Ready to discover how your values influence your personal life? In this transformative Substance Stories episode, Finding Your Compass: The Power of Values in Recovery, Dr. Richard Bradlow and Nathan Akoka reveal how personal values as your compass in life can revolutionise addiction recovery. Dive into the personal values meaning and learn how your personal core values fuel motivation, purpose, and lasting change. Dr. Bradlow and Nathan share practical personal life values exercises to identify personal life values and harness personal core values and willpower for a fulfilling life. Feeling disconnected in addiction recovery? Discover why personal core values to mega charge your life can shift you from “not using” to thriving. They explore do personal values change and how personal values evolve to guide mental health and sobriety. Through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), learn to avoid “dead man goals” and embrace personal values for meaningful action.This episode offers hands-on coping strategies, like a personal life values exercise, to rebuild purpose and direction. Whether you’re navigating substance abuse recovery, seeking mental health support, or aiming to live intentionally, personal values as your compass in life provide clarity. Packed with insights on personal core values, ACT therapy, and building meaningful relationships, this video is your blueprint for personal growth.Subscribe for more addiction recovery tips! Share your your personal core values story below! Chapters:00:00:00 Introduction to Values and Recovery00:00:59 Values as a Compass: Metaphor and Meaning00:02:11 Disconnection from Values During Addiction00:03:53 Realigning Values in Recovery and the "Dry Drunk" Phenomenon00:04:26 Moving Toward Positive Goals—No "Dead Man Goals"00:05:12 Defining Personal Values and Bradlow’s Recipe for Recovery00:06:32 Discussion: Health vs. Exercise as a Core Value00:07:25 The Importance of Relationships, Learning, and Honesty00:08:43 How to Discover Your Own Values00:09:55 Exercises for Identifying and Connecting to Core Values00:12:56 The "Head Hits the Pillow" Test for Values00:13:35 Striving for Values Without Perfection00:14:57 From Values to Goals to Daily Tasks00:16:12 Using Values to Drive Recovery Actions00:16:41 Conclusion and Final Thoughts#PersonalValues #YourPersonalCoreValues #PersonalLifeValuesExercise #AddictionRecovery

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