Question 1 
Take a moment to think about recent experiences in your life. Then consider two of these experiences, one that shows your strengths and one that reveals your challenges. Take your time to think about these experiences. For each situation, describe what happened, your reaction, and what you discovered about yourself.

Question 2 
Take a moment to think about how well you understand your own reactions and feelings. Describe a recent situation where your response either made perfect sense to you or confused you. Did this experience teach you about yourself?

Question 3 
Take a moment to reflect on how your past experiences connect to who you are now. Think about challenges you’ve faced – what have these experiences taught you about yourself, others, or life? What patterns do you notice in how you’ve grown or changed? Choose specific examples that show how your past experiences connect to your present life and what you’ve learned from them.

Question 4 
Take a moment to explore how you understand the different parts of yourself. Think about aspects of yourself that seem to fit together well, and parts that might conflict or feel contradictory. For each, give specific examples of how these parts show up in your life. How do you make sense of these different aspects of yourself? What helps you understand yourself better?

Question 5 
Take a moment to think about your relationships. Choose two specific relationships and describe what they’re like. How connected do you feel in these relationships? What makes you feel most connected to these people, and what makes connection challenging? How have these relationships changed over time? Remember to explain your thoughts in detail.

Question 6 
Think about how people respond to your feelings, joy or pain. Do people in your life show they care? When they do or don’t, how does this affect you? Think about times when care felt deeply real to you, and times when it felt superficial. For each example, describe the situation in detail – what happened, what made it feel genuine or not, how it affected you. What have you learned about what makes care feel real? How does experiencing genuine care affect your life?

Question 7 
To what degree do you feel seen, valued and respected for who you are? If you can, describe experiences where you’ve felt any or all of those. When was this? Who was it with? What was the full experience like for you? Did you feel the same way about them? If you rarely experience this, what do you think might be the underlying reasons?

Question 8 
Take a moment to reflect on how you feel about yourself right now. Overall, do you like who you are? Choose one or two specific situations from recent weeks that relate to these feelings. For each situation, describe what happened and how it affected your view of yourself. Try to explain both what you feel about yourself and why you feel this way.

Question 9 
Spend a minute thinking about how you became who you are today. What aspects of yourself make you feel proud or satisfied? What do you want to change about yourself? Give specific examples for how they came up recently.

Question 10 
How much control do you feel you have over your life and your story? Describe situations where you’ve felt in control of your story versus times when you haven’t. What specific qualities, factors or skills help you feel more or less empowered?

Question 11 
To what degree do you trust yourself? When do you find it easy or difficult to trust your own judgment? Give examples. Remember to explain your thoughts in detail

Question 12 
It can be very challenging to forgive yourself for errors you have made. Think about if and when you are able to forgive yourself and make peace with past actions and experiences. Describe specific situations where you’ve faced the challenge of forgiving yourself. Were you successful? What helped or got in the way of self-forgiveness?

Question 13 
Take a moment to think about meaning in your life. First, share what, if anything, gives your overall life a sense of meaning or purpose. Describe specific experiences that have shaped this view. Then, consider your daily life – what specific activities, relationships, or beliefs add value to your everyday experience? For each example, describe how it matters to you. If finding meaning is challenging, either overall or day-to-day, describe what makes it difficult.

Question 14 
Take a moment to reflect on what makes life feel truly meaningful versus just existing. Think about specific times when you’ve felt most alive or when life felt most real and significant. Describe these experiences in detail – what was happening, what made them matter, how did they affect you? Then consider times when life felt more like just existing. What creates these different experiences for you? What helps you move from just existing to feeling more alive?

Question 15 
These can be difficult things to think about. Take a moment to reflect on what your life means to you. Overall, do you feel that you are choosing to live or that you are forced to live? Would you want to live if there were no negative consequences for not living? Please explain fully.