Some things don’t begin as a “method”.
They begin as a question you keep coming back to:
What really matters — and how do we help people live in alignment with it?
The Life Values Method™ didn’t appear overnight. It grew out of real life, real client work, and years of refining practical tools that could help people make better decisions, understand themselves more deeply, and create meaningful change.
To hear the fuller story, watch the video below. It shares the journey behind the cards, the workbook, the deeper ideas, and how it all gradually evolved into the Life Values Method™.
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Where it All Started
Back in 2016, Jacqui and I made a big decision to leave Canberra. I stepped away from my business analyst work and government contracts because we both wanted something more aligned with who we were becoming, including more meaningful work, more adventure, and more time to build something of our own.
Looking back, it was a values-based decision before I had fully realised how central values would become in our work and in our lives.
Around that time, my life coaching training with Achology, along with further reading and exploration, strengthened my interest in values work. In our client work, values kept showing up again and again. We were already using simple exercises around top values, shared relationship values, and meaningful reflection.
The more we worked with people, the more obvious it became that values sit underneath so many of the struggles people face… identity, conflict, uncertainty, decision-making, motivation, and change.
That led to the creation of the Life Values Cards.
What started as research and development around actual value words turned into a full card deck, complete with guided questions to spark reflection and discussion. Jacqui and I designed the product ourselves, built out the colour-coded categories, and kept expanding the ways the cards could be used in personal growth, relationships, and everyday life.
From there, more pieces began to fall into place.
We created the Life Values Workbook to help people explore what matters to them more deeply. Then came the Life Values Mastery ebook, which expanded the ideas further and showed how values can support identity, behaviour change, emotional health, resilience, relationships, and decision-making.
But over time, I could feel there was something bigger taking shape.
I kept developing more advanced exercises and frameworks based on values. Then one night, in a concentrated burst of work, I drafted more than 20 exercise concepts in a couple of hours. That became a major turning point. Over the following year, those ideas were refined, expanded, and shaped into what is now the Life Values Method™.
The Method brings together practical exercises, structured reflection, and a deeper framework for helping people get clear on what matters, understand where they are stuck, and move forward with more purpose and alignment.
One of the most important ideas to emerge from that process was the Life Values Alignment Grid™ – a visual framework that helps make patterns visible and gives people a clearer way to understand where they are, what is pulling them off centre, and what it looks like to return to a healthier, more aligned place.
What matters most to me is that this work is grounded, and authentic, it’s been lived, not just theorised.
I’ve used Life Values through difficult decisions, challenges, and transitions in my own life as well. That is a big part of why I continue to build it. This isn’t just a concept to me. It’s a practical body of work that has grown through real experience, client work, creativity, and a genuine desire to help people live more meaningful lives.
The Life Values Method™ is the result of that journey, and in many ways, it’s still only the beginning.
Where to Next?
If this story resonates with you, there are two great places to begin.
You can explore the Life Values Virtual Deck and start reflecting on the values that matter most in your own life.
Or, if you’re a therapist, coach, counsellor, or other helping professional, you can learn more about the Practitioner Kit and see how the Life Values Method™ can be integrated into your client work.