The VALUES™ Life
You don't have to keep trying to become someone else.
What if the answers you've been searching for aren't about changing who you are, but finally understanding yourself?
If you've ever felt like you're too much, not enough, or somewhere in between, this book is for you.
Discover your authentic values, understand why you think, feel, and respond the way you do, and begin creating a life that feels more like you.
Understand yourself. Make confident decisions. Create lasting change.
Does any of this sound familiar?
You replay conversations in your head, wondering if you said the wrong thing.
You find yourself saying yes when you really want to say no.
You work so hard to keep everyone happy that you've lost sight of what makes you happy.
You know certain situations trigger something in you, but you don't fully understand why.
And even when you know something needs to change, you somehow find yourself back in the same patterns.
It's exhausting, isn't it?
Maybe you've tried setting better boundaries, thinking more positively, or pushing yourself to do things differently.
And while those things can help, there's something important that often gets overlooked.
Understanding yourself.
Not the version of you that learned to keep the peace, meet expectations, or protect yourself from being hurt.
The authentic you underneath it all.
INTRODUCING THE UPCOMING GUIDED WORKBOOK
The VALUES™ Life
A journey back to your authentic self.
Built on the foundation of Tom Brooks' original book, Mapping Your Values, The VALUES™ Life brings together years of counselling experience, practical insights, and guided exercises to help you move beyond simply understanding your values to actually living them.
Through six connected pillars—Values, Alignment, Lens, Understanding, Engagement, and Sustainment—you'll explore who you are, how your values shape your experiences, and what it looks like to live more authentically every day.
This isn't about becoming a better version of someone you were never meant to be.
It's about discovering who you've been all along and learning to give that person more room to live.
· Discover yourself ·
Uncover the authentic values that have always been part of who you are.
· Understand your patterns ·
Explore how your values influence your thoughts, emotions, reactions, decisions, and relationships.
· Live from the inside out ·
Use meaningful reflections and practical exercises to make choices that reflect who you truly are.
No perfect answers. No pressure to have it all figured out. Just a place to begin.
A little about us
We're Tom and Elizabeth, the people behind Brooks & Birch Counselling and The VALUES™ Life.
Between Tom's decades of work helping people discover their authentic values and Elizabeth's experience as a trauma therapist, we've seen just how powerful self-understanding can be.
We've also seen how easy it is to lose sight of who you are when life, relationships, difficult experiences, and other people's expectations take over.
Our heart behind this book is simple.
We want to help people understand themselves on a deeper level, build healthier relationships, and experience the freedom that comes from living authentically. And we wanted to create something you could actually work through and apply to your everyday life.
We're so excited to share it with you.
Tom Brooks, BA MTC & Elizabeth Zerkee, RTC
Your journey starts here.
You don't need to have everything figured out before you begin.
If you're ready to understand yourself a little better and discover what it means to live from the inside out, we'd love to have you along for the journey.
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