GROUNDING PROMPTS
How much positivity is in your life?
How much of this positivity was originated by you?
How do you create this positivity?
How much negativity is in your life?
What would it look like if it were turned into positivity?
How can you initiate and assist this transformation?
What is the first step you can do this week towards it?
GOING DEEPER
What is your current situation?
What in your situation are you happy with?
What are you dissatisfied with? What caused this?
What needs to happen to transform these aspects you are dissatisfied with?
What action can you take to encourage this to happen?
What do you need to let go of to ensure success?
What would be the cherry on the cake?
GROUNDING PROMPTS
What is your initial reaction to this affirmation?
What does this affirmation mean to you?
Do you feel worthy in general in your life? Why is that?
What do you feel worthy of?
What do you feel unworthy of?
What is the difference between the things you feel worthy of and those you feel unworthy of?
What message or insight does this difference highlight?
What would it take for you to feel worthy of everything in your life and coming to you?
What needs to happen for it to be true for you?
What can you do for it to happen?
GOING DEEPER
What is your current situation? How does it feel to be in this situation?
What have you already tried? How did it go?
How what you’re hoping for change your current situation?
Why are you hoping this to happen?
What will you be able to do? Who will you be able to be?
How will you feel?
How will it impact the people around you?
Are you ready for this change?
What can you do to make it happen? Break it down into baby steps - what is the first thing you can do this week to get things started?
GROUNDING PROMPTS
What emotions do you experience on a regular basis?
What triggers these emotions?
How do you react to each of these emotions?
Do you usually respond to these emotions? How?
Do you categorise emotions? (Eg good/bad, pleasurable/ painful...) How? What does it bring you to categorise your emotions?
What do these emotions teach you?
How easy is it for you to let your emotions go?
Next time you feel an emotion, I invite you to observe this emotion. How does it feel in your body? Where? Why is it here? How did it appear? What is it telling you to do? After you have discovered its message, ask yourself, is it helpful? If it is, dig deeper and open a dialogue with your emotion. If it isn’t, think of how you can achieve what you want while honouring the emotion’s message - say thank you and let it go.
GROUNDING PROMPTS
What does your inner child need right now?
How do you know?
Why do you think you are the best person to take care if your inner child?
If you didn’t have to take responsibility for your inner child, who would you ask to take care of him/her/them?
What would this person do any different to you for your inner child?
How would that change things for your inner child?
How can you bring this to your inner child?
Do you want to take responsibility for your inner child? Why? Why not?
GOING DEEPER
What is my guilt all about?
When was it born? Under what circumstances?
What does this guilt feel/look/sound like to you?
Does it feel this way every day or when a certain reminder occurs?
What does this guilt prevent you to do/say/feel/experience?
What would help you to alleviate the weight of this guilt on you?
Who can help you do that? What resources do you need?
What small step can you commit to in order to start releasing this guilt?
What will your life be/feel/look like when you have completely released this guilt?
GROUNDING PROMPTS
What are your dreams?
What do they mean to you?
Where did these dreams come from?
What do they reveal about you?
Where do these dreams guide you?
What insights do you get from these dreams?
Are you working towards these dreams? Why? Why not?
What do you need to work towards the dreams you haven’t taken action on?
What will it mean to you when you make these dreams come true?
GOING DEEPER
What do you blame yourself about? Why do you blame yourself about any of these?
Who do you blame? What do you blame them for?
Examine each thing you either blame yourself for, and blame others for. What were the circumstances that resulted in this blame?
What part did you play, objectively? What do you wish you could have done differently?
How could you make peace with each of these blames? What needs to happen?
What is the first step you can take to make what you need happen?
Imagine all blame is gone- what does it feel like? Look like? What difference is it making to your life?
GROUNDING PROMPTS
What do you fear? List as many as you can think of.
Why do you feel you fear these things?
What does it bring you to fear these things?
How do these fears protect you?
How do your fears feel like? Look like? Sound like?
How do these fears affect your life?
What do you want to say to these fears?
Pick one fear at a time - what is one small step I can take towards releasing my fear?
GOING DEEPER
Who do I compare myself to?
Who is this person to you?
Do you feel dependent on peer pressure? In what ways?
What does it bring you to compare yourself to others? Think of positives as well as negatives.
What does it tell you about yourself, your needs?
In what other way could you get this without the need to compare yourself to others? What would it look like?
Would it feel different to comparing yourself to others? Would it be better or not? Please describe in as much detail as you can.
Do you compare yourself to your past self? To your future self?
What do you discover about yourself when you compare yourself to other versions of yourself?
What type of comparison do you feel is more beneficial to you? Comparing to others or other versions of yourself? Why?
GROUNDING PROMPTS
Do you feel OK with not being OK? Why (not)?
How does it feel to not be OK? Think of as many examples you can remember.
In each if these examples, what caused you to feel not OK?
How did you react/respond?
What do you wish you would have done differently?
What can you do next time?
In the meantime, or if it doesn’t work, how can you find being OK with not being OK?
What will it feel/look like to be OK with not being OK?
What resources do you need with being able to be OK with not being OK?
