People tend to intertwine the meaning of belief’s and values.  However, for me, they are two separate things.

Beliefs are the ’emotional connection’ to the stories we tell ourselves. (What we think.)

We tend to live our lives based on our belief’s.  Whether these beliefs are good or bad, most belief systems are developed through our life experiences and what we have been told as children. 

Most of the time, we are not even aware that these beliefs are being formed. We simply accept them as part of our identity and they tend to guide how we navigate life.

Until we take time to challenge belief’s that do us harm or keep us dis-empowered, most of our life will be ruled by the emotional connection we have to the thoughts we think. 

Values are the ‘emotional states’ that are important to us. (How we want to feel.)

Core values focus on the positive emotional states we want to feel.  Despite how we think, we can develop personal core values that can override a disempowering belief system.

It wasn’t until I identified the core values for my own life, that I started to make real progress towards the things I wanted to achieve.  My old belief system was unable override the intent of how I wanted to feel, (my core value/s) and I started experiencing life on a whole other level.