Create Your Life Book by Tamara Laporte

Author:Tamara Laporte
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quarry Books
Published: 2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

Exploration: Transform a Limiting Belief into a Liberating Belief

This exercise has eight questions that help us to identify a limiting belief, consider how it may be serving us (often limiting beliefs “help” us somehow), and then how it’s untrue and not serving us.

We also call on our deep, inner wisdom to help guide us. We connect with that wisdom by imagining an old wise woman or man who lives inside us. (The archetype for wisdom is a woman, but your inner wise person could be a man.) We ask our wise person, who is considerate and loving, what he or she would say to counter the limiting belief, so the responses will be kind and compassionate.

The last three questions ask how and why we might be able to let go of the limiting belief, take steps toward change, and write a liberating belief that is healthy and positive.

To get a feel for this process, start by focusing on one limiting belief. You can repeat or revisit this exercise whenever you want or need to.

As you write your answers to the questions below in your Life Book Notebook, consider the impact of your limiting self-belief or simply shine a light on it—just exposing it can be hugely helpful. See below for an example.

1. What is my struggle? Identify an issue or area in your life that you’re struggling to resolve or act on.

2. What is my limiting self-belief? Identify a limiting belief that relates to that struggle. Ask yourself: Why am I struggling? What’s stopping me from moving forward?

3. How does this belief serve me? Often these beliefs are helpful in some way. They may have been created consciously or subconsciously to protect us from a painful experience. This step helps us find some compassion for why we have the belief in the first place, which will make it easier to let go of.

4. How is this belief untrue? If it’s difficult to think of reasons why, imagine the belief is your best friend’s—what would you say to him or her about it?

5. What would my inner wise man or woman say? Imagine his or her answer to be kind, loving, and compassionate. If you can’t connect with an inner wise person, consider what an external wise person would say. That person could be someone you know in real life—for example, a grandmother or good friend, either living or passed on; a character in a book or film; or perhaps a religious or spiritual figure.

6. How and why can I let go of this belief? Considering everything you have learned thus far, think about how and why you can let go of this limiting belief.

7. How can I take a positive step toward change? Are there any requests you can make of yourself or someone else to help take steps toward changing your belief and its associated actions (or lack thereof)?

8. Write down your liberating belief. What is a happier, healthier, more positive belief to have about what you’re struggling with?

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