Principles
Dialectical Exercises
Wise Mind
Mindfulness
Distress Tolerance
100

Step out of black and white and move into shades of ______. 

What is grey? 

100

#1 - What is going _______

What is right? 

100

It is common for emotion and _____ to conflict with one another. 

What is reason? 

100

To be effective, mindfulness must be ________. 

What is practiced? 

100

Distress tolerance skills provide __________ to help us cope in the short term without making our situation worse. 

What are alternatives? 

200

EXAMPLE: You either love or hate a partner/coworker/friend. 

What is you show respect for others even when they perform behaviors you don't like. 

200

#2 - What are your _______?

What is resources?


200

Wise mind consists of what three parts? These are the three states of mind. 

What are emotions, reason, and wise mind? 

200

Mindfulness means choosing to pay attention to this _______ moment, on purpose, without ________. 

What are present and judgment? 

200
A key aspect to distress tolerance is putting together a _______ ________. 

What is proactive plan? 


300

How do you move into shades of grey? 

What is being flexible or adaptable? 

300

#3 - Is there a ______ _______? 

What is silver lining? 

300

#6 - ________ for others

What is compassion? 

300

MYTH: Mindfulness is only done during ________. 

What is meditation? 

300

Am I able to solve the problem? Yes or no - which case do you use distress tolerance? 

What is no? 

400

Dialectics are a synthesis of _______ that lead to a balance in life. 

What is opposites? 


400
#4 - The dialectics of _______

What is control? 

400

#7 - Movement through scaling ___________

What is techniques? 

400

We have been misled that this skill is a strength and desired. 

What is multitasking? 

400

Am I in Wise Mind enough to solve the problem? Yes or no - which case do you use distress tolerance? 

What is no? 

500

Name one of the two very common dialectical tensions. 

What is... 

-self-acceptance vs making personal changes?

-doing your best vs needing to do better?



500

#5 - All or _________

What is something? 

500

What is an example that you can use wise mind in your life? 

What is.... 

500
Name two mindfulness exercises... 

What is...

500

Name two distress tolerance skills learned. 

What are...