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Beliefs

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🧠 Beliefs: The Silent Drivers

They’re the quiet thoughts running in the background. Shaping how we see ourselves, others, and the world.

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🥊 When Life Hits Hard

Our beliefs can either steady us... or knock us down harder.

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⚓ “I Can Figure This Out”

That kind of belief? It’s like an anchor in a storm. Keeps you grounded. Focused. Moving forward.

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🌪️ But Some Beliefs Sink Us

“I always screw things up.” “I’m not enough.” That storm? It starts feeling twice as strong.

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🧐 Time to Check the Story

Ask yourself: “Is this belief helping me… or holding me back?”

Slide 6

🛠️ Beliefs Can Be Rebuilt

Not easy. But doable. One shift at a time.

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🚶‍♂️ It Changes Everything

How we feel. How we show up. How we lead.

Slide 8 💪 Reviewing our beliefs often gives us an opportunity to really understand our true beliefs.

Not just as something that we adopted from others but something we actually value.

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PeaceBuilders Opinion 1

Beliefs are thoughts that we believe are true.

Beliefs can be true or false, depending on how we see them. We decide if a belief is helpful or not for us.

We often get our beliefs from our parents, school, friends, or community, but as we grow, we start to choose our own beliefs.

Sometimes our beliefs help us and match what we value, but other times, they can go against each other.

It’s important to keep checking our beliefs as we grow and learn. If a belief is no longer helpful, we can change it to keep moving forward and not stay stuck in an old way of thinking.

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Author's Opinion 1

Extract from: Owning our Struggles by Minaa B. 2023

Beliefs and values:

Our core beliefs are like the soil of the earth, and our thoughts are like the seeds that we plant. What grows depends on whether the soil is healthy or rotted. Our beliefs determine how we interpret our experiences and interactions with others.

Negative core beliefs look like:

-I am not good enough

-Im unlovable

-No one can be trusted

-“X” group of people are dangerous

-No one has the ability to change

-Im not worthy of good things

-Life is stupid and meaningless

-I am worthless

In order to live your truth , you need to know what you believe in, what is important to you, who you are, and how you want to contribute to the world. You have the power to change what is not working for you.

To define your beliefs and values, consider these questions:

What is important to me?

(think of all the areas of your life: family, career, friendships, money, time, location, hobbies and passions.)

How do I honor and make time for the things that are important to me?

How do I define respect?

And how am I upholding this in how I allow people to treat me, as well as treat others?

Are my beliefs mine, or am I operating on someone else’s blueprint?

Whose? And Why?

Are my everyday actions currently in alignment with what I claim to believe? What do I need to start doing differently to live in alignment with my goals?

Do they honor the humanity of others, or do they play into the dehumanization of others?

Do my beliefs serve to elevate my well being, or do they negatively impact my mental health?

**When we start asking ourselves real questions, the ones that make us curious and put us face to face with our flawed parts of ourselves, we are then able to do the work of honoring who we truly are. **

But to grow and heal, you must be the one to figure out which areas of your life needs to change.

Author's Opinion 2

Book: Why has nobody told me this before? By Dr Julie Smith 2022

**Thoughts are not facts. **

They are a mixture of opinions, judgements, stories, memories, theories, interpretations, and predictions about the future.

Reminder:

Emotions result from unmet needs, and it is those needs we must identify.

You can break out of a low mood cycle with “good enough” decisions.

If you feel an acute rush of anxiety, try “square breathing”.

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Updated: November 2023

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