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The Complete Guide to Limiting Beliefs and How To Conquer Them<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has heard those dreadful thoughts in our minds that tell us why we shouldn\u2019t or can\u2019t do something that we want to do. These little thought demons are limiting beliefs and they hold us back from our goals. Here\u2019s how you get rid of them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is a limiting belief and where do they come from?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A limiting belief is a set of thoughts or feelings that describe why you don\u2019t think you can do something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we\u2019re children, we are sponges for learning about the world around us. Every little situation we experience becomes a building block for the framework of our minds. As we see the things our parents do, hear the way people speak to us, and observe the way the world works, our little brains piece together beliefs that we use to shape our subconscious minds. This subconscious mind (and the beliefs we\u2019ve stored inside of it) stay with us for the rest of our lives. It shapes the life we create for ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your reality is created by your beliefs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every choice we make is determined by what we believe in and every decision we act on spurs our life in a new direction. Therefore, the life that you\u2019re currently living is entirely built up by your past beliefs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have two main belief systems that were programmed into our minds as kids that have shaped the way our lives have turned out as we grew up: core beliefs and generational beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core Beliefs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These are beliefs that we learned as children (usually before age 7). Our brains created these beliefs based on an experience that happened which triggered our minds to create the neural connection that \u201cthis is the way things are.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if you came home from school one day and were singing in the kitchen and your mom shouted from the other room, \u201cShut up, your singing is hurting my head!\u201d You might have felt embarrassed and made the assumption that you were a terrible singer and shouldn\u2019t sing in front of people. There is no way you could have known that your mom actually just had a migraine and needed the house to be quiet. Thus, the limiting belief that you are bad at singing might have been formed and you might have grown up with a fear of singing in front of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core beliefs can be developed out of little moments like these, as well as traumatic events that happened in our childhood. When these experiences occur, our brian ticks them off as an important event and saves them like a file in our mind as a core belief to protect you from getting hurt again in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generational Beliefs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our parents, grandparents, and society teach us generational beliefs. They are a combination of expectations, values, and common sayings passed down either through family or society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, when you were a child, you might have asked your father for some money to buy a toy and he may have responded, \u201cMoney doesn\u2019t grow on trees.\u201d This is a common saying that basically teaches kids that money is hard to come by. So, hearing this from someone you love and trust, you might have grown up believing that money is hard to come by and now, as an adult, you have a difficult relationship with money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can also form generational beliefs from watching our parents or others around us. As kids, we learn their beliefs and adopt them as our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why do we hold on to limiting beliefs?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Limiting beliefs are a protection mechanism your brain uses to keep you safe. They keep you in your comfort zone. Comfort zones might have been great back in the caveman days, but staying in your comfort zone<\/a> is not going to help you achieve your goals in modern society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you tell what your limiting beliefs are?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has limiting beliefs, it\u2019s a part of being human. But, how do you tell what your limiting beliefs are in order to overcome them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A limiting belief is anything that says you can\u2019t do something that you want to do. These stories hold us back and keep us in the safety of our comfort zones. So, the next time you decide not to do something that you want, think about the reason why <\/em>you\u2019re not going after your goal. Whatever that answer is, that\u2019s the limiting belief that you need to deal with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few common examples of limiting beliefs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common limiting beliefs around money:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n