As I’ve learned to tune in and understand my needs for health and vitality, I’ve realized that I no longer want to do all the things. In fact, I don’t want to do most things! I want to experience stillness. I want to do less activity that depletes me of my energy and more of what fills me up.

That’s when I found the concept of slow living.

Identifying my values is one of the personal development exercises I am most grateful for because the outcome is a confident, joyful woman who marches to the beat of her own drum and doesn’t give a f*ck anymore. And, omg, breaking news! People still like me! (maybe fewer people, but the RIGHT people)

Understanding your core values helps you understand yourself on a more intimate level, know what you want to make of your life, and allow you to consciously make decisions about your life that are aligned with exactly who you are (AKA your Personal Truth). If you're working through identifying your core values, here's a list of over 150 values to help you walk through that exercise.

Because I have established my values, I am more confident in my decisions, firm in my beliefs, and confident in everything I do. Now I am able to set boundaries, walk my path outside of a conventional career, speak my truth, be okay with disappointing people or people not liking me, say no whenever my heart isn't fully in it, be in and listen to my body…

Your values are the lenses through which you view yourself and the world around you. They are the tenets that which we live by. They are at the heart of who we are, and they need to wholely resonate with integrity. They are what we stand for, guiding our behavior and providing us with a personal code of conduct.