Are you living someone else’s life?
Most of us carry values we never chose. They were handed to us — by our families, our culture, our conditioning — and we built entire lives around them without ever asking: Is this actually mine?
Soul Aligned is the first book in the One-Hour Self-Development Guides series — focused, actionable workbooks for people who are ready to grow but short on time. In less than an hour a week over five weeks, this guide helps you uncover your authentic core values, understand why you may have lost touch with them, and begin living in true alignment.
This guide is as educational as it is experiential. Before you ever pick up a pen, you’ll receive a rich foundation in the psychology, neuroscience, and ancient Kabbalistic wisdom behind values formation — explaining how your brain formed its patterns, why those patterns can be changed, and what the research actually says about transformation. Grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy, Jungian analytical psychology, ancient Kabbalistic wisdom, ACT, and neuroscience, it goes far deeper than surface-level self-help while remaining clear, warm, and accessible to any reader.
Then you will do the work.
Five research-backed strategies guide you through a structured self-discovery process — with write-in journal spaces, self-assessment scales, true/false check-ins, and reflection prompts built right into the pages:
     • Write Your Own Obituary — a powerful legacy exercise to reveal what truly matters to you
     • The Socratic Values Inquiry — eight deep questions designed to cut through conditioning
     • The Values-Behavior Alignment Audit — compare how you live to what you believe and identify what to change
     • The Bull's Eye Exercise — rate how close you are to your values across four life domains
     • The Personal Values Card Sort — narrow your values to the five that define your authentic self
Then, go deeper. A contemplative Deep Dive — Ancient Wisdom Reflection weaves Kabbalistic teachings on tikkun, the sefirot, and the gathering of sacred sparks with your personal values work — transforming self-discovery into soul-discovery.
You get the knowledge AND the tools — all packed into a format you can finish in five focused hours total. No fluff. No filler. Just clarity, science, and soul — one hour at a time.
By the end of five weeks, you will have a clear picture of who you are beneath the noise — and a concrete path to living that truth every day.
Whether you are beginning your self-discovery journey or deepening work you have already started, Soul Aligned stands alone as a complete experience while building toward a fuller understanding of who you are and who you are becoming.
One hour a week. Five weeks. One soulful deep dive. Your values are your compass. This book helps you find it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Barbara Bachmeier-Levy, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, educator, and founder of Holistic Wellness Summit. With decades of therapeutic practice, she brings warmth, depth, and scientific rigor to the self-discovery process. Soul Aligned is the first book in her One-Hour Self-Development Guides series.
Published by Holistic Wellness Summit LLC.