How do you actually change a core belief about yourself, especially one you've held for so long that it feels like a fact? Whether it's about your body, your relationship with food, or what makes you worthy of acceptance, some beliefs are so deeply ingrained that we don't even recognize them as beliefs.

In this episode of Full But Not Finished, I'm answering a listener's question about how to change core beliefs, using a recent body image moment of my own to explore what that process looks like.

I had just pulled into my driveway when I looked down at my stomach while unbuckling my seatbelt and felt an immediate flash of disgust. I was hungry and about to go inside to eat, and that moment brought up an old association between how my body looked and what I should do about it. But what interested me was how differently I responded to that feeling than I would have years ago.

Using this experience, I walk through how I've changed some of my most deeply held beliefs, including where they came from, why I held onto them, and what helped me begin to see things differently.

We will also explore how to question beliefs that seem undeniably true, including what to do when there's some evidence supporting them. How do we begin developing beliefs that better reflect what we know and what we want to change?

If you've ever wondered why it's so difficult to change, this episode offers a practical way to begin examining what might be keeping you in the hamster wheel.

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Stefanie Michele is a certified coach and somatic practitioner who helps people understand the psychological, emotional, and nervous-system patterns underneath binge eating, food control, body image anxiety, and feeling trapped in the relationship with their bodies.

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