Sabotage 2

Hi Reader
Thought I'd make a list of common sabotaging beliefs that possibly could be stopping us all making progress in whatever we decide to do for improvement for ourselves, as a follow on from the last blog.
I'm ploughing my way through them myself to test them out, and invite you to do the same. The idea is, as I've said in the last blog, is to take the 'brakes' off and let whatever we do or intend have a smoother path.
Here are the beliefs and prior decisions:
- This is just the way I am/ I will always be this way;
- I must always be careful / cautious;
- I can't cope with life;
- It’s too much effort to do things differently;
- I am too sick to change;
- I am too tired/ I don’t have the stamina;
- I am too damaged/ I’ve been through too much;
- I don’t need to change. I just want to feel better;
- I will end up with more responsibility/ People will want me to do more/ I won’t be able to live up to people’s expectations;
- I don’t deserve to feel better/ I’m not good enough/ I deserve to suffer;
- It will change me and I will lose friends/ I will not be accepted;
- I’m not clever/ interesting/ creative/ good enough;
- Once I’ve made my mind up, I don’t compromise;
- I only want perfection/ I have to do things right;
- I can’t let go or I’ll make the same mistake again;
- I can’t let go or I’ll feel something worse;
- If I change I won’t feel safe/ Change is too scary;
- Life was meant to be hard;
- Nothing ever works/ I’ve tried everything/ I’m fooling myself;
- I am only a woman/ child/ uneducated/ an ordinary person;
- I don’t have time to change habits/ I’ll get round to it later;
- There’s no easy way/ The mind is too complex and should be left to the experts;
- My brain chemistry is defective;
- You can’t change your inheritance/ My parents were the same;
- It’s all so hopeless;
- Life is pointless;
- Others need to change before I can be happy;
- I need to be slimmer/ better looking/ get my degree/ be married to … and have children/ have a lot of money before I can be happy;
- I need an escape;
- I will always be a worrier/ loser/ struggle/ a failure;
- I want to die/ destroy myself;
- I need lots of support/ I can’t do it on my own;
- I don’t care/ I’m already in trouble and I’ve nothing to lose;
- I’ll live fast and die young;
- I know myself best/ no-one can tell me what to do any more/ what do they know?/ I’ve heard it all before;
- I will never get over this/ forgive them for what they have done;
- I trust no-one/ People are always trying to get one over on me;
- I don’t trust women/ men/ authority figures/ doctors/ new age theories/ religion……..;
- I’m only fooling myself that things can get better/ I will never be cured;
- I have no power over my life;
- I never get what I want;
- I’m too old to change now;
- My problems take years to get over.
Some of these will jump out at you as obviously relating to you and others not so much. My suggestion is to start work on the obvious ones first, and any that you come up with yourself, and try the following:
Start by taking each belief and asking, ‘What if this was not true?’ That puts some doubt into your mind. Then make an intention to let it go, because it is causing you pain.
Do this by saying to yourself, or out loud, ‘I make an intention to let go of the belief, ‘I will always be this way’, then move on to the next one.
Doing this with the aid of an energy therapy like Zpoint or EFT will make this process incredibly powerful, I think, so if you do it this way, take care to do only a few beliefs at a time, maybe about 4 or 5 max. Let me know how it goes for you. Love Liz
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