Title: Living According to Your Values: A Christian Counselor on Congruent Living | Seattle Christian Counseling
Headings: Living According to Your Values: A Christian Counselor on Congruent Living
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Living According to Your Values: A Christian Counselor on Congruent Living
What is Congruent Living?
Living Incongruently Causes Stress
Our Conscience Can Warn Us When We Live Incongruently
Christian Counseling Can Help You Regain Congruence in Your Life
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Content: You can see this by looking at how you spend your time, money, rumination or affections. For instance, if spending time with family and friends is at the top of your list of priorities, but you neglect these relationships in order to work excessively or to chase after wealth, you may find yourself constantly rationalizing and making excuses. Yet such rationalizations become less and less effective at enabling you to maintain your inner peace and a sense of liking yourself. Similarly, spending money frivolously instead of wisely, overeating instead of caring for your body, or neglecting your child in order to pursue a hobby, may not represent what matters most to you, and this can lead to inner turmoil that must be quieted somehow. You may numb your nagging conscience with drugs or alcohol in order to cope, or you may seek to escape through distracting activities such as gambling, shopping or viewing pornography. As this happens, relationships with your loved ones, which may already be suffering, are likely to become even more strained over time. Like us if you are enjoying this content. There is a saying that you can tell a person’s values by what they spend their time, money and affections on. But this is not always true. Sometimes we allow ourselves to get drawn into commitments, habits, relationships and lifestyles that don’t mesh with who we are or with what we believe is important.