The Lies We Carry: Breaking Negative Core Beliefs

About this episode

The episode explores negative core beliefs and their impact on self-worth and relationships, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and replacing these beliefs with truth.

In this episode of Patience in Progress, we take a deep dive into negative core beliefs, the hidden thoughts and stories we carry about ourselves that quietly shape our relationships, confidence, boundaries, and self-worth. We open up about personal experiences that planted beliefs like “I’m not good enough,” “People always leave,” and “If I rest, I’m lazy,” and discuss how childhood experiences, criticism, trauma, rejection, and unhealthy dynamics can follow us into adulthood without us even realizing it. This episode is raw, honest, emotional, and relatable as we unpack perfectionism, people-pleasing, burnout, abandonment fears, and the struggle to truly love ourselves. Most importantly, we talk about how healing often starts by recognizing the lies we’ve believed for years, and learning to replace them with truth. If you’ve ever questioned your worth, struggled with boundaries, over analyzed silence, or felt like you had to constantly prove yourself, this conversation is for you.

People in this episode

Hosts: Melanie, Shelly, Karissa

Topics covered

• negative core beliefs
• self-worth
• childhood experiences
• perfectionism
• people-pleasing
• burnout
• self-love

Keywords

• core beliefs
• self-esteem
• trauma
• abandonment fears
• boundaries
• self-acceptance
• mental health

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