Welcome to DIARY PROMPTS! The first Saturday of the month, paid subscribers will receive prompts (for writing, drawing, art-making, tarot-card pulling) around a theme or skill related to healing. This month’s theme is ALIGNMENT and our prompts include activities for determining your core values and a guide for making your own values-centered curriculum.
Then, you’re invited to join our live meet up, DIARY CLUB, on June 27th from 3-4:30pm PDT / 5-6:30pm CDT / 6-7:30pm EDT. We’ll talk about the prompts for June, share our reflections together, and bask in the magic of peer support and community. Zoom info is at the bottom of this post, and if RSVPs help you, you can find one there as well 💖
Before we jump in, just wanted to share that July’s CARE MAIL offering is PRESENCE — something I’ve been talking about A LOT over here.
So if you want some support in being more present…
Why is alignment important to our healing? Alignment means that we’re acting in harmony with what’s most important to us — in the present moment. When I’m in alignment, I’m not acting from my trauma — I’m acting from my values.
I used to think that I stood solidly in my values all the time! But the more I learned about trauma and the ways it showed up in my body, the more I realized that I was often struggling to live according to my values. In other words, my actions weren’t always aligned with the kind of person I want to be in the world. So I went back and reassessed:
What is it that I value?
Are those values dictated by my trauma brain or my adult brain? (Turns out, they two are not the same)
What would it look like for me to take action from my values?
How can I build more discernment so that I know when I’m acting from a place of fear (aka my trauma brain) and when I’m acting from my integrity (aka my adult brain)?
Why talk about values? Our vales are our "why" behind the choices we make in the world. When we anchor in our values, we take purposeful and aligned action. This month’s prompts are here to help you, so that when you find yourself at a crossroads, not knowing what to do in a particular situation, you can root back into your values and take steps that are aligned with the version of you that is here right now, on their healing journey.
Prompts
Determining Our Values
Values are the beliefs that guide the choices we make in the world. They inform how we treat ourselves and others. Using the list found here, begin by circling or writing down any values that resonate. From there, see if you can narrow your list down to five core values. If there’s something missing from the list, feel free to add it!
