Releasing Old Childhood Beliefs – A Few Approaches That Actually Work Ive also recorded a short 15 minute guided meditation for you 🙏 It's a big deal when you can look back and realise that certain beliefs you've carried for years used to be completely unconscious. Just surfacing them into awareness is real progress, so give yourself credit for that. But awareness alone doesn't always move the belief out of the body, right? Here are a few approaches that have helped me and others I've worked with... 1. Somatic work (body‑based) over "thinking it through"Old beliefs live in the nervous system, not just in thoughts. Try something like Somatic Experiencing (the book Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine is a good start) or simple body scans where you ask: "Where do I feel 'I'm not safe' or 'I'm not enough' in my body right now?" Then breathe into that spot without trying to fix it. 2. Internal Family Systems (IFS)IFS is gold for childhood stuff. The basic move: notice the part of you that holds an old belief, thank it for trying to protect you, and ask the younger part what it needed back then that it didn't get. Jay Earley's book Self‑Therapy is a great introduction. 3. Writing + ritual: Write the belief out in second person ("You are bad," "You have to earn love"). Then write back to it as your adult self. Then physically destroy the page, burn, shred, or tear it while saying out loud: "That was never mine to carry." 4. Small, repeated actions that contradict the belief. If the belief is "I'm invisible," start deliberately taking up a tiny bit more space, hand up first in a meeting, ordering the thing you actually want at a cafe. Beliefs loosen when you live the counter‑evidence, not just think it. Resources worth exploring: - Homecoming by John Bradshaw (classic for childhood work) - It Didn't Start With You by Mark Wolynn (for inherited family patterns) - YouTube: "Tara Brach + childhood beliefs"; her RAIN meditation is gentle and effective - The Work by Byron Katie, free worksheets on her website for a structured approach

Hi Everyone 👋 Please help me welcome @Micah Gale to our lovely community 🙏

Hi Everyone 👋 This post is for all the community owners out there that have reached out to me ...... We all feel it. The drive to win. To be the community. To hit the highest numbers, the biggest revenue month, the most engaged members. Push. Push. Push. You post. You show up. You strategise. You pour your heart into every thread, every live call, every welcome DM. And sometimes?.....Nothing. Just crickets. No replies. No likes. No "thank you." Just the strange, hollow silence that makes you wonder....Is anyone even here? Here's what they don't tell you about the endless chase for more members, more visibility, more income... It can get really, really lonely. Because when your self-worth gets tangled up in engagement metrics, an empty thread feels like a verdict. When every post becomes a performance, the silence starts to sound like failure. But here's the truth I keep coming back to, and I'm sharing it with you with a lot of love ❤️ You are not the sound of crickets. You are not your reply rate. You are not your monthly recurring revenue. The drive to achieve isn't wrong, it's human. But when that drive outruns your sense of connection, it stops fueling you and starts draining you. So here's my gentle invitation, from one builder to another.... What if we measured success a little differently today? What if one reply, real, honest, human, mattered more than a hundred silent views? What if the goal wasn't just to grow, but to matter to the people already here? You're not alone in the silence. We've all heard it. And maybe, just maybe, that's the place where we stop pushing so hard… and start actually hearing each other. Drop a 🙌 if you've ever felt the crickets. And if you have a quiet thread right now that needs some love, drop the link below. Let's break the silence, together 😊 With Love ❤️ Always Mark

Hi everyone, please help me welcome @Bruce Suzel to our lovely community. @Bruce Suzel , Please feel free to introduce yourself to our community so they can connect with you 🙏

Pratītyasamutpāda (Interdependent Co-Arising). A flower emerges not just from petals and leaves, but from an intricate tapestry of diverse elements. The warm embrace of sunlight, the nurturing caress of water, the rich embrace of soil, and the tender care of the gardener. You are not a solitary being, burdened with the weight of the world on your own shoulders. Rather, you are a stunning convergence of infinite influences, the legacy of your ancestors, the embrace of nature, the support of your community, and the heartbeat of the planet itself. You are sustained by the vastness of the cosmos. Pause for a moment and tune into this profound connection. The breath filling your lungs is a precious gift from the green realm of plants. Your very existence is a testament to an infinite web of support that surrounds you. Take a look at your hand. Contemplate the elements, the lineage, the life force energy from your parents, and the love that has come together to allow it to be here, typing, holding, feeling. You are a living embodiment of connection. With Love ❤️ Always Mark