Eight years old.Or ten. Or thirteen.Something happened.Someone said something.Or didn’t say something.
And a younger version of you drew a conclusion.
Neither consciously nor strategically.
You were just a kid trying to make sense of the room.
In this episode of Daily Power Boost, Shawn Michael traces belief back to its origin: not to re-litigate the past, but to restore context.
Most people have named their limiting belief,
Few have traced it.
“I’m not worthy of success.”“I have to earn love.”“I’ll eventually fail.”
Naming the belief is awareness. Tracing it is freedom.
This episode explores how early conclusions become invisible identity. How survival strategies outlive the environments that formed them. And why a belief seen in its original context loses authority over the present.
You didn’t choose the beliefs that shaped you.
You just absorbed the most reasonable explanation available at the time.
And conclusions drawn by a younger version of you don’t have to govern your life now.
In This Episode
* Why naming a belief isn’t the same as tracing it
* How early survival strategies become identity
* The difference between context and character
* Why origin beliefs feel like reality
* How childhood conclusions gain authority
* What changes when you see a belief in its original environment
✦ Reflection Prompts
* What belief shows up repeatedly across years and relationships?
* How old was I when I first decided this was true?
* What was happening around me that made this conclusion reasonable?
* Was this belief about me or about what I had access to understand at the time?
* What changes when I see this belief as context instead of identity?
✦ The Boost (Action Step)
Run the Origin Trace.
Choose one limiting belief that keeps resurfacing.
Ask:
“How old was I when I first decided this was true?”
Then:
“What was happening around me that made this conclusion make sense?”
You’re not reliving it.You’re contextualizing it.
Beliefs seen in context lose authority.
And conclusions can be updated.
✦ On the Next Episode
The voice narrating all of this, the one that sounds most like you, isn’t always the most honest one in the room.
We’re going to name it.
✦ If Today’s Episode Sparked Something…
* Share it with someone carrying an old conclusion
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* Book a No-Cost Clarity Call
✦ Engage With Me
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* YouTube: @coachshawnmichael
* LinkedIn: @coachinguatemala
✦ References & Influences
* The Three Principles on experience created through thought
* Sydney Banks on insight and personal realization
* Developmental psychology on early belief formation
* Self-concept theory and identity conditioning
* Trauma-informed perspectives on adaptive survival strategies
With strength and heart,❤️🔥 Shawn MichaelStay close
