Identifying our limiting beliefs through the Six Feminine Powers

For a long time, I thought that asking for help from others was a sign of weakness. Saying,’ I need your help” means that I am not capable or competent. It meant I couldn’t figure it out myself.

It took me some more time to realize that this was a limiting belief. It made me feel competent and capable but this belief also made me struggle through certain things. It kept me from expanding my work and limited my impact. It made me seem a bit aloof and lost in my own world.

A limiting belief sounds like a well -meaning aunty who has known you since childhood. She just wants the best for you and is determined to keep you from making stupid mistakes. She doesn’t know that you are no longer a child. You have new goals and new dreams now. She doesn’t realize that you need to grow up to be the person you are meant to be.

It is not easy to ignore this Aunty!

But we need to wriggle out of her vice like grip and let her go. Let her know that if she now wants to communicate with you, she needs to change her words. She needs to look out for new possibilities and opportunities for you. She can either shut up or become a more empowering belief while still having your best interests at heart.

But first, you need to recognize her and really engage with her.

When I wrote Powerful, I realised the Six Powers had both positive and negative sides. The dark side of a power showed up when a limiting belief called out to it. I could see that more dominant the power, the greater chances for limiting beliefs to show up as Power Blocks.

I have found working with limiting beliefs to be very powerful while coaching and using the language for the Six Powers gives easy access to the limiting beliefs.

I am still work in progress with respect to this belief but now I can recognize it when it rears its sneaky little head. I know which other power I need to shift this belief. I have ways to work with it so that I can retain my need to be competent and self- reliant and yet ask for help when I will benefit from it.

Here is a list I created from the Six Feminine Powers Model on Limiting beliefs. I recently used this in three different sessions and found a great resonance with all the women who went through it.

Can you recognize a belief that you may be holding on to that actually holds you back?