Strengthen Your Belief System – Part 3

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will rule your life and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung

Welcome back to our ongoing mini-series on how to Strengthen Your Belief System from the Inside Out. If you haven’t yet read the first two posts, I’d encourage you to check those out first:

1. Strengthen Your Belief System: How Confidence Gets Built from the Inside Out

2. Out with the Old & In with the New: Disempowering Your Inner Critic

In this post, we’re continuing with Step 2 of our “Out with the Old & In with the New” exercise—designed to help you rebuild your belief system by first identifying and then replacing the limiting beliefs that have held you back.

Step 2: Identify Where Your Inner Critic Thought Came From

If you’re serious about transforming your belief system, you have to trace it to erase it. What does that mean? You need to understand the root of your limiting belief—where it came from and why it stuck.

This is where awareness becomes your greatest weapon.

By identifying the origin, you take away the unconscious power those thoughts have held over you.

Here are three reflection questions to help you dig deeper:

1. Is there a person you associate with this belief?

2. Did comparison to someone else cause this belief to take hold?

3. Was there a game, moment, or situation that first planted this seed?

Let Me Give You a Glimpse Into My Own Work

Inner Critic Thought #1: “Not athletic enough to play Quarterback”
Origin: I remember my old Little League football coach. He never gave me a shot at QB—always put me at tight end. His words and actions led me to choose that belief and carry it with me.

Inner Critic Thought #2: “Don’t have a strong enough arm”
Origin: My sophomore year at an Elite 11 camp. During warm-ups, I was paired with a kid who threw absolute lasers while my throws one-hopped. That image stuck with me and turned into a story I told myself for years.

Inner Critic Thought #3: “Can’t perform in the clutch”
Origin: Two high school games stand out. One, my freshman year vs. Sky View, I had a shot to win it and missed the throw. Another, senior year vs. Mountain Crest, we had multiple chances to finish the game and didn’t. Those moments became anchors to that belief.

Now It’s Your Turn

Go back to your three inner critic thoughts and reflect:
Where did they come from?
Who or what planted that seed?
When did you start to believe it?

Write it down. Own it. Bring it to the surface.

Because once you can see it clearly…
You can start to change it.

Stay tuned next week as we move into Step 3 of our “Out with the Old & In with the New” exercise and start the process of disempowering these false beliefs by debunking four of the most common sources they stem from:

• Empty wells

• Comparison

• Past “bad” or “failed” performances

• “Haven’t done it yet”

You're not just building confidence—
You're building truth-based confidence that lasts.