The Live Your Values Deck: Sort Out, Honor, and Practice What Matters Most to You

WOW this is really just amazing. You would not think a simple set of cards would be so insightful but we use this with friends and it's such a great thought provoking exercise to do with each other. You think you know your top values but when you really whittle it down, it's so compelling...knowing your highest values helps you look at how you spend your day/life and what you have in common with your partners and friends. After doing this, I think almost daily about it and implement daily or often as possible.

I love these cards! They are such a great resource for me at work and in my personal life.I did my top ten values and wrote them out, then had my mom do her top ten values and wrote them out. It sparked such an incredible conversation and there is so much to delve into with the suggestions on the backs of the cards.I’m going to save my mom’s and my lists and compare in a year. Then I will have a lasting memory of time with my mom as she gets older and when she is gone. I’d love to do my values cards with more friends and family.I work in addiction recovery and these cards have inspired me in my work when we discuss values and beliefs. I am in recovery myself and my values have definitely shifted over the course of my life. I love that I can check in over time to see how I change and grow.

I love these cards!!! I can use them for many circumstances. These are really high quality cards and comes with a cool little booklet.

Used these in a group setting and everyone enjoyed the cards immensely!

I love these! Not just the classic Lisa Congdon artwork either (although that was the initial draw!) Each card has questions on the back to help you strengthen each value in your life. I worked through the cards myself before using them with clients to appreciate how challenging (in a good way, causes introspection!) and then satisfying it is to identify your top 10 values and take next steps to use them as guideposts in life. If you are on the fence, I'd say get them!

I am a mental health counselor who specializes in a modality (ACT) that relies heavily on clients understanding their values. This deck serves the purpose of my values-oriented activities because it is more colorful and creative than many other values card sort decks. I've adopted the three-step method that was suggested in the enclosed booklet because it is personal, simple, and more straightforward than some other values-based activities. Most importantly, each value card has a brief text description of the value, which makes this a unique product among value card decks. This artistry makes the activity more appealing, the text description aids clients in deciding which values are their top.The author and artist, however, have produced a product where creativity has overcome purpose. For example, the location of the name of the value (large, bold text) is appears in various locations across the cards of the deck. For practical and also clinical purposes, I would recommend the name of the value to consistently appear in one location, preferably at the top. Secondly, there are two different background colors (cream and light blue) and clients are seeking patterns due to those colorings where they do not exist. A consistent background color would be ideal. Third, there is no listing in the manual of what the 73 values are, and there are no numbers (i.e. 1-73) on the back of the cards, which makes inventory challenging. One day I had a client—who I had seen a few days prior—slip her top three values cards under my office door because she mistakenly slid them into a notebook as she departed at the end of a session. I had used the deck during at least 3 different clients' sessions in the intervening time—without those three cards included for their consideration.Overall, I look forward to a second edition of this deck. The colors and art and brief definitions for every value are its strongest qualities. The revisions I suggest above would enable better clinical use and strengthen the product's versatility without impeding the deck's creativity.

I have used this cards with my husband and several teams at work. I enjoyed the self-reflection it facilitates and the discussions to allow others to get to know me better and for me to understand and learn about the other people in my life ad well. I am looking forward for doing this exercise with my child once he gets a bit older.

This is a great car deck to use in sessions with clients. I like the colorful design.