Breaking Free from Limiting Beliefs: Reclaiming Your Truth

Ricky Nixon
Oct 27
4 min read

We all have them, the quiet, unseen stories that live beneath our thoughts and choices. The whispers that say “you’re not enough,” “you can’t do that,” or “you don’t deserve more.”

These stories, though invisible, shape our lives in profound ways. They are what we call limiting beliefs and understanding them is one of the most powerful steps we can take toward transformation.

Where Do Limiting Beliefs Come From?

Limiting beliefs rarely begin with us. They often start in childhood — formed through what we were told, what we observed, or even what we felt but couldn’t understand at the time.

A parent’s anxiety about money might become our own belief that abundance is hard to find.A teacher’s criticism could become a lifelong story of “I’m not smart enough.”A moment of rejection might evolve into “I’m not lovable.”

Psychologically, our subconscious mind, the vast, unseen landscape that holds around 95% of our daily thoughts and actions records everything we experience, especially before the age of seven. At that stage, the brain operates primarily in theta waves, the same frequency as hypnosis. In other words, we were wide open to influence.

We absorbed beliefs from parents, teachers, peers, and society, storing them as “truths.” Over time, these beliefs became internal programs that dictate how we see ourselves and what we think we deserve.

The Energy of Belief

From an energetic perspective, every belief holds a vibration. When we carry a limiting belief, it subtly shapes our energy field, the frequency we emit and attract from. If we hold an unconscious belief that “life is hard,” we naturally align with situations that reaffirm that truth. Energy flows where attention goes.

Our bodies feel these beliefs too. A belief in “not being safe” may show up as tension in the chest, digestive issues, or a tightness in the throat when it’s time to speak truth. Our energy becomes a reflection of the stories we keep alive, even the ones we no longer consciously believe.

But the moment we become aware of these inner patterns, we reclaim power. Because awareness is light and light transforms everything it touches.

How Limiting Beliefs Impact Daily Life

Imagine your belief system as the operating software of your inner world. If that system is outdated or filled with corrupted files, it affects everything from confidence to creativity, relationships to opportunities.

Here are just a few ways limiting beliefs can show up:

Self-sabotage: Procrastinating just before success arrives.
People-pleasing: Seeking approval to feel worthy.
Fear of failure: Avoiding risk or visibility.
Defensiveness: Feeling triggered when others mirror our hidden fears.
Chronic fatigue or anxiety: The energetic weight of living out of alignment with truth.

The subconscious doesn’t distinguish between what’s real and what’s imagined, it simply believes what it’s told repeatedly. So if we continue reinforcing old narratives through self-talk or unchallenged assumptions, we keep living within their walls.

The Path to Freedom

Healing begins with gentle curiosity. When we stop judging our patterns and instead become fascinated by them, we open the door to real change.

Here’s a simple but powerful practice to begin shifting your energy and rewriting your beliefs.

Your 18-Minute Daily Practice

Create your sacred space. Find a quiet corner. Light a candle, play soft music, or simply sit somewhere you won’t be disturbed.
Connect with your heart. Place your hand over your heart space. Breathe deeply three times. Feel warmth, expansion, and awareness growing here. This is your sacred heart, the divine gateway to truth, abundance, and inner peace.
Self-love dialogue. Speak to yourself as you would to a beloved friend. Use kind words: “You’re doing beautifully.” “You’re allowed to take up space.” “You are enough.”
Observe and rewrite. Ask yourself: “What belief is guiding me today?”If it feels limiting, replace it with an empowering truth. For example:
- “I never get things right” → “I’m learning and growing each day.”
- “I’m not worthy of love” → “I am love, and I attract love naturally.”
Meditate on gratitude. Bring to mind three things you’re grateful for, simple or profound. Gratitude shifts energy faster than almost anything else. Let that feeling fill your heart.

Even 18 minutes of this each day, practiced consistently for 21 days, can begin to rewire your subconscious mind. What once felt heavy starts to feel lighter. You may notice you respond instead of react. Opportunities flow more easily. Life feels less like something to control and more like something to dance with.

Why the Heart Holds the Key

When we live from the mind, we live through fear, logic, and conditioning. But when we anchor our awareness in the heart, the energetic bridge between the physical and spiritual, we align with who we truly are.

The heart’s electromagnetic field is 60 times greater than the brain’s. It is literally the most powerful transmitter of energy in the human body. When we place focus here, our frequency rises. We stop living from the false self, the one shaped by limitation and return to the truth of our being: expansive, radiant, and whole.

From Struggle to Flow

You may start noticing subtle shifts. Conversations that once triggered defensiveness now invite compassion. Tasks that felt like battles begin to flow with ease. You feel more connected, calm, and confident, not because life changed, but because you did.

This is the alchemy of inner work. It’s not about becoming someone new, but remembering who you’ve always been beneath the stories.

💫 Closing Reflection 💫

Truth is the highest intimacy.

To speak, live, and breathe your truth is to shine with quiet magnetism.

Truth is not a tool, a tactic,

or a path to sway,

it is the sacred current,

the gentle river through which

love moves freely, endlessly,

and without effort.

- Sacred Harmony

A Loving Invitation

If you’re ready to go deeper, to release the beliefs that no longer serve you, to align your energy with your truth, and to feel more grounded in who you truly are — I’d love to support you.

Through my Sacred Harmony Reiki sessions and Transformational Coaching, we’ll explore your energetic and emotional landscape together, releasing old stories and reconnecting you to the quiet, powerful truth of your being.