A Somatic Perspective on Limiting Beliefs: Why Mindset Work Isn’t Enough

Have you ever tried to think your way out of a limiting belief - repeating affirmations, reframing your thoughts, or practicing positive thinking - only to find yourself right back in the same emotional place again?

In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, we’ll explore why that happens.

From a somatic perspective, your limiting beliefs aren’t just thoughts to be changed. They’re living memories of who you had to be (and what you had to believe) in order to stay safe, loved, or connected earlier in life.

You’ll learn how these beliefs live deep within your body and subconscious mind, quietly shaping how you see yourself, others, and the world around you.

And you’ll discover why mindset work can feel like self-gaslighting when it doesn’t reach the parts of you that are still carrying the pain or fear from the past.

This episode is part of my new “Your Healing, Your Questions” series, where I answer listener questions about healing and emotional growth. It’s an insightful, conversation-style episode rather than a meditation.

Tune in to learn how to move beyond mindset and begin transforming the roots of your limiting beliefs through compassion, presence, and somatic awareness.

Episode timing:
00:00 - Why Mindset Work Isn’t Enough to Change Your Limiting Beliefs
03:21 - What Limiting Beliefs Really Are (A Somatic Perspective)
05:13 - How Limiting Beliefs Live in the Body and Nervous System
09:19 - How Somatic Healing Helps You Shift Limiting Beliefs at The Roots
15:17 - The Three Compassionate Truths About Your Inner Parts
17:37 - Closing Reflections