{"id":1649,"date":"2022-05-03T08:26:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askyourpowerfulquestion.com\/staging\/6617\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2022-05-03T08:26:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:26:33","slug":"critical-first-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askyourpowerfulquestion.com\/staging\/6617\/critical-first-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical First Step"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A critical first step in finding our most powerful question is examining our life story and narrative, identifying themes and patterns. Among these is what I call our \u201capriori\u201d theme. An apriori theme is one that stands out above the others and is critical to how we know ourselves. 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