What are Limiting Beliefs?
♡ Beliefs that are conscious or subconscious that serve to “protect” us or hold us back from accomplishing a desired outcome
♡ Limiting beliefs are a false set of beliefs that prevent us from pursuing our goals and dreams. Limiting beliefs can keep you from doing important things, like applying for the job you’ve always wanted or finding the relationship of your dreams (or leaving the one you don't want).
What causes limiting beliefs?
♡ Self doubt
♡ Lack of confidence
♡ Unhealthy Environment
♡ Inner Child Wounding / family influences
♡ Societal conditioning
♡ Social media
♡ Negative self talk
♡ Negative reinforcement
♡ Pressure / anxiety
How to know / recognize when you have a limiting belief?
♡ Becoming aware of your thoughts and LANGUAGE
♡ Assessing your relationship with yourself and your routines
♡ Taking inventory of your life habits, patterns, relationships, and environments
♡ Recognizing when you are in a negative thought loop / downward spiral
♡ Surround yourself with loving healthy friends, coaches, and partners who can call you out
♡ Listen to podcasts, dive into self help books, commit to courses and programs and be in spaces that nurture your growth
Common limiting beliefs people may have:
♡ “I am not worthy of being loved”
♡ “ I am not enough”
♡ “I do not deserve to be successful + wealthy”
♡ “I am fearful of success”
♡ “I don’t know” ♡ “I don’t have my life sorted out”
♡ “I am not smart enough”
♡ “I am not old enough” or “I am too old”
♡ “I am not successful enough”
♡ “I don’t have a big enough following”
♡ “I don’t have anything to say or share”
♡ “I am too much” or “I am shy”
♡ “I am a baby business owner”
♡ “I am bad at love”
♡ “I don’t do math” “I am not good with my money”
♡ “I am hard to love”
♡ “I am never going to be fit enough, skinny enough, strong enough”
♡ “I need to look like _x_ before I start”
♡ “I am never going to look like her”
etc.etc.etc.
Ways to work through limiting beliefs?
♡ LOVINGLY call yourself out
♡ Write out all the limiting beliefs circling in your mind. Do a brain dump and let it flow
♡ RELEASE THEM, let go, burn, rip, tare the paper
♡ Move your body to release or CRY it out. Let it flow babe
♡ Reframe your language
♡ Adapt your new energy + mindset
♡ Continuously re-assess and re-align
♡ Call on support / Hire a Coach
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