What are your self-limiting beliefs?

Cloudscape by Rebecca (beyondibd.com)
Cloudscape by Rebecca

I did not ask, “Do you have self-limiting beliefs?” We all have self-limiting beliefs – unless you have attained “enduring, transcendental happiness” through enlightenment, in which case you probably don’t need to read this post.

For the rest of us… this three part series from Andrew Leigh at The Creative Instinct challenges us to: acknowledge that we have self-limiting beliefs; recognise how these beliefs shape our destiny; and work at identifying these beliefs. Whilst reading these articles I had a ‘light bulb’ moment (actually, it was more like a ‘fluorescent tube’ moment – the idea flickerd once weakly… it flickered again… and just when I was about to give up on it all together it buzzed to life).

I saw clearly how the numerous beliefs we hold about every aspect of our lives, including our health and inflammatory bowel disease, could easily limit our potential for success and happiness.

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Tired? Overworked? The medication-free treatment…

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Image by rick

If you want to work well, you need to take time for play, rest and relaxation. So if the daily grind is getting you down I can recommend an excellent medication-free treatment… a good pampering!

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Top tips for hospital visits

I realised this week, with some surprise, that I have been receiving infliximab (remicade) infusions (three hour intravenous treatments) for nearly four years — time flies!

For me, four years of infusions adds up to more than 16 infusions and more than 16 hospital day admissions. Here are my top tips for making hospital visits comfortable and stress-free.

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Are you trying to do too much? (Part 2)

If you are constantly doing something, thinking about what you are going to do next or, worst of all, worrying about what you are not doing, then perhaps you are trying to do too much.

Struggling to meet unreasonable commitments and expectations is exhausting and demoralising. Yet frequently these demands are self-imposed: it might seem like your todo list driven by the needs of others but, if you review it honestly, you will see that the long list is borne of your own expectations and feelings of obligation.

Last week I detailed step one in my process for ‘cutting back’ my commitments: Capture all your commitments on paper.

Now for step 2 and 3…

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Are you trying to do too much?

Many of us are trying to squeeze too much into each day. We overload ourselves with responsibilities, commitments and expectations which we frantically try to meet.

At any given time we don’t have a clear idea of what all this stuff is, nor do we know if we have enough time to actually do it all. But we just keep going in the hope that somehow we will reach an ‘end’. But we won’t. Our efforts, and our failure to reach this illusive ‘end’, will only exhaust, frustrate and depress.

This all sounds pretty grim, but we can do something about it! And the answer is not work harder or longer – the answer is to cut back on your commitments.

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