Segment: What You Heard as a Child Is Controlling Your Life Today

About this episode

This episode explores how childhood experiences shape adult belief systems and self-perception.

"Who you are today is not by reason of what you have consciously emitted, but more for what you have unconsciously heard." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we dive into one of the most powerful and overlooked truths about human development: that 95% of your belief system was formed before the age of seven, that your mind keeps record of everything you've heard, seen, and said, and why understanding the invisible forces shaping your mindset is the first step to breaking free from limitations you never consciously chose. We unpack the psychological research on theta brainwaves and why who you are at 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 is usually a result of the things you imbibed when you were much younger, why you're a product of your surroundings automatically, and why every time you heard people call you foolish, stupid boy, you are a dullard, you are last position, those statements didn't fall to the ground but fell as seeds that germinated in your mind. We break down why as a child your brain is unintelligent in the sense that you are incapable of distinguishing what is true from what is not true, why your subconscious could take a joke as fact and a wrong opinion…

People in this episode

Host: Derrick Abaitey

Topics covered

• childhood development
• belief systems
• subconscious mind
• psychological research
• theta brainwaves
• self-perception

Keywords

• belief system
• childhood
• subconscious
• psychology
• theta brainwaves
• self-improvement
• mindset

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