Title: How Beliefs Are Formed and How to Change Them -
Headings: How Beliefs Are Formed and How to Change Them
How Beliefs Are Formed and How to Change Them
What Is a Belief?
How Beliefs Are Formed
How Our Beliefs Affect Our Behavior, Thoughts and Emotions
How to Identify Limiting or Negative Beliefs
How to Replace Limiting Beliefs with Empowering Ones
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Content: It is an automatic response. Similarly, we have hundreds, even thousands of other beliefs that create automatic thoughts and responses. Many of these beliefs are true and serve us well. But there are even more that are not based on fact and only serve to hold us back in a negative way. When we have deeply-rooted beliefs that we cling to subconsciously, our minds will constantly look for proof to validate and bolster them. How we think, act, and feel is based upon these beliefs. For example, if we believe that all dogs are dangerous (perhaps because our parents told us so when we were younger or we were bitten by the neighbour’s dog), we will do everything possible to avoid contact with dogs. We might even take special notice every time we notice a dog growl and view it as evidence of how dogs are dangerous animals, and we feel afraid. Conversely, we might even neglect to notice when a friendly dog wags its tail and approaches us in a docile manner. It is as if we are experiencing the world through filtered lenses because of our beliefs.