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Sep '25 • Intellectual/Personal Growth💡
🧠 Limiting Beliefs vs. Empowering Beliefs
✨ What Are Limiting Beliefs?
Limiting beliefs are the negative thoughts or assumptions we hold about ourselves, others, or the world that keep us from reaching our full potential.
Empowering beliefs, on the other hand, are the uplifting truths we choose to live by that help us grow and thrive.
*Just a point: shifting from limiting beliefs to empowering beliefs is NOT about rejecting reality or truth or about lying to oneself. The work is done in truly analyzing the beliefs for their truthfulness. Not everything we believe is true and part of this is being open to identifying HOW the belief came to be (and seeing if there's a leap in logic that took place), identifying what it does for us to maintain it, and recognizing how shifting it would be helpful and more aligned with truth.
**Our ability to grow is correlated with our ability to face truths about ourselves and the world and to face the discomfort that can come along with that.**
📌 Common Limiting Beliefs (and Their Empowering Alternatives)
- ❌ "I am not smart enough to succeed"✅ "I can learn, grow, and improve my skills" "It's possible that there are things in which I may not succeed but that doesn't mean that I'm not smart enough"
- ❌ "People will reject me if I show my true self"✅ "The right people will appreciate me for who I really am" "There may be times when I am rejected. What are they trying to tell me about themselves? Is there something that I can learn about myself in the process?
- ❌ "It is too late for me to change"✅ "It is never too late to start fresh or take a new path" One of my favorite things to think is "It's not over until it's over"
- ❌ "If I fail once, I will always be a failure"✅ "Every failure is feedback and a stepping stone to success"
- ❌ "I am not creative enough to try new things"✅ "Creativity grows when I give myself permission to explore"
- ❌ "Money is evil, so I should not pursue wealth"✅ "Money is a tool that can be used for good, growth, and freedom" "My approach to money matters--it can be easy to be influenced by money, how will I engage with it"
- ❌ "I am too young or too old to make a difference"✅ "The best time to start is now, no matter my age"
- ❌ "Good opportunities never come my way"✅ "I can create or invite opportunities by showing up and taking action"
- ❌ "Love always ends in heartbreak"✅ "Healthy love exists, and I can build it with the right person" (to love is to be vulnerable and risk pain....ultimately, we do die, so there can still be heartbreak but that doesn't mean that I can't have it while I'm here)
- ❌ "Other people are more talented or lucky than me"✅ "I have unique strengths and gifts that make me valuable" "Other people may have talents in different areas and that's okay."
- ❌ "I cannot change because this is just who I am"✅ "I am capable of growth and can rewrite my own story" (***This is perhaps one of my least favorites--"This is just who I am"....is it though? Is it just who you are? Maybe things have become ingrained over time and it "feels" like this, but is that the real identity? What's underneath it?)
💬 Question to ponder: Which limiting belief are you ready to rewrite today, and what empowering belief will you replace it with?
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🧠 Limiting Beliefs vs. Empowering Beliefs
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