Wendy Leung: Do you have negative thoughts around your IBS that are holding you back
from full recovery?
Watch this video to learn how to move past them so that you can get unstuck and
finally get better.
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Wendy Leung: If you know your mindset is preventing you from becoming healthy, by the end of this
video you'll learn how to release your limiting beliefs so that you can take action and finally
achieve success.
I'm Wendy Leung, Holistic Health & Happiness Expert, Licensed Acupuncturist, and IBS Elimination
Coach and I know that mindset can make or break success.
That's why I teach my clients how to overcome their mental blocks, and now I'm sharing with
you too.
Wendy Leung: This entire series we've been focusing in on IBS mindset blocks.
These are limiting beliefs that you might have, whether conscious or unconscious, that
are preventing you from achieving full recovery.
As a quick recap, we talked about IBS mindset block number one, "There's no cure for IBS
so I'm stuck with it forever."
IBS mindset block number two, solution exhaustion, "Nothing I've tried works so I can't get better."
IBS mindset block number three, chronic illness mindset, not being able to picture your life
without your IBS.
Wendy Leung: IBS mindset block number four, tolerating your IBS, accepting your new normal
because you've gotten used to it.
IBS mindset block number five, wallowing in your misery, "I'm too far gone to recover."
IBS mindset block number six, self-help syndrome, "I can recover all on my own."
And IBS mindset block number seven, food obsession, thinking that the key to recovery is only
in your diet.
Are you struggling with one of these IBS mindset blocks right now?
Let me know which one in the comments below.
Wendy Leung: In the first video of this series I talked about two important things.
The first is that mindset can make or break your success.
If you don't believe it's possible you won't work hard to prove yourself wrong.
The second is that mindset is one of the most difficult things to change.
That's because it's what you believe to be true based on your own personal experiences
and what you've been taught since you were little.
Notice that I said it's difficult, but not impossible.
Wendy Leung: Remember when I talked about growth mindset?
Believing that you can learn, grow, develop, change, overcome any aspect of your life just
by putting in the conscious effort.
You can absolutely retrain your brain to clear those limiting beliefs that are holding you
back so that you can confidently move forward and achieve full IBS recovery.
Wendy Leung: Let me give you a quick example of this.
I'm an introvert.
That means that I'm happy as a clam hanging out by myself instead of going out with groups
of friends.
I can be quiet, I live in my brain, and I don't love attention.
And yet, here I am in front of all of you, building a community on my YouTube channel.
Five years ago I never would have done this.
I would have said, "No.
It's not possible for me to do it."
Introverts are not built to be in front of people.
It drains my energy.
Wendy Leung: But if I hadn't shifted my mindset to clear this limiting belief, this channel
wouldn't exist.
I had to step out of my comfort zone, challenge what I always understood to be true, in the
name of greater good.
I wanted to help more people around the world recover from IBS, and I knew that the only
way to do that would be to get visible.
I focused on my "why" and I let all my previous experiences of shyness, of hating public speaking,
of overwhelm, and of judgment fall away.
Wendy Leung: So coming back to your IBS challenges, how do you shift your mindset to clear those
limiting beliefs that are preventing you from achieving a successful IBS recovery?
Here are some things that you can do.
Number one, acknowledge your limiting belief.
Some of you might be a little resistant to admitting that you have one of these mindset
blocks.
Others of you might not even realize that you do.
If you're not sure, go back to that list, read it to yourself, and see if any of them
causes you to get your back up or say, "Yes, but."
Wendy Leung: That "but" is your resistance kicking in, which usually means that you hold
that belief in you somewhere, whether you like it or not.
But here's the thing, beliefs are just that, beliefs.
They aren't absolute truths even though they seem true to you.
By first acknowledging and accepting that your limiting belief isn't helping you, you
can then take steps to clear and move past it.
Wendy Leung: Number two, focus on your "why" and visualize your IBS-free life.
One of the most powerful motivators is being able to picture and feel your success for
the future, and doing it on a daily basis.
The more you reinforce your success, the more it'll start to replace your doubt and allow
you to move forward towards it.
I recently recorded a visualization exercise specifically to help you guys picture your
life IBS-free.
If you sign up for my newsletter I'll send it right to your inbox.
Wendy Leung: Number three, replace your negative statements with an impactful progressive statement.
Instead of believing that you're stuck, consider where you are as a challenge pit stop on your
way to success.
Replace all your, "I'll never/can't/won't get better" statements with, "I'm on the path
to full IBS recovery," knowing that it's entirely possible for you to get there, just like I
have and just like my clients have too.
Wendy Leung: Number four, release all attachment to your limiting belief.
You might try all of these things and still find that you're stuck with your IBS mindset
block.
You know what?
That's normal.
Remember when I said that mindset is one of the most difficult things to change?
You might consciously really want to get better, but your subconscious mind wants to hold you
back and keep you safe in your comfort zone, even if that means staying stuck in your IBS
struggle.
So how do you get your unconscious mind on board?
The key is to release these limiting beliefs from your energetic field.
Wendy Leung: If you don't know much about how energy works, just know that everything
that exists in the universe has an energetic vibration, including your thoughts and including
your body.
Your limiting beliefs, whether conscious or unconscious, can get stuck in that energy.
Recently, I interviewed transformational coach Louisa Havers.
She explained a little bit more about how energy works, and then taught a really powerful
technique to help your clear your limiting beliefs out of your energy field.
This technique can be used for all sorts of things, and I love it so much that I use it
on a regular basis.
So if you want to learn how to do it, then I'll share that with you below too.
Wendy Leung: So to recap, here are four steps you can take to help you shift your IBS mindset
blocks so that you can move forward and achieve full IBS recovery.
Number one, acknowledge your mindset block.
Number two, focus forward and visualize IBS freedom.
Number three, progressive statements.
And number four, release your limiting beliefs.
Remember, for that visualization exercise to help you imagine your IBS-free life, sign
up for my newsletter and I'll send it right to your inbox.
The link is in the description box below.
And the link to watch my interview with Louisa and learn her clearing limiting beliefs exercise
is in the description box too.
Wendy Leung: All right.
If you like this video let me know by liking it below.
Drop a comment with the word "helpful".
Let me know what your biggest takeaway was.
Let me know what your biggest a-ha was.
Let me know which mindset block you're going to be moving forward to clearing.
Make sure that you share this with your fellow IBS conquerors so that everybody can get rid
of their IBS mindset blocks and really start moving forward to achieve full IBS recovery.
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