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This recording includes the baseline questions before starting the practices suggested in the paper.
Baseline Questions Meditation
What has caused me the most suffering in my life?
What is a regular cause of suffering for me emotionally?
What relationship causes me the most difficulty?
Physically or Medically what has been challenging for me?
What do I do to reduce suffering or difficulty in my life?
How do I deal with stress?
What suffering, if any, is sometimes too heavy to bear or feels overwhelming?
Would I say that I have compassion towards myself right now, how about in the past? What does self-compassion mean to me?
What are some examples of how I have offered care to myself or treated myself kindly? What does it feel like to be kind to myself?
Baseline Questions Meditation
What has caused me the most suffering in my life?
What is a regular cause of suffering for me emotionally?
What relationship causes me the most difficulty?
Physically or Medically what has been challenging for me?
What do I do to reduce suffering or difficulty in my life?
How do I deal with stress?
What suffering, if any, is sometimes too heavy to bear or feels overwhelming?
Would I say that I have compassion towards myself right now, how about in the past? What does self-compassion mean to me?
What are some examples of how I have offered care to myself or treated myself kindly? What does it feel like to be kind to myself?