#682: Thoughts that Are Holding You Back
The Confidence Podcast: Mindset Coaching and Tips to Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs, Self-Doubt, Perfectionism, Overthinking, Impostor Syndrome and Insecurity
Trish Blackwell | Life Coach, Confidence Coach, Mindset Coach
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Your thoughts are either building your future or blocking it — and most people have no idea how many "normal" thoughts are quietly holding them back. In this episode, we expose the sneaky, subtle, everyday thoughts that create self-doubt, hesitation, and overwhelm… and we rewrite them using Narrative Intelligence so you can step into unstoppable confidence.
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• why familiar thoughts feel true (but aren't)
• how fear-based, doubt-based, and identity-based thoughts shape your results
• the 25+ most common thoughts that sabotage confidence
• how to identify your own limiting thought patterns
• simple NQ thought-swaps that instantly expand your potential
If you're tired of feeling stuck, second-guessing yourself, or playing small in your own life — this episode will give you the awareness and tools to break free from the mental loops that have been holding you back for years.
Listen in and learn how to spot the thoughts that are shrinking your life… and replace them with ones that build the bold, powerful, unstoppable you.
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| 0:00.0 | The truth is that you don't rise to your goals. You rise to the level of your thoughts about yourself. |
| 0:08.4 | And most people are walking around with mismanaged thoughts with thoughts that sound reasonable, |
| 0:14.9 | but are quietly ruining their potential and tarnishing their confidence. And in today's episode, we're going to expose |
| 0:22.6 | those. We're going to unsubscribe from those. We're going to identify what they are and even better. |
| 0:27.0 | We're going to write some better thoughts because you are whatever you think that you are. |
| 0:32.6 | And it would be a tragedy to limit yourself, your potential, your life, your impact, your fullness of experience |
| 0:40.7 | in this world because you didn't investigate or clean up and clear out the thoughts that don't |
| 0:47.4 | serve you. Because the truth is you cannot build a confident, bold, intentional, impactful |
| 0:54.1 | life with a narrative that's built on |
| 0:56.8 | mediocre thinking. Once you learn to spot the thoughts, that's the good news. We can spot them. |
| 1:03.1 | Once you know what they are, we can change them. And that will shift and change the trajectory |
| 1:07.8 | of everything. And today's episode is going to help you do just that. |
| 1:22.3 | You're listening to the Confidence Podcast, your go-to space for high-performance coaching designed for ambitious, |
| 1:29.4 | high achievers who want more out of life. |
| 1:33.2 | Hey, guys, it's Trish. |
| 1:34.3 | Well, |
| 1:34.6 | Welcome to the Confidence Podcast. |
| 1:36.2 | This is the podcast that will help you activate. |
| 1:38.4 | I'm your host, Trish Blackwell. |
| 1:41.4 | Let's dive in. |
| 1:42.0 | Thoughts and thinking that hold you back. And we're going to be talking about, let's dive in. Thoughts and thinking that hold you back. |
| 1:46.3 | And we're going to break it down into three core types of thoughts. |
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