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Season 2, Episode 2 — Living Your Values: Alignment, Discomfort, and Doing the Brave Thing

Season #2

What happens when life doesn’t match your values — and what does it take to course-correct?

In this reflective episode of Making Sense of Ourselves, host Abby Covert is joined by Sensemakers Club members Mike and Jessica for an intimate conversation about values—where they come from, how they show up, and the moments we realize something in our life is no longer aligned.

We talk about:

  • Leaving a job that made you physically ill — and the courage to start again
  • How people-pleasing and over-functioning can mask misalignment
  • The subtle ways we overvalue or undervalue what we care about most
  • Why it's okay to hold values you don’t live up to all the time

Then Abby is joined by co-host Alfi Oloo for a debrief, unpacking the gut-check moments that signal change, the real-life constraints that complicate values-based choices, and the freedom that comes with clarity.

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This season we’re recording live with our community. Want to be part of a future episode? Join The Sensemakers Club and pull up a chair.

Themes we heard:

📌 Living your values isn’t about perfection—it’s about noticing when something feels off and being brave enough to name it.

📌 Overalignment can be just as dangerous as misalignment—especially when it leads to martyrdom, burnout, or feeling “invaluable.”

📌 Most of us are holding multiple roles and responsibilities that shape what’s even possible in the moment. Context matters.

“I knew what we were doing wasn’t right. I physically couldn’t do it.” – Mike Creech

“If I’m hiding my work, I know something’s out of alignment.” – Abby Covert