How Beliefs Steal Your Dreams

Alesha Peterson
3 min readMay 15, 2022

According to Vivian McGrath, beliefs impact your life in ways you may not even be aware of.

Beliefs. What are they? a great definition of BELIEFS that I wanted to share it with you, as your life is impacted by

A level of certainty that something is true.

Did you know that every belief you have becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy?

It’s worth asking yourself: what beliefs do I have that I am convinced are true?

A Dove self-esteem study of more than 10,000 young girls in 13 countries revealed that 1 in 10 young girls today don’t feel good enough.

What happens when you don’t feel good enough?

You feel like you don’t fit in or belong.

You compare yourself to others.

You people-people and put others needs first, above your own.

You say yes, when you really want to say no.

You think your achievements, no matter how incredible, are never good enough, so you feel like an Imposter at work.

‘When are they going to find me out’, you worry.

And you strive every harder, killing yourself to prove you’re good enough.

That’s just ONE self-limiting belief.

But imagine if just this ONE belief becomes your certainty and by which you base your decisions in life and relationships.

You end up with others constantly pushing down your boundaries and at risk of repeating relationships with those who take advantage of you and hurt you.

You spend your life waking up and putting on the ‘happy face’, trying to please others, whilst denying your own needs and suppressing your feelings.

You’re afraid to go for your dreams and self-sabotage the chance of incredible opportunities without even realising it.

And that’s just ONE self-limiting belief.

I’m not saying it’s easy to simply replace self-limiting beliefs with positive, empowering ones.

They’ve been ingrained since you were a child.

And if there is this one: that you don’t feel good enough there will be others hiding in the depths of your subconscious mind.

You may not even be aware just how many self-limiting beliefs, negative patterns and habits are directing your life as they hide deep in your subconscious and have been there since you were a child.

But with a clear strategy and a commitment to change your life it is possible to reprogramme your subconscious mind and eliminate self-limiting beliefs to step into the most empowered, aligned version of yourself who is strong and confident both on the inside and out.

It’s 2022 🔥🙌

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Alesha Peterson

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