Defusing Thought Bombs That Keep You Stuck

Apply these three strategies to change the way you feel about your most limiting beliefs.

Let’s stop our stormiest negative thought patterns from determining our direction. Photo by the author.

“If I had married the right man, I could have ….,” was one of my mother’s favorites. My personal charts are currently topped by,

“I will never be a real businesswoman.”

And for a client this week, it was, “My mistakes make me unlovable.”

Considering our brains have infinite things to think about, it might surprise you that about 80% of our thoughts are negative and focus on past or future concerns, creating repetitive loops.

Or maybe it doesn’t surprise you at all? Perhaps you already know your brain’s Top 10?

What thoughts cause you unnecessary suffering, keep you from going after what you want, or sabotage your relationships with others and yourself?

Perhaps something like, “My husband should stop drinking,” “My mother never loved me,” or “The neighbors across the street are idiots.”

We can get very entangled in our thoughts and the stories our brain weaves from them. (Ask…