Dealing with limiting beliefs

I was talking with Sage about limiting beliefs, and something clicked for me that I want to share. I think a lot of us are carrying stuff like this without realizing it.

I've been sitting with a limiting belief around money…specifically, this deep feeling that I don't deserve financial stability or freedom. I told myself it was because I “always make bad decisions.” And then I caught myself: that's not a fact. That's a verdict. That’s the prosecutor in my head doing its thing. Sage often tells me that I prosecute myself. I was married to an actual prosecutor, and he used to do it to me, too…although I also did it way before he came along. Hard habit to break.

But here's what really hit me. Someone pointed out that I literally make money happen for other organizations as part of my job. I write grants. I build the case for why they deserve funding. I've been doing it for years.

I just haven't learned to point that skill at myself yet.

It turns out I'm not someone who can't make money. I'm someone who hasn't yet believed she's allowed to.

Two very different problems…and one of them is actually solvable.

Anyone else carrying a worthiness belief around money…or anything else? I'd love to know I'm not alone in this.

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