1. What was your earliest favorite identification? It could have been anything such as: a fairy tale, a childhood story, a person or animal on a television program, a book or cartoon character, a character in a movie or a famous person. Recall the earliest one from between 3 and 10 years. If you can't remember, you can ask parents or siblings and they will often remember immediately!

2. With what person in the fairy tale or story did you most identify?

3. Do you see any metaphoric or symbolic parallels or connections between the emotional state of the character and your emotional state at the age when you liked the character?

4. Do you see any metaphoric or symbolic parallels or connections between the emotional climate or situation described in the story and the emotional climate or situation of your family at the time?

5. Do you see any parallels between this character and your way of life (in terms of what the character does, how he or she does it, to whom or with whom, and ultimately happens to him or her?) What are these parallels?

"We can learn about ourselves by remembering which myths and stories we cherished as children. They showed us what was honored in our homes and communities, and those that fired our imagination and touched us deeply often remain imprinted on our minds."
..........................................-Ambika Wauters