I venture to say that most of us have beliefs about ourselves that are not true and limit us. “Not being worthy” is up there on the list whether it be worthy of love, success, happiness, or friendship. Whatever your truth is, it can manifest itself in all sorts of ways. You get in your own way. You don’t negotiate the salary you deserve. You don’t ask for a promotion. You don’t tell your friend or partner that you don’t like how they are treating you or that you just need to talk and you want them to just listen.

Taking stock of your negative belief(s) about yourself, known as limiting beliefs, involves self-reflection and introspection. A great first step is to take an inventory of your beliefs about yourself…

Do you operate from a scarcity mindset? Do you find yourself looking at what everyone else has - things, love, time, adventure, money, a big career, etc? If you are asking yourself “Why don't I have these things?”, you have a case of the scarcity mindset. Maybe you are not where you want to be career-wise. Maybe you’ve been saving for a big ticket item and some unexpected expenses came up that squashed that idea…

I wanted to turn the scarcity mindset around especially since it created this feeling of not enough whether it be success, happiness, recognition, or whatever I am seeking on any given day…

What got me out of the “not enough” spiral? I started an abundance journal sometimes called a gratitude journal…

Stability is defined as the quality, state, or degree of being stable. I imagine a lot of us feel the need for stability at the present moment. Even if, as a rule, you do not crave stability, you may want it now. I certainly do, mostly because the greater world feels exceptionally unstable. I go between an obsessive need to know what’s going on in the world, trying to figure out if there is anything I can do to help, and reading everything I can find about the topic, to a forced media blackout when my emotional wellbeing is at risk.

If you crave stability, for whatever reason, here are a few tips.