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About Toolbox Quizzes

Simply being aware of some aspects which drive and influence our daily lives is a powerful first step to turning inward with curiosity and care, and which may initiate further ideas/choices.

Quizzes can be conducted with or without a support person, and are useful for individuals to:

  • Build better awareness of how they see themselves.
  • Explore their inner world with curiosity, not judgment.
  • Support emotional wellbeing, creative expression, and personal growth.

And for professionals to:

  • Aid counsellors and psychologists to use these tools at their own discretion.
  • Coach and educate to foster metacognition and reflective learning.
  • Further narrative therapy, dialogical therapy, and cognitive-behavioural approaches.

Quizzes may additionally prove beneficial for user selected third parties (IE in a pre-employment assessment situation, sports coaching, or professional counselling environment).

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The choice to use any tool or topic quiz is made freely by the individual. Quizzes provided have been selected, reviewed and determined by qualified professionals appropriately fit-for-purpose and hail either from legitimate academic studies or research, or examples as currently used by health professionals. Permissions for reproduction and use has been gained by the content owners, where applicable. Supporting material is available in ‘Resources’. Our charter is not in the business of gathering email addresses for promotional campaigns or bombarding users with offers of any kind. The tools provided are FREE to use and designed for individuals in any stage of interest or curiosity. Basic advice relating to quiz results are provided automatically. Follow up on any matter herein is entirely in the hands of the induvial. No future automated correspondence with users is intended, or implied. Users can leave (or de-register, if activating that function) at any time.

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  • There is no pressure to get questions ‘right’. 
  • Higher scoring results may not be as desirable as one might usually imagine. 
  • Results are of course dependent on the answers users provide, and to which accuracy and honesty levels are entirely determined by the user.
  • It is helpful to imagine or recall a specific life event or occurrence when considering the questions.
  • Contextually, quiz results will likely vary when related to different life events.    
  • Quizzes can be aborted freely at any stage during completion.

All quizzes are academically and professionally verified. We endeavour to replicate quizzes, tools and material to the closest standard and process guidelines (if provided) or as directed by the study author/s. Quizzes use plain English, with as little subject jargon as possible. We recommend users are as honest as possible.

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  • Quizzes may be undertaken on a one-off basis for which results are immediately available online as a simple screen saver. 
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The Shadow
Captain

Harness Your Mind for a Life Beyond Limits

There’s a part of you that already knows the way forward. It’s time to listen.

Beneath every decision, hesitation, and dream lies a deeper voice—the one that’s been steering you all along. It’s the part of your mind that never stops working, quietly guiding, protecting, and shaping your every move. Most of us spend our lives fighting against it, trying to outthink what was meant to help us.

When you learn to work in harmony with your internal voice, life begins to change. You stop circling the same doubts. You start trusting your instincts. You make peace with the thoughts that once held you back.

Through small shifts in focus, deliberate rest, and finding the courage to reframe your own story, you can retrain your mind to become your greatest ally. The path isn’t about forcing change but allowing it—moving from resistance to flow, from fear to clarity, from drifting to direction.

Your subconscious already knows how to get there. All you have to do is take the helm.

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Booktopia

The Shadow Captain will be available in paperback, as an e-book and an audio book. Check back here for links to every platform it will be available on in 2026.

Deane Vipond

Deane Vipond is a New Zealand-based writer and speaker who brings wit and clarity to the art of personal transformation. A former leader in sales and marketing turned mindset explorer, he teaches practical ways to align conscious thought with subconscious drive. He lives in Waihi Beach with his wife, Lesley, where he consults on business, writes, and performs and records live music.

“What makes The Shadow Captain particularly compelling is its gentle reminder that within each of us lies a wellspring of evolving wisdom. By learning to trust our gut feelings and inner guidance, we can begin to remove the barriers that block our progress and move forward with greater clarity, determination, and optimism.”

Dr Chris Boberg

FRNZCGP. MBChB (Otago)
Dip Obst. Dip Sci.
NZSCD Society President

“The Shadow Captain roars with Deane’s ‘flawed genius’; his brain being nimbler than a Navy jet fighter yet tempered when parked up on the carrier’s deck. This is his charm. Despite 98 to 99 percent of human DNA being universally identical, it’s the remaining droplet of energy that separates bystanders from the vulnerable explorers.”.

Nicky Mowat

Freelance NZ scriptwriter
Specialist manuscript proofreader
NZ children books writing and publishing consultant

“Knowing Deane and having had the pleasure of working with him during my time in New Zealand, I know for a fact that the teachings in The Shadow Captain come from a place of genuine care, real life experience, and deep interest in the subject matter. Reading this book is like having a conversation with a dear friend that leaves you feeling seen, invigorated, and motivated enough to move mountains”.

Maya Susnik

Marketing specialist, Slovenia

Paperback: 978-1-972992-07-4

Hardcover: 978-1-972992-08-1

Ebook: 978-1-972992-02-9

Audiobook: 978-1-972992-09-8