We Live Inside| Heal | Limitless
Hello there! Welcome to my weekly LEAPS.
You’re receiving this email because you subscribed to my weekly Wednesday feature or our mailing list. Every Wednesday, I share 5 things using our LEAPS approach:
Learn: something new or an idea
Energy: an energy (good or bad) word and it’s meaning
Action: something to do
Processing: a question to consider
Shout out: something or someone that I want to celebrate or acknowledge
LEARN
Something Worth Sharing
The Limits We Live Inside
From experience, I know only too well that the greatest limits in life are rarely the obvious ones. They are not a lack of intelligence, opportunity, or even effort. More often, they are the limits we place on ourselves, quietly and consistently, through what we believe to be true about who we are.
At the centre of this sit five core beliefs that need balance to stay healthy:
We are enough
We are loved
We belong
We are responsible
We are deserving
When these beliefs are balanced, they create stability. We are more willing to learn, to stretch, and to engage fully without fear or overprotection. When even one belief drifts out of balance, we begin to limit ourselves, often without realising it.
If we doubt we are enough, we hesitate or hold back.
If we question being loved or whether we belong, we shrink, people-please, or seek approval.
If responsibility tips out of balance, we either avoid ownership or carry more than is ours.
If deserving slips, success can feel uncomfortable and is quietly undermined.
What makes this especially tricky is overcompensation. Trying too hard to prove worth, earn belonging, over-own responsibility, or justify deserving can look like confidence or drive. Yet it often creates new constraints. We overwork, over-give, over-control, or overthink, and in doing so, we limit ourselves in different ways.
As highlighted in the brilliant book Limitless by Jim Kwik, intelligence and potential are not fixed traits. They expand or contract in response to belief. When these five beliefs are kept in check, not inflated or denied but balanced, effort becomes cleaner, learning accelerates, and we stop being our own greatest limiting factor.
ENERGY
An emotion or energy; a stand-out word / s
Heal
This weeks word is ‘heal’ - after hearing someone mention it recently. Heal comes from Old English hælan, meaning to make whole.
At its core, healing is not about fixing what is broken, but about restoring a completeness - albeit a new version.
As an energy word, heal appears when we stop forcing change and allow things to settle into alignment.
ACTION
Something small that you can do that might make a big difference
Belief Balancing
Choose - and focus on - one of the five beliefs above. When you notice it slip out of balance, do one practical reset (these are examples):
speak up
stop over-explaining
remember what you have achieved
say ‘no’
say ‘yes’
hand something back
stop justifying yourself
allow yourself to accept progress without fixing it
PROCESSING
A question to think about and consider (you can discuss this with someone or write your thoughts down)
“Where - in any aspect of life, work or relationships - am I limiting myself at the moment, and which belief is out of balance?”
We often think about what we want to achieve next, yet progress often begins with a more honest question: where am I limiting myself, and what would open up if I stopped?
I’d love for you to send me your own stories / thoughts about this. Drop me a line with your answer / thoughts on this question
SHOUT OUT
Who / what I think deserves recognition - my gratitude or to be celebrated.
Unexpected Connections
This shout out is really a shout out to openness, to the willingness to allow unexpected connections to form. Reflecting on the past year, some of the most significant and powerful connections were ones I could never have planned or anticipated, they emerged simply because there was space for them to do so. It also reminds me to stay open to future connections that may arrive in equally unexpected ways.
BONUS GIFT FOR YOU
This week’s little extra for you - from me
This week’s gift for you is an updated visual of a wonderful book by friend and author Jim Kwik: Limitless.
The offer (below) is available to you for free (for 7 days) using the code: MMM when you check out.
Access is via the ACCESS button below.
Please note that if you miss the 7 day offer, we can not extend this for you. You can, however always access the download for a nominal charge.
The artwork featured in this section is all copyrighted and for private use only. If you wish to use these online, in blogs / features or in presentations etc - we are happy to discuss licences. Please get in touch. The downloads do not have watermarks.
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LEAPS is a process used by our team and clients all the time - and even my own family on a daily basis.
I’ll be sharing a set of LEAPS each week with you and encourage you to do your own version:
L: what have you learned?
E: what’s your energy / feeling word
A: what’s one thing you need to do?
P: what are you thinking / processing?
S: who or what can you shout out?
