Hi Brooke, that was a wonderful hour spent with you and was extremely helpful. Thanks to everyone for their great questions and sharing too. I'll admit I was still struggling with a few of my values this week and this has helped me solidify them. My husband and I even had a great deep conversation about our values together this morning which was wonderful. I look forward to your next workshop. Thanks again xx
Thank you so much for giving us your time and energy to lead us through this area of exploration. I had done the eulogy exercise when you had mentioned it previously, and just had to 'dust' it off, so it wasn't as intense as the first time.
After exploring values and deciding what was a tool and what is just who I am (i.e. organized for example, it is just me), I have landed on (in no order) the following for the time being: self-care, fun (includes humour, laughter and play), choice (includes independence, freedom, control), growth (includes knowledge, wisdom, learning) and a surprise for me, relationships. As an introvert, who often finds other humans annoying (especially when they are in large groups), I was a bit surprised by this one. However, upon reflection, I do value my relationships with nature, my husband, family, friends, communities, my dogs, and my clients (I work with individuals with autism and their families). It was really by expanding my first thoughts of 'relationships' that helped me see it was a value.
I know there has been a lot of discussion on self-care/health as a value. Perhaps, I value self-care, in part, because my work relationships and job can be very hard (I tend to work with clients with severe problem behaviour, and families in crisis). To be able to meet my clients where they are, I need to be the best me I can be. Self-care also protects me from the burnout I see so many of my colleagues suffering.
Thanks again for you time. I look forward to your other experiments.
Thank you for this values workshop. It’s crystallized a bunch of stuff for me. I find myself going back to the values words I’ve landed on (for now) nearly daily and they settle me into a gentle purpose. Or sometimes a sharp purpose. So grateful!
This workshop was great - thank you so much, Brooke, for the time and effort and thought you must have spent putting it together. I've already done a lot of values work before this, but it was still helpful to hear a different perspective.
I wanted to chime in on the health/self-care issue, because I had previously defined one of my values as health (after an inner struggle, I admit. I didn't want it to be health, I wanted something cool like curiosity 😅). But after a little thought, I shifted towards 'wellbeing', because a huge amount of my time, thought and effort in this season of my life - being the stay-at-home/home-educating mother of two young, neurodivergent children, and having the role of supporting my husband in his career - is directed towards promoting the wellbeing of the four of us individually and as a family. It encompasses my own self-care, but also things like how I look after the family's nutritional needs when I cook, how much alone time or playtime or time in nature I schedule for the children, or whether I offer to do solo bedtime so my husband can go to a yoga class. I see it as a step beyond 'health' as a value, but less "tool"-sounding than 'self-care'! Anyway, I hope that might be helpful for someone 💕
Thank you so much for doing this workshop. The word that kept stumping me was originally listed as Sensuality and I've now, after holding it lightly and revisiting, landed instead at Enrichment, which encompasses my love for great live music, craft beers, taking in nature and my approach to my work. The 3 values I've eventually whittled down to are Freedom, Simplicity and Enrichment, which feels like a good number for me that is easy to keep front of mind 😄
Thanks Brooke so much for this series, I have found the process really profound. The discussion about health/self care being a tool or a value was really useful - I don’t think I’ve landed on an answer yet but given that I’m living with chronic fatigue at the moment it’s a non-negotiable in any case. I guess I’ll see how this changes over time. My others are nature, learning, integrity and relationships. I’m making a lot of changes in my life right now to deal with the health stuff so I’m looking forward to seeing how the articulation of these values helps me to navigate this process 😊
Hi Brooke, that was a wonderful hour spent with you and was extremely helpful. Thanks to everyone for their great questions and sharing too. I'll admit I was still struggling with a few of my values this week and this has helped me solidify them. My husband and I even had a great deep conversation about our values together this morning which was wonderful. I look forward to your next workshop. Thanks again xx
Hi Brooke,
Thank you so much for giving us your time and energy to lead us through this area of exploration. I had done the eulogy exercise when you had mentioned it previously, and just had to 'dust' it off, so it wasn't as intense as the first time.
After exploring values and deciding what was a tool and what is just who I am (i.e. organized for example, it is just me), I have landed on (in no order) the following for the time being: self-care, fun (includes humour, laughter and play), choice (includes independence, freedom, control), growth (includes knowledge, wisdom, learning) and a surprise for me, relationships. As an introvert, who often finds other humans annoying (especially when they are in large groups), I was a bit surprised by this one. However, upon reflection, I do value my relationships with nature, my husband, family, friends, communities, my dogs, and my clients (I work with individuals with autism and their families). It was really by expanding my first thoughts of 'relationships' that helped me see it was a value.
I know there has been a lot of discussion on self-care/health as a value. Perhaps, I value self-care, in part, because my work relationships and job can be very hard (I tend to work with clients with severe problem behaviour, and families in crisis). To be able to meet my clients where they are, I need to be the best me I can be. Self-care also protects me from the burnout I see so many of my colleagues suffering.
Thanks again for you time. I look forward to your other experiments.
Thank you for this values workshop. It’s crystallized a bunch of stuff for me. I find myself going back to the values words I’ve landed on (for now) nearly daily and they settle me into a gentle purpose. Or sometimes a sharp purpose. So grateful!
This workshop was great - thank you so much, Brooke, for the time and effort and thought you must have spent putting it together. I've already done a lot of values work before this, but it was still helpful to hear a different perspective.
I wanted to chime in on the health/self-care issue, because I had previously defined one of my values as health (after an inner struggle, I admit. I didn't want it to be health, I wanted something cool like curiosity 😅). But after a little thought, I shifted towards 'wellbeing', because a huge amount of my time, thought and effort in this season of my life - being the stay-at-home/home-educating mother of two young, neurodivergent children, and having the role of supporting my husband in his career - is directed towards promoting the wellbeing of the four of us individually and as a family. It encompasses my own self-care, but also things like how I look after the family's nutritional needs when I cook, how much alone time or playtime or time in nature I schedule for the children, or whether I offer to do solo bedtime so my husband can go to a yoga class. I see it as a step beyond 'health' as a value, but less "tool"-sounding than 'self-care'! Anyway, I hope that might be helpful for someone 💕
Thank you so much for doing this workshop. The word that kept stumping me was originally listed as Sensuality and I've now, after holding it lightly and revisiting, landed instead at Enrichment, which encompasses my love for great live music, craft beers, taking in nature and my approach to my work. The 3 values I've eventually whittled down to are Freedom, Simplicity and Enrichment, which feels like a good number for me that is easy to keep front of mind 😄
Thanks Brooke so much for this series, I have found the process really profound. The discussion about health/self care being a tool or a value was really useful - I don’t think I’ve landed on an answer yet but given that I’m living with chronic fatigue at the moment it’s a non-negotiable in any case. I guess I’ll see how this changes over time. My others are nature, learning, integrity and relationships. I’m making a lot of changes in my life right now to deal with the health stuff so I’m looking forward to seeing how the articulation of these values helps me to navigate this process 😊
Such a lovely offering to us all x