by dmackinnon | Jun 20, 2012 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
I think of myself as a rule-follower, but there is one rule that I find myself breaking more and more as time goes by. The rule I break most often is the unspoken rule that says we have to “be nice.” This usually means, “keep quiet and don’t rock the boat.” For...
by dmackinnon | Mar 7, 2012 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
If you really want to know what I believe, look at my behavior. For example, I’ve been saying for years that I wanted to get out of debt, that having debt is not for me. But if you looked at my spending habits, you could see that I didn’t really believe this. I would...
by dmackinnon | Dec 9, 2011 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
Recently, I got back in touch with a friend I have known since college. She is a born salesperson, and has been in sales since we graduated (many, many years ago.) The last time I saw her, a few years ago, she was commuting about 3 hours a day to her workplace and...
by dmackinnon | Aug 31, 2011 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
Below are some of the longings I’ve heard over the years from my clients, along with some of the “buts:” • “I’ve always wanted to create beautiful things with my hands, but I have a great job. I’m a school teacher—the benefits are great and everyone tells me I’m...
by dmackinnon | Aug 18, 2011 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
My husband uses entirely too much steak sauce. When we used to have steak (especially the way we used to cook it—shoe leather is way too nice a description), he would pour a lake of A-1 on his plate. Every time he did this I would watch, unconsciously holding my...
by dmackinnon | Jun 22, 2011 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
This is a story of a limiting belief that really held me back, although I was unaware of it at the time. After I got engaged in 1997, my twin sister and I had one of those late night conversations about many things. “I always thought I’d get married before...
