LIMITING BELIEFS SERIES (2): Cut them out 🚧

After learning how to identify your limiting beliefs in the last class, now we’re really getting into this gig.

Limiting beliefs literally limit you because they make you feel like you just absolutely can’t do something. They might be held about yourself, about the world or life in general. 🚧

(e.g. I will never be able to make enough money doing what I love or People from where I come from never get opportunities).

So, how do you change these nuggets of thoughts that are stopping you from getting to where you want to be?

STEP 1: Identify them.🎯

Obviously. We covered this last week. Use the tools from our last class here to identify your limiting beliefs.

STEP 2: Understand that they are “just” thoughts.💭

Understand the very basic level of what limiting beliefs are. They are beliefs. Aka, they are thoughts.

Most likely they are grounded in feelings, not facts.

• I can never find new friends because I’m boring.

• How could I even earn more money when I am always too sad and tired to put in the work?

By repetitively thinking in this manner you are reinforcing the negative limiting belief.

Realize that your thoughts do not reflect your reality.🔎

More often than not, your reality reflects your thoughts.

STEP 3: Catch them in the moment🎣

When you notice a limiting belief swimming in your mind - STOP IT. Press pause. 🛑

Catch it. Write it down. ✍️

Don’t make just a mental note, literally write it down. That way you can take some time later to assess it.

STEP 4: Dissect them🤔

What were you thinking about when the thought popped up? What triggered it? Was it an environment? A person? Some other thought?

Why did the trigger trigger the thought? Track all the associations back until you find the source.

It will most likely be easier to track it down as you write it. If you dislike writing, talk about it. Record an audio diary. But don’t just think about it. Thoughts are messy and we often lose track of them. 🚨

However when speaking or even better, writing, you need to follow a certain structure that at the end at least somewhat makes sense.

STEP 5: Reframe them🖼️

Changing limiting beliefs is not just about positive thinking; it’s about creating new mental frameworks that seek opportunities where you only used to see lack. 🧩

By consistently reframing negative thoughts you are training your brain to think differently. (here are examples of how to do that: example 1 and example 2)

You are unlearning the old negative patterns of thinking and quite literally rewiring your brain. 🧠

It’s actually not just mindless mantra repetition. It’s choosing to see things differently and giving yourself some grace. ✨

Only then, when you remove the endless guilt and give yourself space to grow can you actually grow.

STEP 6: Persist

It will take more than one, two or even fifty reframes to see a change.

It takes time to re-train your brain to think differently. And still, you might fail occasionally.

But that’s expected. That’s human.

But the more you do it, the more spontaneous it becomes. 

You will see in real-time how your mental space transforms from a hate and negativity-filled garbage bag to a cute little garden.

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If you persist you will be just astonished at how much the world changes when you change the way you frame your thoughts.

Remember - you are not your thoughts, you are their creator. ✨ 

With love,

Your Glowing Bestie ❤️