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EPISODE · Jan 27, 2026 · 42 MIN

What Are Limiting Beliefs: The Science of Shifting Your Thinking

from You Make Sense · host Sarah Baldwin Coaching

Limiting beliefs are often not representative of who you are today but are self-protective mechanisms that formed as a result of past traumas or experiences. The good news is that it’s absolutely possible to shift this! Sarah will guide you through how to anchor into regulation and your adult self so that you can find more ease, peace, and confidence. Tune in for a somatic approach on how to change unwanted thought patterns. Episode Highlights:[00:00] Introduction[01:11] Origins of limiting beliefs[04:45] The 2 reasons limiting beliefs exist: unresolved trauma and fragmented parts[10:17] The stories your fragmented parts tell you and how they fuel your limiting beliefs[14:00] Why mindset work and traditional therapy alone can’t change your thoughts[15:03] The four states of your autonomic nervous system[20:32] How coming into a state of regulation changes limiting beliefs[24:15] Why you also need to work with your parts to change your thoughts[30:50] Question 1 - Understanding the link between your parts and nervous system[33:51] Question 2 - Why protective parts can block us from success[37:51] Question 3 - The connection between dreaming and your parts Get on the Waitlist for Sarah’s 10-Week Program:Ready for tools to heal every area of your life? You Make Sense is a 10-week live program that goes far beyond these weekly podcast episodes to give you powerful somatic exercises and resources to address your nervous system, relationships, younger parts, purpose, boundaries, grief, and more!Click below to get on the waitlist for limited-time reduced pricing:https://bit.ly/sp-yms-waitlist Take Sarah’s FREE Quiz:Feeling stuck in your life? Not sure where to start with somatic healing? Sarah’s free quiz, “What’s Keeping You Stuck,” will equip you with free tools and a personalized guide to better understand your nervous system specific to you.Click below to get started:https://bit.ly/yms-sp-quiz Connect with Sarah on:Email Community - bit.ly/yms-sp-newsletterInstagram — instagram.com/sarahbcoachingWebsite — sarahbaldwincoaching.com Submit a Question:sarahbaldwin1.typeform.com/podcast Quotes:“Human beings clock something as true if we can feel it.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:11:57]“I cannot believe something to be true if there isn’t the appropriate affect attached to it.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:14:08]“Your autonomic state within your nervous system creates your story or the thoughts that you are having.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:14:33]“When you’re in regulation, this is the fertile ground for creating new neural pathways for what’s actually true [and for] positive thinking.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:23:01]

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Have you found it difficult to change your thoughts or beliefs simply by trying to “think” differently? Cognitive approaches, like mindset work or talk therapy, can have many benefits, but they often fail to address what’s actually happening in your nervous system. In this episode, Sarah discusses the origin of limiting beliefs, why we can’t just force ourselves to be positive, and the steps necessary to shift our thoughts.

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