Practicing a life integrated with your values, not trends.
- Rocio Flores
- Aug 4, 2025
- 2 min read
Praxis vs. Performance
We all have such strong views and feelings about the world around us, and yet, so many of us feel like nothing we do matters or can make a difference. A big part of that is our tendency to run with trends and fall at the mercy of whatever social media tells us is important, right now... leaving us chasing other people's passions at the risk of our integrity and focus. Let's talk about what it means to put to practice what you actually believe and how you can create a value system that helps you decide what you support and what you can stand down for.
Praxis: "practical application of a theory" — Merriam-Webster
"beliefs don't equal knowledge or action."
"lack of praxis creates a dysfunction of integrity."
"when we aren't being ourselves it affects how we show up."
Be YourSELF Pillars
🔎 Self-Awareness
Am I showing up or just showing off?
Danning-Kreuger Effect.
Are we adding to the harm?
🫂 Self-Acceptance
Praxis as ethical commitment to self.
Care more about impact than intent.
Cannot change the entire world and you don't need to.
💗 Self-Love
Focus on loving vs shaming = loving actions.
Embody concept of innate worth.
Seeing humanity in mistakes.
🛠 Self-Care
Choosing effort over exhaustion.
Creating sustainable practices.
Continuity vs consistency vs urgency.
🧭 Self-Direction
Learning from experts.
Check yourself.
Base humility.
🌍 Being Yourself
Focus on YOUR passions.
Show up with your genuine capacity.
Honesty in ignorance.
Values guide understanding of other issues!
To-Do List & Resources:
📝 Values Exercises
🌱 Commit to one cause close to your heart.
🔗 https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/choos... 🔄 Starting Role Chart
Biblical Anchor:
“Faith without works is dead.” (James 2:17)
"If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing." (1 Corinthians 13:3)
Jesus rejecting empty rituals in favor of embodied love (Matt. 23).
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