What do you Believe to be True?

We all have areas of our lives in which we want to improve. Whether it be career, personal character, responsibilities, health and on, we have those parts of our lives or self that we wish were a little better. Some of the ideas we have seem outlandish while others seem more within our reach. One thing to ask yourself in these types of situations is what do you believe about it?

Limiting beliefs are those beliefs we have about our own abilities, identity and worth that limit us in ways that are detrimental. They are typically not based in fact, but in the emotional experiences we have about events that have taken place in our lives. Often they come from childhood and are interpreted with that child’s mind. If we were to look objectively at these beliefs we wouldn’t hold onto them at all. But because we have make such strong connections between events and emotions, they are very difficult to un-believe! We literally have to make new pathways in or brains to start thinking in a different way.

What we believe can change. Our logical mind can change it in a moment, of course, but this isn’t based on logic. Our limiting beliefs are a habit that we need to change. We all know habits can be very hard to break, and these are habits in our thinking. We may not even notice them. Through and mindfulness practice or Mindfulness Based Therapy (MBT), we are able to discover these repetitive thoughts and begin to manage them. It takes time, and isn’t super easy, but it’s well worth it. Once you finally . convince yourself that you are capable, worthy, loveable etc, you won’t quickly unlearn it. You’ll be aware of those thoughts and the pain tnat comes with them. And then, you can begin to flourish.