Break Limiting Beliefs in 3 Easy Steps
If you want to change your life, invest in new beliefs.
How you think colours your reality. It attracts opportunities and difficulties into your life.
Your dominant assumptions about yourself, the world and the people you interact with make up your life.
You create stories in your mind by living in your imagination:
- I am scared that…,
- I bet they will act like…,
- I bet it won’t work.
It is not logic or reasoning. Your excuses why you can’t achieve your goals keep you stuck.
Instead of becoming a puppet to the beliefs you created a long time ago, start telling a story you want to experience:
- Everything always works out perfectly for me.
- I control how I feel.
- I am at peace with where I am.
Those statements relax your nervous system. Combine it with breathwork and meditation, and you have a ready-made recipe for stabilizing yourself and getting in control of your mindset.
Thinking is a habit. It either blocks your happiness or creates it.
If you can change your beliefs, you can change your life.
#1. Identify.
Being honest with yourself is the key to changing your ways. Become aware of beliefs that hold you back.
Take a sheet of paper. On the left side, write down your current beliefs about the desired topic. It gives you clarity.
For example, I am afraid I won’t be able to provide for myself without financial support from my partner. This is not logical reasoning. It is your faulty assumption you have memorized based on past experiences and standards set by society.
On the right side, write down beliefs you would have to cultivate to support your desired outcome.
I am capable of making my own money. I am getting better and better every day. I have all resources to make money.
Once you realize which beliefs sabotage your success, you get to reshape them into creating the future you desire.
#2. Define how you want to feel.
What is the version of you that has everything you desire? Feeling state fuels your determination, focus, and vision.
Ask yourself: How would I feel right now if….?
First, enumerate desired situations:
- I owned a house.
- I was in a loving relationship.
- I had a job.
Then enumerate feelings:
- ecstatic, calm, secure, successful, at peace, kind, in the mood to smile at strangers, forgiving, knowing my worth, on top of the world, independent, loved, appreciated, chosen, blessed, grateful, energized.
Useful journaling prompts:
- How would I organize my day if I had….?
- What would I need to affirm to feel good about myself right now?
- How would I have to look at this situation to feel more confident?
Those prompts will help you establish how you would have to think about your life if you had your desired met. First comes the feeling, then success happens. Think from your desire, not about striving towards it.
Design a maximum of three statements that will remind you of how you want to feel. Practice tuning into those feelings daily.
#3. Affirm your new lifestyle.
Pause during the day. Disconnect from technology. Go out into nature.
Meditate. Calm down the nervous system with breathwork.
Once you become secure and feel good about yourself, you can establish new beliefs.
Repeat affirmations during the day to imprint your new thoughts. Affirming is a powerful tool for changing your mindset and perspective on life.
As you lay in bed, repeat affirmations until you drift off to sleep.
Affirm to soothe yourself: ‘I am in the right place, at the right time. Nothing is wrong. I am getting where I want to be. I am getting better and better every day.’
Your subconscious mind is the most accessible when you are in the state akin to sleep.
Your beliefs become your truth. Success is not random luck. It is your mindset.
Due to your past experiences, you fell into the habit of thinking in a certain way. With self-awareness and discipline, you can create a new pattern.
The one who created the storm has the ability to tame it.
When you align your thinking with the desired goal, you have found the key to success.
Do your beliefs support your vision?
Thank you for being here, — Kate