Materials needed: pen, paper or journal. Comfortable place to listen. .
Description: The aim of this meditation is to help you understand your values while setting goals. The activity prior to the meditation will help identify your top values. The guided meditation will explore how establishing and achieving your goals will help you live your true values.
Instructions prior to listening:
Values are behaviors, ideals or principles that we hold as most important. Some examples are family, honesty, trust, wisdom, wealth, security, faith...ect.
First write a list of your values. If you need help getting started, click this link to do the values sort activity. Print the sheets and cut out the cards. Once they are cut, shuffle them and divide them into three piles: important to me, not very important to me, and very important to me. Try to do the activity quickly without analyzing.
https://motivationalinterviewing.org/sites/default/files/valuescardsort_0.pdf
Once this is complete, write down your top three values. Next, identify a goal you have already set for yourself. This could be a new goal (I will go for a walk outside everyday) or a goal you have been maintaining (I will continue to work on communication with my partner). Connect this goal with the value it supports. For example, walking might connect with your value of healthy living. Communication may relate to your value of honesty or family.
Next, listen to the guided meditation!
I would love to hear your feedback! Please feel free to email me at emily@emilyrisinger.com
Source:
Personal value card sort provided by W.R. Miller, J. C’de Baca, D.B. Matthews, P.L. Wilbourne University of New Mexico, 2001. May be used for public use without permission.
