UNLOCK Your values

Values are the principles that guide how we live, make decisions, and relate to others. They act like a compass — offering direction, clarity, and stability, especially when life feels confusing or conflicted. Research across psychology shows that identifying your values can increase motivation, strengthen wellbeing, and help you make choices that feel authentic and meaningful.

Values aren’t fixed. They evolve as we grow, experience change, and move through different seasons of life. Revisiting them helps ensure your actions reflect who you are now, not who you used to be.

Values work is used widely in coaching because it helps people:

  • Clarify what truly matters across different life domains

  • Align actions with inner priorities, increasing motivation and wellbeing

  • Navigate difficult decisions when feeling stuck, conflicted, or overwhelmed

  • Build resilience, especially during stress, transitions, or uncertainty

  • Strengthen identity and self‑understanding by naming what you stand for

This tool helps you explore what matters most, narrow your focus to the values that truly guide your life, and reflect on how to live them more fully. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about becoming more aligned with the person you want to be.

Unlocking the Keys to Your Value Check:

K — Know your starting point

Pause and notice what’s shaping you right now — your season of life, your pressures, your hopes, and the questions you’re carrying. Values work lands best when you’re honest about where you’re beginning.

E — Examine what matters most

As you explore the list of values, pay attention to what feels meaningful, energising, or important — not what you think you should choose. This is about your inner compass, not external expectations.

Y — Yield insights that guide change

Values reveal patterns: what you prioritise, what you avoid, what you long for, and what you want to grow into. Let these insights show you where alignment is strong — and where it’s asking for attention.

S — Strengthen with intentions that move you forward

Values only become powerful when they shape action. Use your core values to guide decisions navigate uncertainty, and choose behaviours that reflect who you want to be next.

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Know
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Examine
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Yield
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Strengthen

Step 1: KNOW — Know which values are important to you

Select as many values as you relate to — we’ll narrow them down later.

Add up to 5 of your own values

These will appear as “Your Custom Values” and can be selected like any other.

All Values

Step 2: EXAMINE — Examine which values really matter

From the values you selected, choose up to 10 that feel most important right now.

Step 3: YIELD — Yield to the top 5 that govern your approach to life

From your Top 10, choose your core 5 values.

Step 4: STRENGTHEN — Strengthen your alignment with your core

Reflect on each of your core values to deepen how you live them.