The Power Of Your Mind

What are limiting beliefs? Do you recognize them? And how do we change them?

In short, a limiting belief is a false belief about yourself that limits you somehow. Sometimes we are not able to recognize our limiting beliefs since they work on a subconscious level. They are formed by repeated conditioned thoughts that usually stem from our childhood and interactions with the external world.

Everyone has limiting beliefs, from "I'm not smart enough" to "I'm too old." The problem is those false beliefs about self can keep us stagnating, stuck, and in a vicious downward spiral. It's true that you become a product of what you think and feel about yourself.

A few examples of limiting beliefs I struggled with A LOT was that "love would always be taken away from me" or "I need to be punished before rewarded." We are masters of believing our bullshit. And all of these stories are based on fear and ultimately stem from unworthiness.

The good news is you can change any belief about yourself by first recognizing the story you are telling yourself, and then you can begin to change your perspective. Of course, forgiveness, acceptance, practice, and patience are also necessary for the process but know that it can be done.

For example, my old story about "love will always be taken away from me" was because I was playing victim to the world around me. After losing my grandmother, father, and many failed romantic relationships, I felt that anything I truly loved would be ripped from underneath me and stomped on.

What I came to realize after doing the inner work and recognizing this limiting belief is that love could never be taken away from me because it's always within me, which lives on in my memories and my heart. So I changed my perspective to view the loss of loved ones as gifts, and if they are gifts, then I'm a gift, and then we are all gifts to each other, which in essence can be described as True Love.

Sending love & light

Lauren