As a retired Clinical Social Worker, I worked with clients who had addictions and /or mental health issues, working with parents and teens, either of which could be the "primary client" in therapy, we would often talk about "spiraling out of control" and resetting the spiral in an upward, positive direction. For many people, a visual helps to integrate a concept to motivate change.

I recently read "parenting is like running a business and YOU are the CEO." I don't think I ever drew that parallel before.