Recently I have been doing more self work. It is time to jump back on my beautiful journey of finding serenity and peace within me.
I have been focussing on understanding my actions and thoughts on a deeper level.
Most thoughts and actions happen without you even being aware, so being mindful of every action and thought is something that is challenging but it has helped me understand why I do certain things.
I recently caught myself feeding into my old demon (ED) while I was at work.
I was filling in for someone and I was trying hard to do my best, but unfortunately I made a mistake and a few employees were a little frustrated.
I’m working on being the girl who brushes it off and says “Ha! Would you look at that, a mistake, better luck next time” but I’m not their yet so my ego got excited and jumped in.
My ego made me feel ashamed, fat, stupid and embarrassed and all I wanted to do at that moment was to go to the gym and lose some weight.
That’s when I caught myself.
I turned to my ED because I felt a rush of emotions and felt I was out of control.
I believe that many people turn to their ED when they are in tough situations because when you start to lose control, you feel like your body is the only thing that you can control.
Every limiting belief that you tell yourself came from someone else pushing that thought onto you.
Most of these thoughts happen when you’re a child because that’s when you are open to trust and believe people.
Let me give you an example.
Let’s call the person in the story “X”.
When I was about seven years old, I told someone I loved very much that I wanted to be a vet. The person laughed and said “hunny, you will never be able to be a vet! You need to get an extremely high mark in the High School Certificate and you simply haven’t got the brains to do it.
Now saying that to a seven year old is undoubtedly harsh but X grew up in a very harsh environment from a small child. X grew up seeing black and white. There is no such thing as dreams or beating around the bush.
So while X had the intention on helping me by saying your best off not setting your standards so high because I don’t want you being hurt if you don’t get the mark you want, I was left to feel stupid.
It was only one conversation.
It was well over a decade ago.
I have been told on countless occasions to get over it. But that is where the limiting belief first started.
Knowing where that belief came from doesn’t mean that I feel anger towards that person but it gives me the opportunity to realise and understand why I keep telling myself that belief as if it were an affirmation so I am then able to let it go.
It may take you a while to think back to where certain beliefs came from but it is only when you find the source you are then able to release it.
I was listening to Coach on Call on Hay House Radio last week and Cheryl Richardson said she was recently talking to a psychiatrist who specialises in children and said that it only takes one sentence to change a child’s path for the rest of their life.
This really shows you the innocence children have and their willingness to trust and believe in you.
Although this gives an opportunity to create limiting beliefs, it also gives an opportunity to fill them up with love, humbleness and positive self esteem. And I believe now is the time to feed your own inner child with an abundance of love and respect.
As always, I would love to hear your thoughts on this in the comments below.
Be kind to yourself,
Lisa xx
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