Reversing Negative Beliefs | hollytimberlake

Clearing Limiting/Blocking Beliefs (Psycho-energetic Reversals)

Psycho-energetic reversals are negative/sabotaging/blocking beliefs about ourselves, others, God/Universe and Life that result from some form of trauma to the self. They are the nucleus around which the memories and patterns of our lives revolve. When we reverse them (to the direction that supports our well-being) we free up energy to support us and help us thrive, no matter what. These basic statements can be used whether you are reversing an issue, a fear (I sometimes use the word, “fear-belief”) or a pattern.

For all beliefs needing reversed, you can tap the G/C points (above and below your lips) or holding both palms on your upper heart center, tapping alternately just under one collarbone, then the other). Repeat 3 times the opposite of the positive statement listed below.

It’s helpful to take a deep, waterfall breath, then repeat the positive statement out loud. Then retest (if you know how to muscle test).

First identify the belief in as simple and direct language as you can, and use an “I am” sentence structure if you can. For example: “I am not good enough,” is more powerful and goes deeper into your belief structure than “I can’t do anything right.” The first focuses on beliefs regarding our identity, the second on behaviors. Behavioral beliefs are more surface levels of beliefs.

These are the sentence stems for limiting/blocking beliefs:

Affirming Sub-belief Sabotaging Sub-belief

I will let go of this… Even though I won’t let go of this…

It’s possible to let go of this… Even though it’s not possible to let go of this…

I will do everything necessary to let go of this… Even though I won’t do everything necessary to let go of this…

I give myself permission to let go of this… Even though I don’t give myself permission to let go of this…

It is safe for me to let go of this… Even though it is not safe for me to let go of this…

It is safe for my family/specific person for me to let go of this… Even though it is not safe for my family/specific person for me

to let go of this…

It’s good for me to let go of this… Even though it’s not good for me to let go of this…

I deserve to let go of this… Even though I don’t deserve to let go of this…

I am willing to let go of all the benefits of keeping this… Even though I am not willing to let go of all the benefits of

keeping this…

I have the right to let go of this... Even though I don’t have the right to let go of this…

I forgive myself for having this… Even though I don’t forgive myself for having this…

I forgive myself for letting go of this… Even though I don’t forgive myself for letting go of this…

I can let go of this…even though it’s woven it throughout my being. Even though I can’t let go of this…because I’ve woven it

throughout my being…

The Basic Support/Affirmation Phrase: "I will deeply and completely love and accept myself." or "I going to love myself and feel

better now."

The Basic Process:

Choose the negative belief your want to reverse. Feel into how true this belief feels to you. For example: "I'm completely enough to write this book." what does your gut say?
Having chosen the belief to work on; go to the reversed belief list and repeat the first one ("Even though I don't want to let go of this belief... I am going to love myself and feel better now.") 3 times, while tapping above and below your lips or in the bi-lateral veart breathing. Take a deep waterfal breath, then repeat the positive version of the belief aloud: "I want to let go of this belief."
- If you know how to muscle test, you would then muscle test this statement, if it is strong, it is energetically supporting you, so move on to the next statement.
Say the next statement aloud, and If it tests weak, then you will conintue just as above with the tapping process you have chosen (above and below your lips, or bi-lateral heart tapping). ex: “Even though it's not possible to let go of this belief that I am unloved, I am going to love myself and feel better now (I will often add the word “anyway” or the phrase, “no matter what., here)” Repeat 3 times.
Take a deep, waterfall breath, then say the positive sub-belief again ex: “I want to let go of this belief that I am unloved.” Muscle test to confirm or move on to the next belief.
If strong, then move on to the next sub-belief. If not, then repeat the process. It will be almost always be strong after 2 repetitions of the process.

After you have completed tapping through the negative version of each sub-belief, check in with yourself to see how the belief feels to

you now from 1 - 7, based on how true if now feels.

What’s different?

How true does it seem to you now?

Is there anything still there? What is it?

Do some EFT on that, then check again.

Once you finish the process:

Check in with yourself now about the belief. You will notice that it’s either completely reversed, as in “that doesn’t fit for me at all now!” or its intensity is diminished. It’s good to follow this up with the imaginal work of piling up all the charge (emotional, physical sensation, images, etc.) from all the experiences that belief is associated with.

You can do this by letting yourself “walk” through your life trajectory starting with the first time you remember feeling that way/believing that. Your conscious and subconscious will supply you with the memories associated, so it’s not necessary to try to think of all the times when you might have felt that way. One option is to ask that all all the experiences that aren’t coming into conscious awareness but are associated, also be cleansed, freed.

When you reach the present moment, send the pile away completely and permanently. Check in again and see what’s still there. It can be very helpful to repeat the process of piling up the charge from past experiences (or tap on them) every day until you feel freed.

These additional steps will amplify the effect that clearing the belief has. By “cleansing” the trajectory of our experiences from the reversed energy that is still attached, we free ourselves more deeply, lastingly and transformationally.

Find the opposite belief, for example: “I am a capable and competent person.” How true does this seem to you now? If there are still some “yea-buts” attached to the positive form of the belief, then identify what remains and tap again on them.

At some point in this process, when you are ready, ask yourself what you would rather believe than what you have been believing? What belief is strengthening, loving, encouraging and inspiring? Choose that one! Make sure the language is positive; filled with words that activate positive energy; and as expansive as feels comfortable for you. To continue with our example, positive beliefs that could be, “I am deeply and profoundly loved by God, the universe, and all life. “Or “I am so much more loved than I have ever been able to feel. “As you can tell the first one is much more expensive, but for some people, the second one will be more comfortable and yet is still very positive.

The following might help with your specific belief/situation:

I can let go of this belief even if . . . ____ never changes.

I can let go of this belief even though . . . I’ve believed it my whole life.

I can let go of this belief even though I will lose a part of myself.

I can let go of this belief even thgouh I'll be deprived.

It is important to note that there could be hundreds of different sub-beliefs. These are basic ones that I learned when I initially learned this process from David Gruder, PhD. in 2000.

Here are some other sabotaging sub-beliefs that might be applicable include:

I’ll die if I let this go.

Something terrible will happen to me/my family, if I let this go.

My world will end if I let this go.

I’ll get sick if I let this go.

This belief protects me from danger.

This belief protects me from doing something stupid.

I’ll be unsafe if I lose weight.

I’ll lose myself is I let this go.

Also, they will give you an idea of where to look if the negative belief doesn’t feel as though it’s completely reversing. There is more to say about all of this, but this basic introduction will take you relatively far.

Choosing the Belief to Work on:

You likely will have quite a number of negative beliefs that arise to the surface of your awareness as soon as you open yourself to them, especially if you have not done this work before. Choose one that seems deeper, more pervasive, one that robs you of more of your vital life force energy. Start there, or look through this very partial list to help you begin.

Powerful and somewhat common Sabotaging Beliefs include:

I’m not [good] enough (insert: smart, pretty, thin, quick, creative, loving, etc…any word that represents a way you feel inadequate).

I’m unlovable.

I’m stupid.

I’m incompetent.

I hate myself.

I wish I were dead.

I don’t belong.

I am being abandoned/rejected.

I’m not safe (there are hundreds of versions of ways we don’t feel safe).

I’m a failure.

I’m not lovable.

I’m not loving.

I’m bad/wrong/sick.

I can never forgive myself.

I don’t deserve to feel better.

God hates me.

I’ll never learn.

I can’t change.

This [cancer] will kill me.

The earth is beyond saving.

[The government] is fascist.

[The government] is communist.

This is only a very small list, if you are looking at addictive patterns, you can think of beliefs that are associated with the substances, behaviors to which you are addicted; if anxious, what are the beliefs that come up around this? Ask the same for depression, for insecurity, self-doubt, etc.

Reversing beliefs in this way largely permanently reverses them. This frees up the energy associated with them to support your well-being. This means you will have more energy to direct towards living your life in positive ways! Issues that you are working to clear from the past that are associated with these beliefs can now be cleared more easily…with less resistance from inside.