Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs & Transforming Your Life (It’s Possible!)

11/07/18 • 32 min

The Girlfriend Doctor w/ Dr. Anna Cabeca

Imagine someone shows you a graphic that has a number of items on it. There is a yellow banana, a yellow scarf, red apples, a red truck, a blue dish, a green vase, and so on… If someone quickly flashed you that graphic and then took it away you might remember a few of the items. Or you might not!

But what if you were told to focus on the red items only. You are quickly shown the graphic and then asked about the red items you saw…I bet you’d remember those red items. But… could you answer the question, “how many green items were there?” Probably not, because you were focused on the red!

You see what you are focused on.

This is a very simple illustration of a more complex concept…but I thought it was helpful when I saw it on today’s Couch Talk guest Natalie Ledwell’s website. You’ll see what I mean in a moment.

Natalie is here today to talk about how using a type of visualization can help you overcome self-limiting beliefs and step into the best new version of yourself.

If you can create, reinforce and focus on new dominant thoughts about what you want to “attract” to your future…you can create the new neural pathways necessary to help you re-orient your energies and emotions, and gain whatever results you are hoping for.

If you focus on debt…you’ll never get out of it. Focus instead on an abundance mindset and how it will feel to lay on that beach in Bora Bora without a care in the world! (I can taste the pina colada already!)

If you focus on your lack of energy and feeling fat….you’ll never get to the gym. Focus instead on how it will feel to fit into that size 8 again, be able to shop off the rack… and to exude your “back in the day” energy again! (I’m feeling ready for some kick-boxing!)

If you focus on self-doubts and the lack of love in your life…you’ll never connect with people who will love you. Focus instead on how it will feel to put an end to negative self-talk and to truly feel great about yourself! (I’m feeling confidant and sexy, time for date-night!)

Meet Natalie Ledwell… Best-selling author of “Never in Your Wildest Dreams”

Natalie is a risk taker, non-conformist, rule breaker and maker who believes nothing is impossible.

She’s also an authentic and internationally renowned motivational speaker, best-selling author, Law of Attraction guru, host of “The Inspiration Show” and co-founder of the revolutionary Personal Development company, “Mind Movies”.

She’s a founding member of the Association of Transformational Leaders (ATL SoCal), member of the Transformational Leadership Council (TLC), and The Evolutionary Business Council (EBC) whose main mission is to connect individuals like her together, make a greater and meaningful impact in the world through empowering the lives of other people in their respect fields.

Today’s Couch Talk: Exploring the Law of Attraction

In today’s interview you will learn how Natalie and her incredible team at Mind Movies have empowered over 4 million people around the world to see beyond their own circumstances, to break down the boundaries real or perceived in their lives… and truly begin to find the lives and success they deserve.

You’ll learn about,

The power of visualization: create it, watch it…live it!
Why long-term planning is self-defeating
Why you have to “feel” the emotions of your new future and what you really want in life
Why the most effective visualization tool needs to incorporate positive affirmations, powerful images of the things that most inspire you, and your own personal soundtrack!
What the Law of Attraction is and why you can only attract what is at the same frequency as you are
Why gratitude is so important and can get you into a higher vibration (and why that’s a good thing)
And more….

Listen to the interview and you’ll also hear how YOU can get Natalie’s wonderful free gifts!

6 pre-made Mind Movies just for you!

You’ll get the following:

Courage & Confidence (Release your fears and conquer your dreams faster)!
Loving & Appreciating Myself (Put an end to negative self-talk and improve your relationships by loving yourself first).
Attracting Friends & A Great Social Life (Have a more fulfilling life by sharing it with like-minded people)!
Vibrant Health (See your health and energy soar after ...

You see what you are focused on.

Natalie is here today to talk about how using a type of visualization can help you overcome self-limiting beliefs and step into the best new version of yourself.

If you focus on debt…you’ll never get out of it. Focus instead on an abundance mindset and how it will feel to lay on that beach in Bora Bora without a care in the world! (I can taste the pina colada already!)

If you focus on your lack of energy and feeling fat….you’ll never get to the gym. Focus instead on how it will feel to fit into that size 8 again, be able to shop off the rack… and to exude your “back in the day” energy again! (I’m feeling ready for some kick-boxing!)

If you focus on self-doubts and the lack of love in your life…you’ll never connect with people who will love you. Focus instead on how it will feel to put an end to negative self-talk and to truly feel great about yourself! (I’m feeling confidant and sexy, time for date-night!)

Meet Natalie Ledwell… Best-selling author of “Never in Your Wildest Dreams”

Natalie is a risk taker, non-conformist, rule breaker and maker who believes nothing is impossible.

Today’s Couch Talk: Exploring the Law of Attraction

You’ll learn about,

The power of visualization: create it, watch it…live it!
Why long-term planning is self-defeating
Why you have to “feel” the emotions of your new future and what you really want in life
Why the most effective visualization tool needs to incorporate positive affirmations, powerful images of the things that most inspire you, and your own personal soundtrack!
What the Law of Attraction is and why you can only attract what is at the same frequency as you are
Why gratitude is so important and can get you into a higher vibration (and why that’s a good thing)
And more….

Listen to the interview and you’ll also hear how YOU can get Natalie’s wonderful free gifts!

6 pre-made Mind Movies just for you!

You’ll get the following:

Courage & Confidence (Release your fears and conquer your dreams faster)!
Loving & Appreciating Myself (Put an end to negative self-talk and improve your relationships by loving yourself first).
Attracting Friends & A Great Social Life (Have a more fulfilling life by sharing it with like-minded people)!
Vibrant Health (See your health and energy soar after ...

Previous Episode

Periods, Moods and Menses & Perimenopause, too!

Today on Couch Talk I have brought back a previous – and popular – guest, Dr. Lara Briden.

Lara is here to talk with us about her recently updated book, Period Repair Manual: Natural Treatment for Better Hormones and Better Periods.She is a naturopathic doctor with some twenty years of experience in women’s health and she runs a hormone clinic in Sydney, Australia.

With 4 daughters I can tell you that this is an important resource book – and required reading – in my household!

What I love about Lara’s book is that it contains important information for women as they transition through all ages (including having teenage daughters!)...and in her 2nd edition she added an entire new chapter on perimenopause and the menopause transition...!

What Happens in Our 40’s? The Good, the Bad...and the Ugly, Too

Lara’s key message is to focus on the things you can do in your early 40’s to:

stabilize hormone receptors (not too much estrogen and nurturing your natural progesterone production),
support your nervous system and your adrenal function, and
monitor thyroid health!

Why? Because the focus you put into these things early-on is going to translate to an easier transition later after your periods stop.

Listen to the Interview and Hear About,

What’s happening hormonally in your 40’s? (how progesterone has left the building and estrogen may be wreaking havoc on your periods, mood, sleep and life!)
All about “Thyropause”, the intersection of thyroid disease and perimenopause (and how hypothyroidism can cause heavy periods)
What you can do about “flooding periods”
The number one vital hormone for our 40’s! (and it isn’t estrogen)
Lara’s “rescue prescription” for better mood and sleep...(a super little over the counter combo that supports GABA, our calming neurotransmitter, that can REALLY help...)
How histamine intolerance may be impacting your estrogen levels (resulting in headaches, insomnia and hives...)

And so much more...

I also love that Lara tells her patients that it is important to recognize that this phase won’t last forever, that it is not the new normal! I often tell women in my menopause programs the same thing...you are in a state of transition!

And with a little knowledge you can get through it with a lot less misery!

Lara Has a Gift for You!

You can also get 2 chapters of Lara’s newly revised book as a free download! Check it out!

You and all the women in your life will benefit from it.

Let me know how you like it!

(and apologies for the clicking heard during the interview...I’ve now replaced my microphone!)

NOTE FROM DR. ANNA:

I receive a lot of questions from women relating to hormone imbalances during menopause, but also many questions and concerns relating to fertility issues. Such “transition” times for women are when our hormone balance is most likely to be affected.

Times of stress will also challenge our adrenals, which can worsen hormone imbalances.

You might be interested in reading the story of a young women who was dealing with fertility and thyroid issues...and hearing about her journey to delivering a healthy new baby!

Focusing on improving her adrenal support likely increased her bio-available progesterone levels... it is a beautiful story with a very happy ending!

Next Episode

Hypothyroid Mom: From Miscarriage to Empowering Millions

Today on Couch Talk I have a very special guest who has a million followers on Facebook!

Really!

My guest is Dana Trentini, also known as the “Hypothyroid Mom”. We will be talking about all things thyroid, including Dana’s own fascinating story relating to her personal healing journey (which continues today)...and she’ll be sharing many insights and pearls relating to thyroid health. She began her award-winning website, HypothyroidMom.com in 2012. She started her blog to tell her own story about her lifelong impacts from hypothyroidism, including an earlier miscarriage in 2009.

First, a Little Bit About Dana. She began her award-winning website, HypothyroidMom.com in 2012. She started her blog to tell her own story about her lifelong impacts from hypothyroidism, including an earlier miscarriage in 2009.

What’s so amazing is that she started her blog just to tell her singular story and to share some personal learnings relating to her miscarriage...and that grew into what the site is today; a means to educate and empower millions of people on all things hypothyroidism.

Dana has been featured on The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic, is widely sought after for interviews and advice, and has written the book, Your Healthy Pregnancy with Thyroid Disease.

I have often recommend Dana’s Facebook page to clients, not only for its educational content on thyroid disease...but frankly, for its humor! We all need that, especially when we are feeling like our bodies (and perhaps the traditional medical system) are working against us!

There Is So Much We Aren’t Told About Thyroid Dangers

Thyroid disease can be silently problematic for a long time before we are “clinically hypothyroid”, so how do you know if your thyroid is the reason for how terrible you feel every day?

Dana talks about the core issue of testing; how needed testing just isn’t done, inside or outside of pregnancy. During pregnancy there is not a universal thyroid screening done. That was really the issue that kick-started Hypothyroid Mom into being. After her miscarriage Dana did a deep dive into the scientific research and found there were a lot of known dangers of her having maternal hypothyroidism during pregnancy. And her doctor hadn’t done any tests even though she had had many thyroid symptoms.

Outside of pregnancy, many doctors still do not focus on comprehensive thyroid testing, and the standard care model is to wait until things worsen and then prescribe medication versus doing preventative interventions like changing diet and lifestyle.

Listen to Today’s Couch Talk and You Will Learn,

How statistics show that over half of thyroid patients are undiagnosed! And why that might be so.
The importance of knowing your TSH... as well as...
The importance of lab tests beyond TSH, including two important antibody tests...
And why you can have thyroid disease even with a normal TSH.
The number one cause of hypothyroidism.
How effective the top-selling thyroid hormone replacement meds are...and why one size doesn’t fit all.
How your cholesterol levels can be a symptom of thyroid disease.
How candida, mold, metal toxicity and gut issues affect your thyroid.
Why it’s important to understand the “why” behind the disease. Why did it develop and/or worsen?
What the “good girl” syndrome is and how that affected Dana’s pregnancy.
That hypothyroidism in pregnancy can result in miscarriage, ADD/ADHD, deficits in intellectual development in infants and more...
And you’ll hear so many jewels from Dana...a great interview!