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3 Ways Your Limiting Beliefs are Holding You Back

And you might not even realize it

Wendy Miller
4 min readMar 9, 2021
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I couldn’t tell you when I first heard the words “limiting beliefs.” I also couldn’t tell you how long it took me to fully understand what those words meant, that I even had limiting beliefs, or to finally start working on letting them go.

But I can tell you that when I did understand, admit that I had limiting beliefs, and worked on letting them go, it changed my life.

Limiting beliefs, whether you realize it or not, have a profound effect on our lives. They can affect your life in so many ways, and none of the ways they can affect your life are good. When you can let go of your limiting beliefs, you can change your life and start living the life that you’ve always wanted. Here are three ways that your limiting beliefs are holding you back from realizing your dreams and living the life you want.

They Taint Your Experience of Living

When you are constricted by your limiting beliefs, you will do far fewer things over the course of your life. For example, if you believe that roller coasters are dangerous, you will probably never ride one, and you’d miss out on the thrill that so many others have experienced. No matter how great your life is at this current moment, you are holding…

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Wendy Miller
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