How To Develop Belief In Yourself
Today, we’re teaching you how to grow your self belief. Not just in the vague “believe in yourself!” kind of way we tell little kids but about believing SPECIFICALLY that you can achieve the things you really want.
Learn how you can take any desire you have for your life and figure out how to obtain it or bring it into reality. Usually that means DOING, BEING, or HAVING something that you want.
Keep reading below and we’ll show you HOW you can actually achieve the things you really want!
The Difference Between Action and Belief
(and which one is most important)
I (Kristin) am an action-taking person. If there’s a problem to solve or something bad about to happen or something I want, I take ACTION.
I am good at coming up with plans and ideas and putting them into place with action and work. And often, this action is super useful. It might solve the problem or help me reach the goals or prevent something I don’t want to happen.
But sometimes action isn’t enough.
Sometimes you can take all the action in the world and a situation you’re in just does. not. budge.
So what are you left with then when action doesn’t get you where you want to be? Belief.
Belief is often the missing link in making your desires and dreams reality, especially when action isn’t enough. Action can only take you so far. Self belief is what will bridge the gap.
And what’s exciting is that once you learn to harness the power of belief, you don’t have to work so hard by taking action.
Yes, there will still be actions to take (it’s not one or the other), but when the actions come from a space of strong belief, they’re easy and fun.
And belief + action work together to create amazing results!
Here’s What I Mean By Self-Belief
I’m talking about having a clear and specific vision in your mind of what you want (big or small) and living into it in your mind.
That means thinking thoughts about that future that will align with the version of you that has that future.
Living as if it’s already true
Thinking what your future self would think
Intentional direction of your mind toward those desires, repeatedly over time
OUR THOUGHTS LITERALLY BECOME REALITY! It takes time for reality to catch up to the thoughts we think. But it always does.
And the reason most of us have lives that don’t really change all that much is because we think thoughts that don’t change all that much. We just think the same things over and over again. (“I’ll never lose the weight.” “We don’t have a lot of money.” “It’s just the way things are.”)
Practicing beliefs before they’re believable
The key to this self belief work is practicing beliefs before they’re believable.
This is the trickiest part but the part that’s like magic!
To clarify, you want to practice thoughts that you at least sort of believe. I’ve never seen it work to try believing something so far out of the realm of your current reality that it feels laughable. But they also have to be slightly beyond your current level of believability.
We’ve talked a lot about this before when teaching about mantras. You want to think thoughts that you almost believe or want to believe or can imagine yourself eventually believing.
The more you live in this world in your mind—the world where you think about, dream about, imagine, and enjoy the future desire—the more your belief in obtaining it will grow.
-Kristin
How To Practice Belief In Yourself
What we’ve talked about here in this blog post is truly just the tip of the iceberg on this topic. I want you to be inspired about what could be in your life so you can join our Patreon class and learn how to make it reality!
Here’s what you’ll learn in this month’s class:
More about why self belief is the missing link in creating the outcomes you want in your life
How our thoughts LITERALLY become reality
How you can experiment with belief work in small and big ways
A specific daily belief practice you can try (and a worksheet to go along with it)
4 ways you can keep believing when you’re not seeing results
What to do when your self belief inevitably drops
What are our Patreon classes?
If you’re new, we teach new classes every two months on Patreon that help your personal growth and creativity. It’s just $5 a month to join and you can cancel anytime.
We dive deeper into a specific topic and give you mini podcast episodes, worksheets and fun challenges to help you put what you’re learning to practice.
If you’re looking for specific help with whatever it is you’re trying to create in your life, this is for you! Finally start to see progress you’re proud of in a fun, easy and simple way! Learn more about our current Patreon class or different levels HERE.
We’d love for you to join us and many other intentional, creative women who are making a difference in their own lives!
xoxo,
Laura + Kristin
Listen to the content below
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Episode #172 How To Develop Belief In Yourself
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