JOYOUS, SPARKLING CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM: LIMITING CORE BELIEFS

News from Denise and Summerhill Ranch:

Denise and her family have realized it is time for them to leave Summerhill Ranch.  Sometime in the next year, they will be moving to a new home.  They lost their court battle with the oil company that wants to drill for oil very close to their property line.  While this has been a time of grieving for Denise, it has also been a time of learning and growing.  The support she has received from all her listeners through Facebook and the support that the Soul Coaches have shown, is deeply appreciated by Denise.

Limiting core beliefs and confidence:

· Confidence is something deep and silent – someone who accepts who they are and what they are; someone who understands themselves and doesn’t judge themselves, and sees the best in who they are. 

· Often what keeps us from feeling confident isn’t our conscious thoughts, but those deep beliefs that are in the dark recesses of our soul. 

· Those core beliefs can come from things that were told to you as a child, eg.  your parents might have said something negative to you or about you regarding your abilities – those beliefs go deep inside and continue to radiate out even though you may not remember what was said.

· Because of these deep beliefs, you will actually create circumstances that are repetitive patterns to validate those subconscious beliefs, even though, consciously, you keep affirming something positive.

· If you want to know what your subconscious/core beliefs are, look at your life – your life is a reflection of what you subconsciously believe, eg. if you’re struggling in life, there may be some deep core belief that says that life is a struggle.

· Some core beliefs can come from society, your religion, the media, your friends, co-workers, your ancestors, or past lives.

Unweaving the core beliefs:

· Discover what your core beliefs are and examine them.  This brings them up to the surface.  No matter how deeply ingrained these core beliefs are, you can release them!

· First, start writing down any core beliefs you think you might have.

· Write down the names of anyone you have had a relationship with in your life, eg. parents, grandparents, relatives, friends, co-workers, aquaintances

· Next to each name, write down what you know/think this person’s beliefs are about self-esteem – all the energy of the person gets absorbed into your energy field, eg.  perhaps the person thinks that confident people are egotistical.  Look at the person’s sense of self-esteem.

· Even if you didn’t know your great grandparents, write down what you imagine to be their beliefs about confidence and self esteem.

· Then also write down your religion growing up and your current religion, the society and culture you grew up in.

· Begin to look for patterns.

· With each of these beliefs, ask yourself:  is this true about me?

· Hone in on the most potent core beliefs, eg.  is there anyone you know (or even a public figure) who is confident and who isn’t egotistical?  You are slowly undoing those limiting core beliefs.

· Now think of an affirmation that is in direct contrast with each limiting core belief, and so begin to erase the core belief so that you have a new way of being.

· Going back into past lives can also be a way of beginning to unweave some of those beliefs you’ve taken lifetime after lifetime.  You can use Denise’s book, Past Lives, Present Miracles, or Denise’s past lives meditations on iTunes or hayouse.com.  The latter can even be used at bedtime and will work in your dream state to help unweave those core beliefs.  Denise’s CD, 33 Spirit Journeys, also includes a meditation to reprogram your subconscious and relinquish these beliefs.

 

Denise’s Wisdom of the Week:

· “Times of testing come when you are at that point of stepping up to the next level.”

· “The better you feel about yourself, the better others feel about themselves around you.”

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JOYOUS, SPARKLING CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM: THE SECRET OF PHYSIOLOGY

News from Denise and Summerhill Ranch:

Because of the many gophers on the Linns’ ranch, the coyotes from surrounding areas have been visiting regularly, with the result that the goats have been in danger.  Listen to the show to hear about Denise’s ingenious way to protect her goats!

Also, Ghandi, one of Denise’s goats (who is also known as Chewey), has taken to chewing on Denise’s hair.  The other goats have cottoned on to this habit, so Denise now has to tie her hair up when in the goats’ company!

Using your body for self-esteem

The way you hold yourself sends subconscious messages deep inside of you and those subconscious messages can be positive or negative.  Even if you have a negative self-image, you can use your body to shift out of it – if you do it on a continuous basis, it can permanently shift you out of that place.

How do you do this?

· Imagine a time when you felt really confident.  If you can’t think of such a time, imagine that you do, in the future, feel really confident.  As you get that image, how do you hold your body?  How do you hold your shoulders?  How do you breathe?  How do you speak?  How do you hold your chin, or your forehead?  How do you stand or sit?

· As an exercise, you can compare 2 positions:  first put your head down, slump in your chair and take shallow breaths – notice how you feel.  Now get into the next position:  shoulders back, arms above your head, look up and smile, and take deep breaths.  Notice the difference in how you feel now.  In the latter position, it is impossible to feel like a “loser”.

· You can change your emotional state simply by using your body.

· For the next 7 days, shift your position – stand as if you were confident, as if you were a strong, radiant person; stand as if nothing anyone says could hurt you.  As you do this again and again, it becomes a habit.  As these messages continue to flood into your subconscious mind, your subconscious mind starts to believe them.

Other ways to use your body to increase confidence and self-esteem

· Find out who you want to be.  What kind of person do you want to be (a peaceful person/a wise person/an uplifting or joyful person) and what type of energy do you want to project to the world?  Get clear on that and adjust your body so that this is who you become.

· Eg.  if you want to be a peaceful person, imagine the way in which a peaceful person would hold their body.  How would they walk/move/breathe?  Now adjust your body until you get into that exact position and feel it – you’re anchoring that feeling into that position.  As you move your body into that position again and again, you reinforce that you are a peaceful person.  It’s simply a matter of shifting your identity.

Denise’s Wisdom of the Week:

“The way you hold yourself sends subconscious messages deep inside of you.”

A reminder to join the fun:

Denise has an additional Facebook page called:  Fabulous fun, funky factoids – join the Fun Factoid Family and share some fun factoids if you know some!!

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