HER LIFE RENEWED

What’s Your Filter?

Identify the lenses shaping your story.

We all interpret life through lenses shaped by experience, pain, relationships, family, culture, expectations, and learned patterns. This assessment is designed to help you notice which filters may be influencing how you see God, yourself, others, and your circumstances.

Rate each statement: 1 = Rarely true of me • 2 = Occasionally • 3 = Sometimes • 4 = Often • 5 = Very often

1When I make a mistake, I can quickly feel like the problem is who I am rather than simply what I did.

1 2 3 4 5

2When someone’s behavior toward me changes, I tend to wonder if I’ve done something wrong.

1 2 3 4 5

3My mind tends to consider what could go wrong before what could go right.

1 2 3 4 5

4Certain situations can bring back emotions connected to painful experiences from my past.

1 2 3 4 5

5Some of my strongest beliefs about relationships, money, success, emotions, or faith came from my family.

1 2 3 4 5

6Previous disappointments influence what I expect from new situations.

1 2 3 4 5

7I feel better about myself when I am accomplishing something.

1 2 3 4 5

8I feel more secure when I know what is going to happen.

1 2 3 4 5

9When someone hurts me, it can affect how I interpret their future actions.

1 2 3 4 5

10The beliefs of the people around me can influence what seems normal or reasonable to me.

1 2 3 4 5

11I sometimes wonder whether people would think differently of me if they knew everything about me.

1 2 3 4 5

12Distance or silence from someone I care about can make me feel rejected.

1 2 3 4 5

13Uncertainty can make it difficult for me to feel settled.

1 2 3 4 5

14After experiencing significant disappointment or loss, I find it difficult to hope as freely as I once did.

1 2 3 4 5

15I sometimes find myself repeating patterns I saw growing up even though I intended to live differently.

1 2 3 4 5

16When something resembles a past experience, I tend to assume the outcome may be similar.

1 2 3 4 5

17Seeing someone else’s success can make me question my own progress.

1 2 3 4 5

18When circumstances feel uncertain, I often try to regain control.

1 2 3 4 5

19Past betrayal has made it harder for me to trust people.

1 2 3 4 5

20My political, cultural, church, or community environment has shaped how I interpret certain groups of people.

1 2 3 4 5

21Criticism can make me question my worth or value.

1 2 3 4 5

22I sometimes look for signs that someone is upset with me or pulling away.

1 2 3 4 5

23I sometimes prepare emotionally for bad outcomes even when there is little evidence they will happen.

1 2 3 4 5

24I sometimes protect myself from joy because I know how painful loss can be.

1 2 3 4 5

25There are family expectations or traditions that still influence my decisions.

1 2 3 4 5

26It can be difficult for me to approach certain people or situations without remembering what happened before.

1 2 3 4 5

27I can be harder on myself than I would be on someone else.

1 2 3 4 5

28Depending on other people can feel uncomfortable to me.

1 2 3 4 5

29I sometimes assume someone’s motives based on what they have done previously.

1 2 3 4 5

30I sometimes realize that something I assumed was true was actually something I had simply been taught.

1 2 3 4 5

31I have difficulty fully receiving grace for things I regret.

1 2 3 4 5

32I may change my behavior to keep someone from being disappointed with me.

1 2 3 4 5

33When something unexpected happens, my thoughts can quickly move toward worst-case scenarios.

1 2 3 4 5

34Present circumstances can feel connected to previous painful experiences even when the situations are different.

1 2 3 4 5

35Some things feel “normal” to me primarily because that is how my family handled them.

1 2 3 4 5

36I sometimes assume I know how something will turn out because I’ve experienced something similar.

1 2 3 4 5

37I sometimes avoid trying something because I don’t want to fail or do it poorly.

1 2 3 4 5

38I sometimes keep emotional walls up because vulnerability feels risky.

1 2 3 4 5

39When someone reminds me of a person who hurt me, I can become guarded.

1 2 3 4 5

40Social media, news, or the opinions of people I respect can influence how I interpret situations.

1 2 3 4 5

41I sometimes feel that I have to become better before I can truly be accepted.

1 2 3 4 5

42Being left out can affect me more deeply than I want it to.

1 2 3 4 5

43Fear about the future sometimes influences decisions I make today.

1 2 3 4 5

44There are experiences from my past that still influence how safe the present feels.

1 2 3 4 5

45I have discovered beliefs from my upbringing that I now need to reconsider.

1 2 3 4 5

46When reality doesn’t match what I expected, I can struggle to adjust my interpretation of what is happening.

1 2 3 4 5

47Approval, recognition, or accomplishment can strongly affect how I feel about myself.

1 2 3 4 5

48When something matters deeply to me, letting go of the outcome can be difficult.

1 2 3 4 5

49There are relationships in which past hurt still influences how I see the person today.

1 2 3 4 5

50I have beliefs about how life “should” work that are strongly connected to the culture or community in which I was formed.

1 2 3 4 5

Important: This assessment is a reflective educational tool, not a clinical or diagnostic instrument. It is intended to help you notice patterns in how you interpret experiences and should not be used to diagnose trauma, mental health conditions, or other medical concerns.

YOUR RESULTS

Your Filter Profile

Your highest scores do not define you. They point to lenses that may deserve your attention.

Your Path Toward Wholeness

Wholeness is when the truth I know increasingly becomes the truth I see, believe, and live.

Recognize: What am I seeing?
Identify: What filter or filters might I be looking through?
Trace: Where might I have learned to see this way?
Expose: What narrative am I telling myself?
Examine: What is this narrative causing me to believe about God, myself, others, or my circumstances?
Align: What is actually true?
Renew: What would it look like to interpret this through truth?
Respond: If I lived from what is true, how would I respond differently?

Catch Your Stack

Use these questions the next time you notice a strong reaction.

What happened?

What did I immediately think it meant?

What did I feel?

Which filters might be active?

What narrative did they create together?

What does that narrative say about God, myself, others, or my circumstances?

What do I know to be true?

What would living from that truth look like right now?

Jen Maynard

Inviting women to walk in freedom and wholeness

What’s Your Filter™ Assessment

What’s Your Filter?

Your Filter Profile

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Catch Your Stack

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