Our beliefs shape our reality. Some beliefs empower us, while others, formed during difficult times, can limit our growth. To break free from disempowering patterns, it’s essential to identify and challenge these limiting beliefs.

Trauma, especially experienced during our childhoods, creates patterns of behavior that at the time serve to protect us. We learn to hide our true selves as a defense mechanism. As we grow older, we experience life through the lens of this “less than” mentality. We believe “we” are somehow the problem. This is very disempowering. Only by unraveling these disempowering beliefs and replacing them with empowering beliefs can we truly break free from any limiting patters. And we all deserve to live our lives empowered!!

The power of reframing when we question and reframe a belief, we open ourselves to new possibilities. For example, changing…

“I am a broken person"

To…

"I am a strong person who is relearning how to show up in this world.”

Gives you your power back. You are not broken; you do not need to be “fixed”, you simply need time to rediscover who you really are. Childhood trauma creates limiting beliefs in the form of:

• People pleasing

• Proving our worth

• Hiding our shame

• Guilt

• Procrastination

• And self-sabotaging behaviors.

Turning these into empowering beliefs and habits takes courage and practice. We are innately good people, we are deserving of respect, love and fulfillment.

Actionable Step: Identify one limiting belief and write it down. Challenge this belief by asking yourself; "Is this belief 100% true?"

Then, reframe it into an empowering statement that you can embrace.

For me this was a difficult task because I had always seen myself as handling my trauma well, until I realized all the ways I was sabotaging my own life by living from a place of fear and shame. Once I accepted that I was innately worthy of love and respect I took back my power and started living a life from a place of love and power.

Here’s to reclaiming your power and creating a life you love.

Until next week,

Debbra Blosnich.