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Do you limit yourself?

Like, do you tell yourself you can't do things?

Have you ever heard of the phrase self-limiting? Like, do you tell yourself you can't do things?

Have you ever heard of the phrase self-limiting beliefs?

So what is a self-limiting belief?

Well, a self-limiting belief is any view or belief of yourself that places limitations upon your potential. You've definitely heard self-limiting beliefs

in your life. Some of you have probably actually said a few yourself this week. So let's give a few

examples of a self-limiting belief. I can't lose weight. I'm a perfectionist. You know, I'm an all-or-nothing person. I'll never lose the weight. I can't because there's something wrong with me. You know, I lose all control when I'm around XYZ food. You know, if I start eating XYZ thing, I'm not going to be able to stop, you know, because I have no control.

I hate exercise. Exercise is the worst. I can't exercise. Well, you know, that's just the way I am.

If only I had better genetics, then I could get into better shape. I hate vegetables. They're terrible, all of them.

So these are just a handful of examples of self-limiting beliefs.

I hear them all the time from people.

I see it in the comment section of social media, you know, TikTok, Facebook,

although not as much in Facebook.

Speaking of which, you join my Facebook group, link in bio, or not bio, but link in show notes.

And I hear it even from clients and people I know in real life. Shoot, sometimes I say them.

Because here's the thing. We all have areas where to replace self-limitations upon ourselves.

Every single one of us, you are not the special one that has somehow found a way to be perfect

at this. You're not because you're a has somehow found a way to be perfect at this.

You're not because you're a person and I know you're not perfect because nobody is.

Now, that being said, some of us do this more than others. Some people, this is borderline a chronic issue. But no one is completely devoid of placing self-limiting beliefs on themselves. But what does happen is

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