Coaching practices for Values Affirmation Writing
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’ve got a big evaluation looming and I can already feel myself bracing to defend my whole worth on it
- Before any big evaluation my whole sense of worth narrows down to how I’ll perform in that one room, and if I bomb it I feel like I’m worthless as a person
- When I’m rattled and need to ground myself in what actually matters to me, I freeze
- I’ve tried saying the big confident lines in the mirror and they just ring hollow
- I keep telling myself "I’m great at this, I’ve got this" right before the thing I’m scared of, and it somehow makes me feel worse
Practices that may help
- Write about a value that matters to you
Before a stressful or threatening situation, spend five minutes writing about a value that is genuinely important to you.
Self-Affirmation Theory, Made Practical - Use value-based self-affirmation before threatening evaluations
Before a threatening evaluation, write for 10 minutes about a value that matters to you — unrelated to the domain being evaluated.
Power Posing Revisited - Map your value hierarchy
Rank what you most value so you can draw on the strongest affirmation when you need it.
Self-Affirmation Theory, Made Practical - Affirmations
Repeat chosen statements about who you are and what you’re committed to.
The Miracle Morning, Made Practical - Use affirmation of values, not affirmation of ability
Affirm that you are a good person with important values — not that you are good at the specific thing you are anxious about.
Self-Affirmation Theory, Made Practical - Write a values declaration as the core of your legacy letter
Name the two to four values you most want to have lived by — then write why they matter to you.
The Legacy Letter: Writing What You Want to Leave Behind - The practice of self-assertiveness
Honor your wants, needs, and values by expressing them in the world — appropriately and openly.
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, Made Practical - Use values affirmation to counter stereotype threat
When your social identity is under threat, a brief values reflection can protect performance.
Self-Affirmation Theory, Made Practical - Affirm genuine strengths and effort
Notice and name real strengths the person brings — not empty praise.
Motivational Interviewing, Made Practical - The Absent But Implicit: What Problems Reveal About What We Value
Every problem story implies a violated value — surfacing that value reveals the person’s strengths, not just their struggles.
Narrative Therapy: Rewriting the Stories That Define You
Related concerns
- Self Affirmation Theory On A Budget
Affirm that you are a good person with important values — not that you are good at the specific thing you are anxious about.
Use affirmation of values, not affirmation of ability
- Steele Self Affirmation
Claude Steele’s self-affirmation theory holds that people protect their sense of moral adequacy by reflecting on values that are genuinely important to them — and that doing so reduces defensive reactions to threats. The evidence for reducing defensiveness and improving openness to threatening information is solid; claims that brief affirmations broadly raise achievement are more contested.
- Values Affirmation Exercise
Before a threatening evaluation, write for 10 minutes about a value that matters to you — unrelated to the domain being evaluated.
Use value-based self-affirmation before threatening evaluations
- Claude Steele Self Affirmation
Claude Steele’s self-affirmation theory holds that people protect their sense of moral adequacy by reflecting on values that are genuinely important to them — and that doing so reduces defensive reactions to threats. The evidence for reducing defensiveness and improving openness to threatening information is solid; claims that brief affirmations broadly raise achievement are more contested.
- How Self Affirmation Works
Affirm that you are a good person with important values — not that you are good at the specific thing you are anxious about.
- Self Affirmation Theory When Overwhelmed
Affirm that you are a good person with important values — not that you are good at the specific thing you are anxious about.
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