From the Inside Out

Have you ever given your inner dialogue much thought? As you race through your day, have you ever wondered why you seem to have the same problems again and again, you face the same hurdles and come up against the same types of challenging personalities no matter where you turn?

Symmone Gordon, an east-coast based business and life intuitive and transformation coach, explains how the thoughts that float through our heads each day can have a profound effect on what happens to us in the real world.

“Beliefs are thoughts. Some thoughts we are aware of and others we aren’t. These beliefs are real for you and they shape your reality. It’s how we see ourselves and perceive situations,” she said.

“It’s an interpretation of past experiences, expressing itself in the present moment and it doesn’t matter what – eating chocolate, commuting to work, intimacy with a partner. These beliefs create behaviours that impact how we feel, how we engage, react and connect to others. They form our blueprint to the story we experience in the world.’

The great news is, you can change this blueprint. By working on your own thoughts and learning how to move past those that are holding you back, you can create a new, more abundant, more successful reality.

Symmone’s story

Like many of us, Symmone hasn’t always had the ability and insight to take note of how her inner thoughts affected her outside world. She owned and operated several businesses over the years, covering diverse niches, such as fashion, civil construction, trading stocks and spiritual events. Through her experiences in business, she began realising that one of the primary success factors underpinning any entrepreneurial activity is that what beliefs you carry can either make or break you.

However, Symmone’s burgeoning faith in beliefs and how that manifested in the physical, was cemented for good when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

“When I was growing up, I was actually very quiet and spent a lot of time alone. In fact, I rarely spoke up and carried a deep fear of being attacked for speaking my truth,” Symmone explained.

“I had no idea that this belief and fear was actually making me sick and at 23, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. I knew immediately, like an express post brick had been dropped into my mind, loudly pronouncing; MY FEAR OF SPEAKING HAD CAUSED THIS.”

Symmone tackled the cancer the best way she knew how – by immersing herself in understanding the root cause of her illness and learning about alternative and complementary treatments that would save her life. During her process of healing, Symonne reignited her latent ‘super powers’ long-suppressed by the fear of being different. Through her own spiritual and metaphysical transformation, she found her calling.

“I felt a much deeper calling and an awakening to how I serve. It turns out, my fascination with the mind, beliefs and why people are the way they are, was the signpost pointing to my purpose. Once I decided to stop hiding from those signposts, I was able to transition fully into this work, scaling up from what I called a hobby to purpose. I don’t consider myself as a coach, more like a guide who illuminates the beliefs within the stories that blindside people from creating the life they want.”

Uncovering your own limiting beliefs

How do you know if you have limiting beliefs that are holding you back from your potential? Sometimes, things just don’t feel ‘right’ but you aren’t sure why. Beliefs such as these serve little purpose and result in you feeling ‘stuck’, frustrated and unmotivated. You may move through your day as though you are carrying a boulder across your back and repeatedly encounter the same negativity. Some people become withdrawn, socially awkward or isolated and disconnected.

By learning to identify what is holding you back and the biases by which you see the world, you are in a much greater

position to make better decisions and changes that will consciously create what you want from each facet of your life, including your career.

Limiting beliefs often stem from a significant event, situation or influential person from the past, perhaps as far back as childhood. While beliefs and how they are played out are as unique as each individual, Symmone sees common themes from many of her clients, perhaps some may seem familiar to you as well.

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