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BBD Lesson 3: Uncaging your thoughts & beliefs Body By Design
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- Health & Fitness
Exercise 1 - Explore the beliefs that are no longer serving you
I am unworthy
I am unloveable
The world is not a safe place
People are not trustworthy
I am undeserving
I am incapable
I am misunderstood
I am always abandoned
I am a victim
I am a burden
I am not clever
I am bad
I am always guilty
I am powerless
I am unattractive
I am separated from God
I am sinful
I am a failure
Sit down with your journal and spend some time thinking about what beliefs you carry and which ones hold you back. When we strip it right back, we tend to have one core limiting belief that we then create lots of sub-beliefs from. Once you find your core limiting belief, you will be able to identify how it shows up on a daily basis. It will influence your relationships, behaviour, career, how you parent, your finances, everything in your life.It can take time to uncover all your beliefs and sometimes it might be a good idea to get help from a coach. That said, it might be very obvious to you when you begin to think about it. Start to ask yourself questions about where the same pattern keeps playing out in your life and why. Take a look at these examples of core limiting beliefs. Several may resonate, but is there one core belief you can identify?
Once you have identified your core belief and sub-beliefs, journal about where it has held you back in your life and what you are ready to believe instead. These limiting beliefs are not true. They are simply the result of a meaning you made out of a childhood experience, and they have been influencing your life for far too long. It is time to let them go and rewrite your story.What do you want life to look like instead?
Write out your new beliefs in your journal and reflect on what new patterns you would like to create.
Exercise 2 - Letter to the little girl version of you
The second exercise in this section is to write a letter to your younger self. This is a very powerful exercise, so be gentle and compassionate with yourself. When you feel ready, write a letter to the little girl version of you. Maybe she is 6, maybe she is younger or older – you will feel called to the age that is right for you. Take time to tell her about all the things you would like her to know that she didn’t realise then: her innocence, her ca- pability, how special she is, how pure her heart is. Tell her everything a little girl should know about herself. Share with her your wisdom from this future version of yourself. Take your time with this exercise; it is very important not to rush it. Imagine you are sitting with her and you have the opportunity to tell her everything that you would if you were parenting her.When you think of yourself as that innocent and won- derful little girl, how could you ever think you are not enough? How could you ever be horrible to yourself? She is you. She needs your love.
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Exercise 1 - Explore the beliefs that are no longer serving you
I am unworthy
I am unloveable
The world is not a safe place
People are not trustworthy
I am undeserving
I am incapable
I am misunderstood
I am always abandoned
I am a victim
I am a burden
I am not clever
I am bad
I am always guilty
I am powerless
I am unattractive
I am separated from God
I am sinful
I am a failure
Sit down with your journal and spend some time thinking about what beliefs you carry and which ones hold you back. When we strip it right back, we tend to have one core limiting belief that we then create lots of sub-beliefs from. Once you find your core limiting belief, you will be able to identify how it shows up on a daily basis. It will influence your relationships, behaviour, career, how you parent, your finances, everything in your life.It can take time to uncover all your beliefs and sometimes it might be a good idea to get help from a coach. That said, it might be very obvious to you when you begin to think about it. Start to ask yourself questions about where the same pattern keeps playing out in your life and why. Take a look at these examples of core limiting beliefs. Several may resonate, but is there one core belief you can identify?
Once you have identified your core belief and sub-beliefs, journal about where it has held you back in your life and what you are ready to believe instead. These limiting beliefs are not true. They are simply the result of a meaning you made out of a childhood experience, and they have been influencing your life for far too long. It is time to let them go and rewrite your story.What do you want life to look like instead?
Write out your new beliefs in your journal and reflect on what new patterns you would like to create.
Exercise 2 - Letter to the little girl version of you
The second exercise in this section is to write a letter to your younger self. This is a very powerful exercise, so be gentle and compassionate with yourself. When you feel ready, write a letter to the little girl version of you. Maybe she is 6, maybe she is younger or older – you will feel called to the age that is right for you. Take time to tell her about all the things you would like her to know that she didn’t realise then: her innocence, her ca- pability, how special she is, how pure her heart is. Tell her everything a little girl should know about herself. Share with her your wisdom from this future version of yourself. Take your time with this exercise; it is very important not to rush it. Imagine you are sitting with her and you have the opportunity to tell her everything that you would if you were parenting her.When you think of yourself as that innocent and won- derful little girl, how could you ever think you are not enough? How could you ever be horrible to yourself? She is you. She needs your love.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anita-kaumpek8/message
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