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worksheets .Mindfulness WorksHeet 10a   (Mindfulness Handout 10)
analyzing y ourself on the m iddle p ath
Due Date:       Name:                   Week Starting:  
1. figure out where you are off the middle path, toward one extreme or the other. For each 
of the following Wise Mind dilemmas, put an X on the line that represents where you think you 
are most of the time. If you are fairly balanced, put the X in the middle. If you are out of balance, 
put the X near the end that you are too extreme on.
reasonable mind emotion mind
Doing mind nothing-to-do mind
intense desire for 
change of the momentradical acceptance of 
what is
Self-  denial Self-  indulgence
2. choose one dilemma. Describe very specifically what you are doing that is too much, and 
then describe what you do too little of.
3. check the facts. Check for interpretations and opinions. Make sure that your list of activities 
you do too much of or too little of is in fact accurate. Check your own values in Wise Mind: Be sure to work on your middle path, not someone else’s. Also check for judgments.  Avoid “good,” 
“bad,” and judgmental language. Rewrite any items above if needed so that they are factual 
and nonjudgmental.