"All meaning is in your mind. If meaning is in your mind, do events have inherent meaning? No.”

Shelly co-founded The Lefkoe Institute and is a renowned expert in personal development, shares her profound insights on how deeply ingrained beliefs shape our lives. With over 30 years of experience, Shelly has guided thousands in breaking free from limiting beliefs that hold them back.

She explains how these beliefs, often formed during childhood, unconsciously influence our choices, relationships, and sense of self-worth. Shelly reveals the difference between grieving and suffering, the importance of challenging our internal narratives, and how to build empowering beliefs.

Through personal stories and practical advice, she offers strategies to overcome trauma, self-sabotage, and fear. Shelly also emphasizes the need to stop seeking external validation and identify subconscious blocks to happiness.

Her approach is not just about overcoming adversity but about transforming your mindset to create lasting joy and fulfillment. Tune in to learn how to unlock your true potential by reshaping the meaning you attach to life’s events to achieve happiness and abundance.

Timestamps:

• (00:03:25) - Shelley introduces her late husband Morty’s quest to understand why people don’t act on what they know.
• (00:05:52) - The process Morty developed to help people eliminate limiting beliefs.
• (00:07:38) - Differences between patterns and beliefs.
• (00:11:35) - How beliefs are formed in childhood from observable patterns.
• (00:17:53) - Discussion on how to identify beliefs.
• (00:24:28) - How beliefs around safety and expression impact one's ability to communicate confidently.
• (00:31:09) - Our minds and how meanings are created.
• (00:36:28) - How meanings are socially constructed.
• (00:39:26) - Trust issues in relationships.
• (00:42:00) - How to alter the meaning of past events.
• (00:52:14) - Personal responsibility in reshaping our narratives and healing from trauma.

Some Questions I Ask:

• How did you develop self-confidence?
• How do we become aware that something is a belief?
• What is the distinction between opinion and conscious assessment?
• What did they have to believe to act that way?
• How do we eliminate limiting beliefs?

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• How to recognize that meaning is created in the mind, not in events themselves order to free you from emotional suffering.
• How to eliminate limiting beliefs to unlock new possibilities and live without constant self-doubt.
• Understanding how beliefs formed in the past control our emotional responses.
• How to reframe negative experiences and find alternative interpretations that empower rather than disempower you.
• How to eliminate beliefs like "I’m not good enough" to live more authentically and focused.

LINKS

Shelley Lefkoe’s URL: https://www.mortylefkoe.com

Shelley Lefkoe’s previous Soultalk episodes: https://kuteblackson.com/soultalk_podcast/shelley-lefkoe/

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• Email me at kuteblackson@kuteblackson.com
• Visit my website: www.kuteblackson.com

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