What does your self-talk sound like? How do you start to believe positive affirmations from not believing in them at all? Can taking baby steps lead to genuine momentum and bring about real change? MEET ELIZABETH MEYER Elizabeth Meyer is a caring, warm, and intuitive Coach and Psychotherapist. She specializes in working with women who are seeking personal growth, healing, and transformation. She helps women shift their mindset, removing self-limiting beliefs and other internal blocks to success so that women can dream big and live the life of their dreams! Elizabeth has been a licensed psychotherapist for 25 years receiving her BS in Psychology from Grinnell College and her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Certified Personal and Professional Coach, having received her certification from The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) over 16 years ago. Connect on Facebook or visit her website. Email her at CoachElizabeth1@gmail.com or phone her practice at 508-909-4109. IN THIS PODCAST: How to overcome self-limiting beliefs The power of baby steps Getting the momentum going HOW TO OVERCOME SELF-LIMITING BELIEFS Normalize them: the first step to overcoming something is to accept that they exist. You can accept their existence without believing what they say. Learn and adapt: Almost everything is "figureoutable". There are things that you can learn to help you make meaningful changes in your life and mindset. There are things that we can learn. We can learn to do specific tasks. If there are special techniques, we can learn them. If there are mindset skills, we can learn them. We just have to apply ourselves. (Elizabeth Meyer) Self-belief: when you make changes in your mindset, you may not believe them immediately because you have spent so long believing the opposite. Work on building the structure for the creation and incubation of positive thoughts, and they will come. Depending on how people respond to the affirmation we can tweak it because it has to be something that we believe. (Elizabeth Meyer) If it feels too strange or ingenuine, remind yourself that you are learning and that it is a work in progress. THE POWER OF BABY STEPS Fear and nervousness are normal. They are emotions that are telling you that this is something near to the edge of your comfort zone and that you are close to expanding yourself. Do not run away from the fear, because you can still take small actions despite it. It's normal to be scared. It is normal to feel concerned … taking a baby step allows you to feel "okay, I can do this one small thing" and then moving forward on that one small thing gives you permission to take another baby step, and another baby step. (Elizabeth Meyer) The shifts that you make do not need to be grand and scalable all the time. You can make small waves and movements. A small step is better than no step at all. GETTING THE MOMENTUM GOING Each baby step not only helps you to make progress, but it helps you to slowly build up momentum. Over time, your small actions will turn into habits, and your new jobs will become daily routines, and before you know it your venture has become a part of your lifestyle and schedule. It all starts with a movement, and even the smallest movement done a little bit every day or week is enough to get the ball rolling. The most difficult part is starting alone, so pick something easy, commit to your growth, and take your first baby step. Connect With Me Instagram @holisticcounselingpodcast Facebook Join the private Facebook group Sign up for my free email course: www.holisticcounselingpodcast.com Rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Resources Mentioned And Useful Links: How to set Energetic Boundaries with Lisa Lewis BOOK | Marie Forleo – Everything Is Figureoutable Free 8 Week Email Course with Lisa Lewis Practice of the Practice Podcast Network