- Annie Peros and Graham discuss the importance of identifying and understanding personal core values, emphasizing how self love and self respect form the foundation for authentic living and deeper connection with the divine. The chat guides listeners through reflective exercises to clarify their values, distinguish between being and doing values, and recognize how respecting oneself honours the Creator. Listeners gain practical tools for self-inquiry and boundary-setting, empowering them to live with greater authenticity, integrity, and joy.

Annie also spoke about work of Dr. Demartini, specifically highlighting his studies on values and the field of "axiology". Here is the podcast episode with him for those who missed the conversation!

Reflection Questions Shared by Annie Peros

1. What are your top four values?
   Write down your top four values and then consider:

   • What would I need to maintain this value?

2. Where does my time go?

3. Where do I spend my money?

4. What do I prioritize, even if it’s inconvenient?

5. When feeling a ‘niggle’ or emotional trigger:

   • What is the emotion?

   • Is this emotion mine?

   • When did I first feel this emotion?

   • What did I make that experience mean?
     

Timestamped Overview

00:00 Discussing self-love and spirituality

06:36 Realizing the need for change

14:05 Discussing core and doing values

18:26 Discovering self-identity and respect

25:41 Understanding your nervous system

31:10 Recognizing personal bias alarms

35:52 Exploring emotions and reactions

38:34 Identifying emotions and responses

45:09 Honoring and valuing personal gifts

48:44 Being your authentic self

56:03 Understanding awe and fear of God

01:01:16 Working with Annie on personal growth

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For those who missed the live call, I shared what I believe are the 3 pillars of positive growth.

1. Stillness: Observing our inner state with compassion and curiosity. Allowing the lessons and insights within us to reveal themselves naturally. I like to see this as the spiritual nutrition we need to make lasting and sustainable growth.

2. Purpose & Expression: Understanding that our purpose and current form of expression are different. We can lose momentum or inspiration when the way in which we express our purpose changes. This happens because we assume that we no longer can fulfill our purpose if it’s not done as we have done before. The key here is to tune into the feeling you get while you’re in your purpose and allow new forms of expression to emerge. Your inner work from being in stillness will also influence and evolve your purpose and forms of expression.

3. Resourcefulness: Mastering the movement of resources, energy, money and time with appreciation. This final pillar creates the upward lift in your life. As you learn to better direct and manage the resources in your life from a place of deep appreciation, you automatically attract more resources to be directed. Which in turn will bring more lessons to be learned the stillness.

Let me tell you a story of how this looks in practice…

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