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Belief Systems

What are Beliefs?  They are generalizations about our past, based on our interpretations of painful and pleasurable experiences.  Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy.  Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.  Some people have taken the pain of their past and said, "Because of this, I will help others.  Because I was raped, no one else will be harmed again. " Or, "Because I lost my son or daughter, I will make a difference in the world."  It's not something they wanted to believe, but rather, adopting this type of belief was a necessity for them to be able to pick up the pieces and move on to live empowering lives.  We all have the capacity to create meanings that empower us, but so many of never tap into it, or even recognize it. If we don't adopt the faith that there is a reason for the une...

Experiencing Fear

Why do people persist in an unsatisfying relationship, unwilling either to work toward solutions or end it and move on? It's because they know changing will lead to the unknown,, and most people believe that the unknown will be much more painful than what they're already experiencing. It's like the old proverbs say: "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. " A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." These core beliefs keep us from taking the actions that could change our lives. If we want to have an intimate relationship, then we have to overcome our fears of rejection and vulnerability.  If we're planning to go into business, we must be willing to overcome our fear of losing security to make that happen. In fact, most of the things that are valuable in our lives require us to go against the basic conditioning of our nervous systems. We must manage our fears by overriding this preconditioned set of responses and in m...