Sometimes our core beliefs are factually correct, but often they are not.
Whether true or false, they shape our views and impact our behaviors.
Fortunately, recognizing your own negative core beliefs can help you shift them into a more positive perspective.
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Common Harmful Core Beliefs
There are many core beliefs that are harmful to our lives.
These beliefs become engrained without much conscious thought or action," Jones tells us.
Here are examples of some harmful core beliefs.
Jones says they “can influence our thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and overall well-being.”
Negative core beliefs can make you feel unworthy of having a good life.
Your negative core beliefs can impact any and all areas of your life.
He notes they “can fuel insecurities,trust issues, and afear of rejectionor abandonment.
He tells us they can limit your potential, personal goals, and ability to pursue meaningful opportunities.
How Do Core Beliefs Develop?
Our core beliefs are developed through our life experiences.
These occur when you are a child and continue through when you’re an adult.
The first step for that is identifying them.
Jones says that this requires self-reflection and introspection.
The first step is to understand that change is possible.
“It is absolutely possible to change negative core beliefs into more positive ones,” says Jones.
“While core beliefs are deeply engrained, they are not fixed or unchangeable.”
Performing the emotional work necessary to change them may take time.
Challenging and changing your negative core beliefs isn’t one size fits all.
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