Question 1

What is mindfulness?

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Focusing your attention on the present moment without judging or controlling your thoughts and emotions

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Focusing on mastering your thoughts and emotions

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Focusing on the good in life to overcome the negativity

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Focusing with your mind until you become full of goodness.

Question 2

What is optimism?

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The ability to accept the full spectrum of inner experiences and choosing the perspective that maximizes our well-being

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Always seeing a glass as half-full, even if it's completely empty.

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Always looking for the silver lining of a situation because there is always a bright side to every situation.

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Allow the good things that happen in your life outweigh all of the bad by focusing hard to only see the positives of every situation.

Question 3

What is meditation?

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A formal way to practice cultivating attention

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Being mindful of present moment

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Something monks do

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The process of acting as a mediator between two disputing parties in order to come to an agreement

Question 4

What is flow?

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All of these

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Complete absorption in the task you are doing because it is intrinsically rewarding

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The merging of action and awareness without self-consciousness

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Losing your sense of the external environment.

Question 5

What is the best motivator for exercising?

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Loving yourself

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Reduced guilt for eating treats

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Challenging yourself every day

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Wanting to lose weight

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an example of self-compassion

Accepted Answer

Increasing your self-esteem

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Recognizing that suffering is part of being human

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Increasing your ability to be mindful

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Practicing self-kindness

Question 7

Which of the following is not a component of perfectionism?

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Fear of rejection

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Fear of failure

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Fear of success

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Fear of painful emotions

Question 8

What is the formula for suffering?

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Pain x Resistance = Suffering

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Trials x Pity = Suffering

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Pain x Hopelessness = Suffering

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Trials x Rumination = Suffering

Question 9

What does dukkha mean?

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Unpleasantness and the broad suffering that is inherent in life

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Exquisite joy and peace after a difficulty has ended

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The practice of focusing on positives throughout life

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Physical pain as a result of an accident that was not your fault

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