Simon Hodges photographed by Matt Porteous
LUX columnist and life coach Simon Hodges continues to explore how we can move away from a survival-based way of thinking and towards a mindset which will help us thrive
In my last column, I posed a few questions, one of which I want to explore more deeply, as it is fundamental to personal transformation: What are the beliefs that I previously bought into which are no longer serving me"
Our Belief Systems
So here is the reality: our belief systems drive our behaviour and everything that we do in our daily lives, and I really do mean everything!
Even though we have tens of thousands of thoughts a day, we tend to only focus on a handful and this handful is far too often rooted in fear. Have you stopped to notice recently which thoughts you habitually pay most attention to" What themes seem to keep coming up" Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine
Let me bring this alive for you with some real-life examples of how our belief systems play out day to day. How many of you are familiar with the following"

Constantly hearing a grating voice in your head which crops up just as you?re about to do something slightly scary and exciting"
Feeling frequently frustrated and unfulfilled in your life knowing that you are capable of so much more, but without being able to take the next step"
Noticing that you feel a lot of fear-based emotions in your life, such as anxiety about the future or rumination on the past and...