Values clarification — identifying what matters most to you at the deepest level — is a cornerstone of ACT therapy for myers-briggs and provides direction when myers-briggs removes other navigational tools.
Why Values Matter for Myers-Briggs
Myers-Briggs often disconnects us from our values through avoidance, withdrawal, and reduced capacity. Reconnecting with values provides:
- Direction when myers-briggs has eliminated other motivation
- Meaning that persists even through difficult myers-briggs periods
- A basis for action independent of how myers-briggs makes you feel
Clarifying Your Values with Myers-Briggs
Ask yourself: 'If my myers-briggs were less present, what would I be doing more of? What kind of person would I be?'
Values are not goals (achievable and done) but ongoing directions: being a present parent, creating beauty, contributing to others.
Values-Based Action in Myers-Briggs
ACT therapy teaches: act according to values even when myers-briggs is present. Small values-aligned actions, despite myers-briggs, are more sustainable than waiting for myers-briggs to lift first.