Once you have a full Soul Contract Reading, which includes your birth chart and the effects of the overlay energies of the significant people in your life, you will have a very good feel of how your life has unfolded energetically.
From this you will see how you have exposed yourself to different repeating patterns of energies from those you have manifested around yourself in your life. Based on this information you will get a feel for where you are headed in your life. If you feel you are stuck in your life and things are not moving fast enough or not at all it may be time to look at optimizing your name.
The purpose of this process is to help you break through the karmic and goal energies in your birth chart that are holding you back. You may also need to replace the current name you are using as it may have outlived its usefulness.