Overcoming limiting beliefs

Beliefs are powerful things.  They can limit or empower us.  The good news is that you have the ability within you to change, eliminate or create your beliefs. 

A belief is an opinion about something, or how something should be.  Although we often accept many of our beliefs as fact, they really are all just self-imposed rules we live by, and do not necessarily reflect actual reality.

We have beliefs about everything – about other people, about ourselves, about relationships, about nearly everything we are aware of – if even on a subconscious level. 

Some of these beliefs are more concrete than others, but all of our beliefs act as filters on our perceptions of the world around us.  They often act as self-fulfilling prophecies. Read more..

What is “success?”

What is “success?”  How do you define it?  For some people “success” is making six figures.  For others, “success” is having the time to do what they want.  Many people are driven by the need to take care of their families.  “Success” to these people may also come in many different forms, like providing a large house, or a nurturing environment, or a good education, etc.

Everybody has a different idea of what “success” is.  And sometimes that definition changes as we grow and develop.

My own definition of “success” has certainly changed over time.  Read more..