary can be shared with your explicit consent to provide continuity of care.

The AI Coach integrates three evidence-based frameworks: Acceptance & Commitment Coaching (ACC) for values clarification and committed action, Motivational Interviewing (MI) using the OARS method (open questions, affirmations, reflections, summaries), and Solutions-Focused Coaching for scaling questions and exception-finding. These are the same frameworks used by professional human coaches, adapted for AI delivery and validated by research showing that MI-based AI coaching increases readiness to change.

Those apps focus on mental health symptom management using CBT-based exercises. Evaligned is a life alignment coaching platform — it works across six dimensions of life (purpose, clarity, emotional balance, relationships, energy, and inner life) rather than treating specific symptoms. The AI Coach helps you understand and improve your overall life balance, not manage a clinical condition. If clinical support is needed, the system detects this and refers appropriately.