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5 Ways to Overcome Limiting Beliefs

“I’m not good enough”. “I’m not pretty enough”. “I’m not clever enough”.

For many years, as far as I was concerned, the statements above were complete fact. Unquestionable. Absolute. Fact. Of course, there was also a part of my rational brain that knew they couldn’t be. But this is the power of the mind and our thoughts, it laughs in the face of rationality.

It was around the age of 24 that I finally went to my GP about my anxiety. It was starting to get in the way of my life. No. Wait. Anxiety was my life. It was my operating system and it took up all my energy.

10 Ways to Break Free of Limiting Beliefs

By Kirsten Long / 12 Comments

“I existed in a world that never is – the prison of the mind.” – Gene Tierney

Have you ever been inside a prison? Have you ever felt the anxiety of doors clanging shut behind you? Even as a regular visitor into prisons I often feel the anxiety and claustrophobia. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be an inmate…

How To Break Free Of Limiting Cultural Beliefs

By Thomas Maurer / 8 Comments

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain

Limiting cultural beliefs operate in much the same way to limiting personal beliefs. A lot has been written in the personal development and self help fields about overcoming perceptions in the mind that hold you back from achieving your goals.