IBS Lifestyle » IBS http://ibslifestyle.com Taking the Stress Out of IBS Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:42:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Seven Ways to Cultivate the Practice of Belief http://ibslifestyle.com/seven-ways-to-cultivate-the-practice-of-belief/ http://ibslifestyle.com/seven-ways-to-cultivate-the-practice-of-belief/#comments Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:34:11 +0000 http://ibslifestyle.com/?p=1695

 

At the start of the New Year, we often make goals about our career, health, or relationships. Unfortunately by the end of January, too many of us give up on those goals. Not because we’re lazy or we didn’t really want the things, it’s because we don’t believe we can actually have them.

 

We often blame it on not enough time or discipline, when in reality it’s neither of these things. The truth is we don’t actually believe we can create what we want.

 

It’s okay not to believe in yourself (at least some of the time).

 

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