Declutter Your Mental Closet & Revitalise Your Soul
EntrepreneurshipClear your mind, declutter your life. Get rid of the beliefs holding you back and unlock your potential.
Understanding Limiting Beliefs
Limiting beliefs are thoughts or perceptions that hold us back from realizing our full potential. They stem from various sources, such as past experiences, societal conditioning, or fear of the unknown. For women, one common limiting belief is the notion that they must be 100% qualified before applying for a job. This stems from a deeper self-doubt or impostor syndrome, where despite their skills and accomplishments, they still feel like a fraud.
Identifying Limiting Beliefs with a Life Wheel
A life wheel is a powerful self-evaluation tool that helps identify areas in your life where you lack confidence or feel held back by limiting beliefs. The wheel typically includes segments such as career, finances, health, relationships, personal growth, and more. By rating your level of satisfaction in each area, you can pinpoint where limiting beliefs may be lurking.
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
Once you’ve identified these beliefs, it’s time to challenge and replace them. Here are some actionable steps:
Acknowledge the Belief
The first step in overcoming a limiting belief is acknowledging its existence.
Question its Validity
Challenge the belief. Is it based on fact or merely a perception?
Replace with an Empowering Belief
Replace the limiting belief with a positive, empowering one. For instance, instead of thinking, “I’m not qualified enough,” believe, “I have unique skills and experiences that make me valuable.”
Take Action
Start acting as if your new belief is true. Apply for that job, even if you don’t meet all the qualifications.
The Benefits of a Limiting Belief-Free Life
Living free of limiting beliefs can bring an increased sense of fulfillment and satisfaction. It empowers you to step out of your comfort zone, take risks, and pursue your goals with confidence. It allows you to unlock your full potential and live a life that truly reflects your abilities and aspirations.
Cleaning out your mental closet might not be an easy task, but it’s a necessary one. Remember, the only thing standing between you and your dreams could be that one limiting belief. So, revitalize your soul, challenge those beliefs, and embrace the limitless possibilities that life has to offer.
How I Decluttered My Beliefs to Become a JOYFull BadAss
My journey to becoming The JOYFull BadAss was not carefree or without my own feelings of inadequacy. For most of my life, I felt pretty competent. An A-student all through school and a top performer at whatever I took on, I was fairly confident in my abilities to try something new.
However, two opportunities in my life caused me to rethink my capabilities, resolve, and resilience.
The First Opportunity: Motherhood
As an Early Childhood major and primary school teacher, I knew babies. I knew kids – I knew I could do this!
During what was supposed to be the most joyous time in my life, I found myself in a situation that was quite the opposite. After having an emergency c-section, I couldn’t nurse and experienced weeks of postpartum depression. Being unprepared and overwhelmed, I felt as though I was constantly waiting for someone to take over care. One night around 3:30 am, while I rocked my screaming baby, I had an epiphany. “GDammit. I am Jake’s mom, and it was up to me to find my footing and tackle the challenges of motherhood head-on.”
The challenge then became to develop and maintain that mama confidence but with every new milestone, I wondered if my kid is keeping up. I fell into comparison mode, wondering if I was good enough compared to the other moms. Once my confidence and competency have been rocked by motherhood, it never really leaves. Thank GOD there was no Social Media, scrolling, reels, or TikTok to share my shame or fake my happiness. That’s another layer of all this shit that never stops.
The Second Opportunity: Entrepreneurship
Although I knew how to create successful programs for children, starting up my own business felt incredibly daunting. It seemed like so much effort with no guarantee. But I was determined to leave public education and make it on my own.
Again with the comparisons. There’s a real opportunity to compare yourself against others with their Instagram posts and stories of success. Not to mention the excessive amount of information on the internet that makes you feel stupid as hell. With so much information, it’s easy to become overwhelmed, and comparison paralysis sets in. You question your abilities and start to doubt your decisions, and then that makes you freeze in your tracks or chase the next shiny object.
Now that I am 52, I have no more f*cks to give. I no longer care about what other people are doing or what they think of me. I am living my life authentically, with purpose and intention. I hate following rules I think are stupid, so I no longer pay attention to gurus, experts, or folks who want to shove me into a mold.
Are You Ready to Declutter Your Mind?
Take a moment to reflect on your own limiting beliefs and make a choice: will you allow them to continue holding you back, or will you release them and breathe new life into your soul, pursuing your greatest dreams? If you’re unsure where to start, here are some frequently encountered limiting beliefs to help you identify and overcome them:
- I’m not smart enough
- I’m not educated enough
- I’m afraid of trying and failing
- You have to have money to make money
- I’ve already tried everything
- It’s selfish of me to want more
- I don’t feel that I really deserve it
- I don’t have the willpower
- All the good ones are taken
- I’m too old
Meet Janifer
I am a rebellious, rule-breaking entrepreneur on fire to help my fellow female entrepreneurs avoid or eliminate burnout. After 25 years of assisting schools and small businesses with process design, internal structure,...read more
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