Soulful One!
Every couple of years I go through my own Life Reboot Program as a body/mind/spirit tune-up. This summer is one of those times!
Yesterday was all about seeing how my ideal values are holding up in my everyday life. So, I thought you might want to check in on this with me.
For starters, I want you to think about one of your deepest held values in life. Maybe it’s love, activism, peace, family, joy, freedom, creativity, or… something else? Now I want you to think about how much of a priority you’ve made this value in the last 24 hours?
You see, we all have things we deeply value on the big picture level. However, the relentless demands and values of the world and others can often move us away from our inner truth. Instead of our lives reflecting our ideal value of joy, we might find that guilt is what’s really driving the show. Or instead of cultivating love daily, perhaps the quest for financial security is actually taking up far more bandwidth.
I think you’ll find that when you’re out of alignment with living your values, you experience a deep nagging feeling that doesn’t go away. Whereas, living your values creates a deep sense of inner harmony.
So, here’s an exercise that will help you see clearly how in alignment you are with your most deeply held values.
This is so you can make some adjustments if need be.
Grab some post-it notes and a page of paper. Think about your ideal values. Think about the qualities that mean the most to you in the deepest part of who you are. They might be qualities like passion, community, happiness, power, compassion, being present, adventure, integrity, pleasure, knowledge, being of service, or vitality. CLICK HERE for an extensive list of values to help you with this exercise.
Then, write down your top 5 ideal values (one per post-it note) and order them on the left-hand of the page starting with the most important value at the top.
Next, do a right-hand column on that same page with post-its reflecting the top 5 values/qualities that are currently taking up the most space in your life right now. This list might contain a whole other set of qualities like security, resentment, fame, comfort, attractiveness, solitude, vindication, money, or people-pleasing.
Be brutally honest here…
For example, family might be your top ideal value. However, if most of your time and energy goes toward your career, then productivity or prestige or security might actually be the value you’re most practising in your life.
A good rule of thumb in determining your living your values: if somebody was looking at your life from the outside, what would they say your values are?
When both columns are done, compare them and determine how different your ideal values are from your day-to-day practising values. For example, being of service may be at the top of your ideal list. However, if you’ve been partying non-stop, pleasure or escape might actually be at the top of your practising list. That’s a pretty big discrepancy (a fun discrepancy, but a big one nevertheless) that could explain why things have felt not quite right in your life.
If your response to the discrepancies between the two lists is: “Well, this way of living is only temporary”. The next thing I’m going to share with you is very important for you to take in.
The way you live your days inevitably turns into the way you live your life.
So, let’s start TODAY and put living your values back in the driver’s seat of your life.
Pick one ideal value from the left-hand column and choose one small way to strengthen that value in your life today.
If love is a top ideal value but doesn’t even show up on your practicing values list, choose an action today like emailing a loved one to tell them how much they mean to you. Spend an extra five minutes just looking into the eyes of your sweetheart. Cuddle with your kids or fur kids. Say some sweet words to yourself in the mirror. If freedom is the value you want to cultivate, take a walk in nature at your lunch break. Express something important you’ve been holding back. Dance wildly in your living room this evening.
I’d love to hear what action you take to start living your true values today. Please hop on over to my Facebook page and share it there!
Here’s to more consciously living this precious life of yours, Dearest!
FALL LIFE REBOOT
The Life Reboot Program is a personal development intensive to explore, center, and ignite your life.
You might have tried various courses, books, workshops, therapies, etc. in the past to breakthrough to the next level of your life, but things just didn’t stick. Well, this soulful, practical, and sometimes rowdy body/mind/spirit adventure that uses DAILY work (powerful audio recordings, exercises, & email check-ins) to create shifts on a tangible real-life level, and combines that daily work with intimate and exhilarating weekly workshops (10 people maximum). The result is deep, tangible, and lasting changes. Think of this as your own 7-week personal revolution!
Get ready to:
- Take on that big dream you’ve been feeling stuck around
- Stop living on auto-pilot and WAKE UP
- Bust through stress and anxiety and find a deep sense of peace and contentment
- Build a customized life game-plan for your most spectacular future
- Laugh more: lighten up and invite in more joy, fun and creativity
- Free yourself from self-imposed limits & unleash your full power
- Invite more love into your life & cultivate deeper, more satisfying relationships
- Uncover who you truly are
- Take specific action to help heal the world
- Love your life
With just the right mix of loving support and kick-ass motivation, I personally guide you through every step of this process to clear out the crap and jump-start your life.
The program groups are limited to 10 people, so you receive plenty of individual attention. We do deep, profound work in the Life Reboot Program, but we also have a gut-busting good time doing it. There will be fascinating concepts to explore, but a big emphasis will also be put on life strategizing and practical game-plans. If you’re willing to come to the program with a sense of curiosity and you do the work, your life will change…I’ve seen it happen hundreds of times before.
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SOUL JOURNEY TO EGYPT
I’m leading a rare, small group journey for women and men of discovery, enlivening, and renewal in the land of the pharaohs this January!
This 10-day growth odyssey (Jan. 13-23), in benefit of Canada’s Animal Justice and the Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals, includes my special transformational workshops, the group’s own awesome Egyptologists, and getting up close and personal with the most magnificent and moving ancient sites in the world.
We’re going to stand together at the foot of the Great Pyramid and Sphinx, dance like Sufis, immerse ourselves in the exotic markets of old Cairo, hot-balloon over the monuments of Luxor, explore village life in Middle Egypt, and sail down the Nile like Cleopatra on a 4-night cruise to explore the hidden gems from Luxor to Aswan.
Let the mystical land of Egypt (with a little help from me!) awaken your most powerful and alive self!
CLICK HERE and let me tell you all about our SOUL JOURNEY TO EGYPT
