We all make a lot of assumptions about a lot of aspects of our lives. Some of these assumptions are pretty close to objective truth: for example, if your eyes are green, and you believe you can’t make them brown without contacts, you’re probably right.

But, we carry with us other assumptions that are not the truth. They just feel like the truth.  For example, if you believe, “I have to lose weight before I find a good boyfriend,” that’s an assumption that feels like the truth and keeps you from finding a good boyfriend right now.

This week, take some time to examine your assumptions or limiting beliefs, particularly in areas that you wish to change. 

Do you make assumptions about relationships, food choices, clothing choices, your education, or your job that keep you from going for your desires?  Write out some limiting assumptions that you have and then go deeper with each one.  Usually, we build limiting assumptions on top of limiting assumptions. 

Once you’ve done this exercise, you can decide which assumptions you want to release because they don’t represent your truth.

Want some elaboration on how to use this tip?  Then check out Soul Food for an example and more.

Golda is a certified holistic health counselor and founder of Body Love Wellness. She counsels women and men throughout the country on how to get off the dieting roller coaster, give their bodies what they really crave, and love their bodies and themselves. Golda's counseling and activism work have been featured on CBS's The Early Show, ABC's Nightline and Time Out New York. For more support with healing your relationship with food and your body, get your free copy of Golda's Top Ten Tips For Divine Dining by clicking here.