A huge part of feeling good is living in harmony with our values. The opposite of that I’m calling living in dissonance with our values. In my experience, this can be a very strong but subtle undercurrent of dissatisfaction or dis-ease in our lives.
How to reduce living in dissonance with your values?
- First, identify what your values are.
- Second, honestly reflect: what do you feel uneasy about? Where are your actions feeling out of harmony with your values?
- Third, find one simple easy-to-implement shift that will bring you closer in harmony with your values.
- Congratulate yourself, celebrate when you make this shift! Refrain from being hard on yourself if you don’t succeed on first attempt. Keep trying!
- Reflect: how does this shift make you feel? By reflecting, we help solidify the change.
- Rinse and repeat when you’re ready!