Making Decisions with Integrity
Integrity is the quality of being honest, having strong principles and a state of being whole and undivided.
When you are undivided you are genuinly connected and aligned to who you are and can make decisions based on your true nature and what you need.
What is your true nature? What’s in your best interest that aligns with your morals and principles. We all have a sense of integrity. Some are out of alignment which is pulling us away from living in our integrity.
Where are you out of alignment? Are you trying to convince yourself that you’re doing ok, even when you feel off?
It could be at your job, in your marriage, or living somewhere that doesn’t feel quite right.
If you’ve been in that state for awhile, it’s likely you aren’t feeling seen or recognized because you’re not being honest, with yourself or others. It might feel harder to reconnect with what’s good for you because it’s been too long since you put your values ahead of other things. Or you might not remember your “true nature” or have an idea of what is really important to you.
So how do we get back to that place where we’re living in integrity? Our true nature is always there, whispering. If you listen in, you’ll hear it again, you’ll remember, and you’ll start to reconnect with what’s important to you. You will start getting back to a state of being whole and undivided.
It starts with your next decision. What decisions might come up for you today? Identify what’s important to you and make decisions from that place.
What to eat? How can you decide to eat in a way that’s more aligned with what you want and need?
How to talk to your co-worker? How can you talk with them in a way that is honest and reflects your principles?
Whether or not to take a walk on your lunch break? Will walking help you feel more whole and connected?
Each decision is a choice to live in alignment or out of alignment. Who are you without other people’s expectations of the decisions you should make? When you stand in your principles who are you? What’s important to you at work and at home? It’s ok if it feels selfish. Let that be ok while you are recalibrating.
And remember that these choices and the manifestation of them might take time. It’s a transition from being out of alignment to being back in alignment and we can’t expect that everyone else was following that journey. We have to ease into it and ease others into it too. Patience will be important, but as long as you’re now on a path to standing up for your values, there’s no timeline, this is just who you are now and who you will continue to be once you realign.
You will be resetting expectations and boundaries and being honest about your needs.
This might feel awkward or like a lot of work at the start, but once you’re back to yourself and making decisions that align with your values, you’ll have more energy. You won’t be fighting the current that’s sweeping you into life choices. You won’t all be spend trying to navigate poor decisions you made when you weren’t acting in integrity.
Start flexing these muscles and the more you do it, the easier it will be. There’s really no other choice if you want to get over the anxiety and insomnia that have crept in since you started living out of alignment.
People can’t fault you for being truly open and honest. There is complete liberation and freedom in your honesty. Take your first steps back into integrity with the decisions you make today.
Jaime Bancroft Gennaro is a business coach, a leadership coach and a consultant. She helps people realign with their talents and skills to have successful, fulfilling careers and businesses.
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