Our brains our mind also loves evidence it loves proof to back up its beliefs.
Every time I went to therapy we would always end up in the same place, my (old – I’m working on it) fundamental belief that I wasn’t good enough, I never was and I never would be. Which is a very harming limiting belief, and when we feel this way we subconsciously go out into the world to validate this so we interpret things to make us believe it more. We reaffirm our belief. This is why working on your self limiting beliefs is SO important. This is what every metaphysical practitioner out there preaches, anyone that works with manifestation or affirmations. 
Also the hard part about manifestation is that we don’t have the proof, the evidence, we are dreaming of our highest potential we don’t know its real in the same way we can know the sun rises and falls each day, this is why manifestation is so difficult, we have to change of state of being to one that is open and receptive to everything, to this beyond our wildest dreams, because they are completely possible but only if you let them be. So the advice is to just start. Go full delulu and my dear readers LEAN IN. Because your mind knows no difference, if you tell your mind your a winner its gonna go k cool, winner lets go. If you tell it is a loser it will agree. And then as we mentioned above you go out into the world and affirm whatever you’ve told yourself. 


And yes this is hard, its something I asked my therapist repeatedly. I didn’t want to feel this way, I would often cry to her how do I make it stop? How can I feel good about myself? 
Well one was is to do affirmations, to listen to affirmations, to listen to subliminal affirmations and basically try mind wash yourself. 
1. When you are thinking a negative or bad thought talk it out with a friend or write it out, question it – is it true? (The work by Byron Katie)
2. Celebrate your successes, small or big, build positive momentum, build the tone, it is simply another emotion, so feel it, let it pass through you, you have permission to feel joy and proud and happy for your achievements 
3. Look for hard evidence to your belief – are you really not good enough? What is the proof? Who decided the standard? Who’s standards are you trying to live up to? Are they yours? What would you like to be like? Are you already just the bit like that?
4. Self-compassion is so vital. Come out of judgment never self-criticise. Replace with self encouragement. Louise Hay: “I release the need to judgment” those who judge others are the most self critical. “When you come out of the judgment of the mind you come into the miracle”.
When I started my yoga teacher training I started every morning with my affirmations, gratitude as I usually would but I also wrote myself a little love letter. Basically gave myself a little pep talk, told myself I was doing so well and to keep going. The saying of treating yourself like you would, well I did that. And it was wonderful. I felt wonderful. I would highly recommend. 
There is such power in seeing yourself exactly as your are in accepting that self fully in loving that self fully. Louise Hay believed this would fix all illnesses, it seems self love is a state of resonance of PAE and enables us to call in all good things to manifest all good things. In this state you find yourself in flow, at ease, the world is simple, you are no longer reactive but you create your own internal narrative, you allow things to wash over you and you choose what is important. Its truly a wonderful place to be.
5. Accept praise. Accept thanks. And return it. Accepting praise and thanks is being open and receptive to good, you are saying hello universe you listening? I am ready to receive good please and thank you. 
6. Comparison …….


Life doesn’t want us to stay small, it wants us to learn, to grown, to expand, to live. 
“We suffer when we don’t live by our truth” “our suffering is the fuel that drives us forward” 
This is YOUR journey, it will be specific to you so don’t let anyone else dictate it (actually question why they are trying – what does it say about that person or their life).
If you’ve read the Alchemist you will know that this journey of life is your personal journey, if you are a yogi you believe your journey towards self-realisation, if you read any work by Louise Hay or believe in metaphysic you understand that we are here for our souls journey, this lifetime is merely another step forward on our soul’s journey. All of these systems emphasis how personal this journey is. It is through our challenges that we learn, life itself is our teacher, and these learnings become our calling, our purpose on this live. We become the expert on what we have lived through. All our wrong paths lead us to our right path.
Have you ever thought, that was shit time but I wouldn’t change it because of who I am now because of it. Yep. This is when when the cosmic laughter comes in. Of course. 
Creation —> Maintenance —> Destruction


And this is when it can be very helpful to develop the silicon valley mindset of fail often and quickly, then learn from it and move on quickly. We are taught from such a young age that mistakes are bad, but when you think about them are they? You were learning? How can anyone get it right without knowing first, when we are learning we are bound to make mistake because that is how we learn and grow. So make the mistake and learn from it. 


Our biology we are driven to keep ourselves safe is it natural survival 101. As such our mind always tries to anticipate what happens next, which firstly is impossible, and secondly stops us from living our best – from being fully present in the moment of now. 2/3 of our time we spend ruminating on thoughts of the past, of thoughts of the future, of trying to anticipate what is coming next. What a darn waste of time and energy. What if you could use that time and energy towards something productive, towards creation. Of being here. We have such a short time on this planet, how are you spending it?