WHERE OUR BELIEFS BEGIN

As a kid, I had absolutely no problem getting on a dance floor, singing karaoke or performing in front of people. I loved it.

I wasn't thinking about who was watching me or what they thought. I was just being me.

Then as I got older, I started hearing things like “attention seeker.”

And suddenly, something that had always felt natural to me became something I felt like I needed to control.

There were so many times I stopped myself from doing or saying what I actually wanted because I was worried about what people would think.

And whenever my personality inevitably came out and I was loud, crazy or completely myself, I'd sometimes feel a sense of shame afterwards.

Without even realising it, I had started forming a belief that being fully myself would lead to judgement — and that maybe it was safer to stay small.

THE BELIEF SYSTEM WE DEVELOP

That's the thing about limiting beliefs.

They develop in our subconscious. 

They're formed through childhood, adolescents, relationships and cultural, environmental and societal expectations, just to name a few.

Over time through life experiences we can start creating beliefs about ourselves:

I'm too much.
People are going to judge me.
I shouldn't say that.
I'll embarrass myself.
I'm not confident enough.
I'm not good enough.
People like me don't do things like that.

And when we don't question those beliefs, we can start treating them like facts.

They influence how we see ourselves, the choices we make and how much of ourselves we're willing to show the world.

But, do you wana know what I think is SO COOL?

Beliefs and thought patterns strengthen in our brain by repetitive thought.  And thanks to neuroplasticity, we can rewire them with conscious effort.

REWRITING THE STORY

As I got into teaching classes, it became VERY clear that this was my element.

I got to be on stage. Shout as loud as I could. Hype people up. Be ridiculous. Make people laugh. And quite literally be the centre of attention. 😂

All the things I'd spent years worrying made me “too much” were suddenly the exact things that made me good at what I did.

But I still struggled with that little feeling of shame.

So I started digging into where it actually came from.

I realised I was still carrying this belief:

OLD BELIEF:
I'm loud. I'm an attention seeker. I need to chill out.

So I challenged it.

NEW BELIEF:
Thank goodness I have a loud voice and the ability to capture people's attention. How the hell else would I effectively teach a class of up to 80 women? 😂

I didn't need to become quieter or make myself smaller.

I needed to rewire my belief that being myself was something I should be ashamed of.

YOU SEE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

Imagine you're thinking about buying a red car.

Suddenly, you start seeing red cars EVERYWHERE.

They didn't magically appear overnight. They were already there.

Your brain just started paying more attention to them.

Think about your social media algorithm.

If you keep stopping on the same type of content, watching it, liking it and interacting with it, you're essentially telling the algorithm:

“This is important to me. Show me more of this.”

Our brains actually work a little like an algorithm.

We have something called the Reticular Activating System (RAS), which plays a role in filtering the insane amount of information coming at us and helping determine what gets our attention.

Basically, your brain can't consciously focus on EVERYTHING at once, so it gets really good at noticing what's relevant to you.

If you're constantly reinforcing thoughts like:

I'm not good enough.
Nothing ever works out for me.
Everyone else is ahead of me.
I hate my body.

...you can become pretty fucking good at noticing all the evidence that supports them.

And completely overlook the evidence that doesn't.

This is why becoming aware of what you're repeatedly focusing on is so important.

Because once you can see the pattern, you can start consciously changing what you're feeding it.

THIS IS THE WORK

Mindset work isn't about pretending everything is amazing.

It's not about never having another negative thought.

And it's definitely not about becoming some permanently positive, perfectly healed version of yourself.

It's about becoming aware of what's happening inside your own mind instead of automatically believing everything it tells you.

It's recognising the patterns. Questioning the beliefs. Understanding where they came from. And consciously choosing what you want to carry forward.

Because once I learned how to do this in one area of my life, I realised I could apply it everywhere.

My confidence. My body. My relationships. My career. Money. The way I spoke to myself. What I believed I was capable of.

The life I believed I was allowed to want.

And I'm still doing the work too.

I'm not here because I've figured out the secret to life. 😂

I'm here because learning how to change my mindset changed the relationship I have with myself — and I want to teach other women how to do the same.

YOUR PAST CAN HELP YOU UNDERSTAND.
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DEFINE YOU.

You didn't choose every experience that shaped you.

You didn't choose everything you were taught to believe about yourself.

But you do get a say in what happens next.

You can start recognising the beliefs that tell you to stay small.

You can question them.

You can challenge them.

And you can decide whether they still deserve a place in the life you're creating.

Maybe you're not too loud.

Maybe you're powerful.

Maybe you're not attention seeking.

Maybe you're expressive.

Maybe you're not incapable.

Maybe you've just spent a really fucking long time believing you are.

Because confidence isn't about becoming someone completely different.

It's about giving yourself permission to become more of who you already are.

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