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description: Limiting Beliefs | Blog articles on addiction recovery, how to stay clean, breaking addictions, and self-healing through spiritual practices.
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# Limiting Beliefs

## [Where Do Limiting Beliefs Come From? (Video)](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/where-do-limiting-beliefs-come-from-video)

Post Date

June 30, 2018

Comments

[2 Comments](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/where-do-limiting-beliefs-come-from-video#comments-listing)

Author

[Caroline McGraw](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/author/caroline-mcgraw)

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[All Mental Health](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/topic/all-mental-health), [Limiting Beliefs](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/topic/limiting-beliefs), [Videos](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/topic/videos)

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If you’ve been carrying around a lot limiting beliefs since childhood, does that mean that you’re doomed to stay stuck?

What are limiting beliefs anyway, and where do they come from? 

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## [What Are Limiting Beliefs? Are They Holding You Back? (Video)](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/what-are-limiting-beliefs)

Post Date

May 16, 2018

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[2 Comments](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/what-are-limiting-beliefs#comments-listing)

Author

[Caroline McGraw](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/author/caroline-mcgraw)

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It might sound like a tough question, but just imagine the possibilities. What if you could let go of the thoughts, ideas, and limiting beliefs that have been holding you back from your full potential?

What if you could become the person you'd like to be? What if you could get over your addiction and achieve sobriety? What's holding you back?  

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## [The Biology of Belief: Here's How to Change Your Reality](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/biology-belief-change-your-reality-bruce-lipton)

Post Date

March 24, 2018

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Author

[Caroline McGraw](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/author/caroline-mcgraw)

Category

[All Mental Health](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/topic/all-mental-health), [Limiting Beliefs](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/topic/limiting-beliefs)

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***"So many of us are leading limited lives not because we have to but because we think we have to."***

Many people believe they are who they are, and that they have limited means to change their health or life direction. "It is what it is," they say, "because of my genetic makeup".

Well, maybe not.

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## [The Biology of Belief Summary](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/biology-of-belief-summary)

Post Date

January 22, 2018

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[6 Comments](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/biology-of-belief-summary#comments-listing)

Author

[Caroline McGraw](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/author/caroline-mcgraw)

Category

[All Mental Health](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/topic/all-mental-health), [Limiting Beliefs](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/topic/limiting-beliefs)

[![The Biology of Belief Summary](https://www.theclearingnw.com/hubfs/dna-helix-1.jpg)](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/biology-of-belief-summary)

Did you know that the cells of your body are affected by your thoughts? It’s true. That’s what “the biology of belief” means: that the thoughts racing through your mind on a moment-to-moment basis have the power to build up or tear down your physical and mental health, including addictive tendencies.   

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## [The Biology of Belief: Interview with Dr. Bruce Lipton (Part 1)](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/biology-of-belief-summary-dr-bruce-lipton-part-1)

Post Date

December 06, 2017

Comments

[1 Comment](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/biology-of-belief-summary-dr-bruce-lipton-part-1#comments-listing)

Author

[Caroline McGraw](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/author/caroline-mcgraw)

Category

[All Mental Health](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/topic/all-mental-health), [Limiting Beliefs](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/topic/limiting-beliefs)

[![The Biology of Belief: Interview with Dr. Bruce Lipton (Part 1)](https://www.theclearingnw.com/hubfs/bruce-lipton-lecture-horiz-1-2.jpg)](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/biology-of-belief-summary-dr-bruce-lipton-part-1)

***"That's just the way it is - it's my genes - I can't do anything about it."***

Many people believe they are who they are, and that they have limited means to change their health or life direction. "It is what it is," they say, "because of my genetic makeup".

Well, maybe not.

[Read More →](https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/biology-of-belief-summary-dr-bruce-lipton-part-1)

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