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200 prompts
1

What is a physical sensation you are ignoring right now?

2

What is the 'headline' of your life at this exact moment?

3

What is a story you have been telling yourself that might not be true?

4

What do you need permission to feel right now?

5

What is the most helpful thing someone can do for you in this moment?

6

How do you know when you are truly listening to yourself?

7

What is a challenge that feels smaller today than it did yesterday?

8

If you could let go of one responsibility for an hour, which would it be?

9

What is a memory that makes you feel calm right now?

10

What is a word that describes your current focus?

11

What would make this time together feel more authentic?

12

How do you express your needs when you are feeling vulnerable?

13

If you could speak directly to your 'inner critic,' what would you say?

14

What is one thing you’ve been waiting for someone else to say?

15

How does your breath change when you think of something you love?

16

What is a project or feeling you are 'tending to' lately?

17

If your life were a book, what would the current chapter be titled?

18

What is a risk you’ve taken recently that you’re proud of?

19

What is one thing you need to hear from yourself today?

20

How can you be more gentle with your own mistakes?

21

What is a source of joy that you have been neglecting?

22

What is one thing you are holding on to that no longer serves you?

23

What is a small sound in the room right now that you haven't noticed?

24

If this moment had a color, what would it be?

25

What is one thing you can let go of to make this conversation lighter?

26

How would your past self feel seeing where you are right now?

27

What is a piece of wisdom you recently discovered for yourself?

28

If you could describe your current mood as a weather pattern, what is it?

29

What is a question you hope I never ask you?

30

What is the most grounding thing in your immediate environment?

31

How does your current level of energy feel in your shoulders?

32

What is a question you’re afraid to ask because of the answer?

33

If you could have a 'do-over' of the last twenty-four hours, what would you change?

34

What is one small thing you are looking forward to later today?

35

What is a boundary you need to set with yourself this week?

36

How does it feel to simply sit still for a moment?

37

What is a truth you have been keeping to yourself lately?

38

If you were to offer your current self a gift, what would it be?

39

What does 'settled' feel like to you?

40

What is a distraction you can put away for the next few minutes?

41

What is something that has surprised you about yourself recently?

42

What does 'vulnerability' look like for you in practice?

43

If you could speak to your younger self, what would you say?

44

What is a recent insight that changed your perspective?

45

How do you know when you’ve had enough of something?

46

What is one thing you would like to be acknowledged for?

47

What does 'honesty' feel like in your chest?

48

What is a hope you are nurturing quietly?

49

What is a piece of advice you’ve been giving others but not following yourself?

50

If you could clear your schedule for one day, what would you do?

51

What is one thing you’re proud of navigating recently?

52

What is a question that would help you see this differently?

53

What is one thing that has been weighing on your heart?

54

What is one way you can be kinder to your body right now?

55

If you could see yourself through someone else's loving eyes, what would they see?

56

What is a habit that helps you feel like 'you' again?

57

What is the biggest thing you’ve learned about yourself this month?

58

What is one thing that has brought you peace recently?

59

How do you feel about the pace of your life right now?

60

What is one thing you are looking forward to discovering about yourself?

61

What is the most important thing for you to focus on today?

62

How are you arriving here today?

63

What is one thing about this situation you are still struggling to accept?

64

How do you define 'courage' in your daily life?

65

What is one thing you’d like to understand more deeply?

66

If you could change one pattern in your life, what would it be?

67

What does 'rest' feel like for your mind specifically?

68

What is something you’ve been doing for others that you should start doing for yourself?

69

What is a small, quiet success you’ve had this week?

70

If you could send a message to your future self, what would it be?

71

What is one way you can be more present in this conversation?

72

What is a feeling you’ve been pushing away lately?

73

What is one thing you would like to start doing for your own well-being?

74

If you had more time, what is the first thing you’d do?

75

What is a strength you have that others don’t always see?

76

What does 'safety' look like for you in a conversation?

77

What is a choice you made today that you feel good about?

78

If you could pause time, where would you stay for a while?

79

What is one thing you are grateful for about your own mind?

80

How do you distinguish between what you want and what you think you should want?

81

What is a fear that has become a guide for you?

82

What's present for you right now?

83

What's on your heart as we start?

84

What would help you feel settled before we begin?

85

What's a word for how you feel this moment?

86

What did you need today before you came?

87

What's something you're carrying in?

88

What would help you put something down?

89

How is your body as we start?

90

How is your breath right now?

91

What's alive in you this week?

92

What's tired in you this week?

93

What's hopeful in you this week?

94

What's heavy in you this week?

95

What's gentle in you this week?

96

What's tender this week?

97

What's true this week?

98

What's hard to say this week?

99

What's a small win from this week?

100

What's a small loss from this week?

101

What would you like to focus on today?

102

What's pulling at your attention?

103

What do you most need from our time today?

104

What would make today feel useful?

105

What would make today feel lighter?

106

What would you like to understand better?

107

What would you like to be heard on?

108

What would you like to explore?

109

What would you like to set aside for now?

110

What would you like to make space for?

111

Is there something you've been avoiding?

112

Is there something you've been rehearsing to say?

113

Is there something you forgot to mention last time?

114

Is there something that's changed since we last met?

115

Is there something that's stayed?

116

Is there something you're grateful for?

117

Is there something you're grieving?

118

Is there something you're looking forward to?

119

Is there something you're dreading?

120

Is there something you're curious about?

121

How connected do you feel to yourself right now?

122

How connected do you feel to others right now?

123

How connected do you feel to this space right now?

124

What would help you feel more connected?

125

What would help you feel more present?

126

What would help you feel more open?

127

What would help you feel safer?

128

What would help you feel heard?

129

What would help you feel less rushed?

130

What would help you feel more grounded?

131

What's a feeling you're aware of right now?

132

Where do you feel it in your body?

133

What does it want you to know?

134

What does it need?

135

What happens if you stay with it a moment?

136

What happens if you let it move?

137

What happens if you soften around it?

138

What's beneath that feeling?

139

What's alongside that feeling?

140

What's the opposite of that feeling, and when have you felt it?

141

How's your energy today?

142

How's your hope today?

143

How's your patience today?

144

How's your courage today?

145

How's your kindness today?

146

What would help your energy?

147

What would help your hope?

148

What would help your patience?

149

What would help your courage?

150

What would help your kindness?

151

What did you notice since we last met?

152

What did you try?

153

What worked, even a little?

154

What didn't work?

155

What surprised you?

156

What touched you?

157

What stuck with you?

158

What are you proud of?

159

What are you still sorting?

160

What are you ready to bring here?

161

What would you like me to notice today?

162

What would you like me to ask about?

163

What would you like me to hold?

164

What would you like me to name?

165

What would you like me to trust?

166

What do you need me to be today?

167

What do you need from this hour?

168

What do you need from yourself?

169

What do you need from this week?

170

What do you need from this life?

171

How do you want to begin?

172

How do you want to be in this hour?

173

How do you want to move through it?

174

How do you want to end it?

175

What would gentleness look like at the start?

176

What would honesty look like at the start?

177

What would courage look like at the start?

178

What would presence look like at the start?

179

What's one thing you're sure of right now?

180

What's one thing you're unsure of, and is that okay?

181

What's a feeling you'd like to welcome today?

182

What's a feeling you'd like to understand today?

183

What's a feeling you'd like to release today?

184

What would gentleness ask of you today?

185

What would honesty ask of you today?

186

What would courage ask of you today?

187

What would rest ask of you today?

188

What does your body want you to know?

189

What does your heart want you to know?

190

What does your mind want you to know?

191

What does your spirit want you to know?

192

How are you, really?

193

What's true that you haven't said?

194

What's ready to be said?

195

What's needing more time?

196

What's a question you're sitting with?

197

What's an answer that's emerging?

198

What's a change that's quietly happening?

199

What's a pattern you're noticing?

200

What's a hope that's quietly growing?

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