7 core principles to kickstart your mindset mastery journey

Getting started in the emotional healing and resetting space can be overwhelming at first. After all, it’s not always easy to figure out where to start. We’ve compiled these 7 core principles to give you that starting point.

You are responsible for your life and the changes you want to make

The traumas and challenges of life may not have been your fault, but it is your responsibility to heal and resolve the emotional baggage that is now holding you back.

Let go of the limiting belief that something or someone external to you will solve your problems. While other people can offer their support and encouragement, it is you who must take 100% responsibility for your choices, decisions and actions.

Be accountable for your own success, no matter what that looks and feels like for you. By working with a THINK Mindset Coach you can learn to build personal accountability for the new outcomes you want to generate in your life.

Affirmation: If it is meant to be, it’s up to me.

Embrace the person who has always been there for you and always will be

There has never been a better time to check in with yourself and notice where there is room for improvement in your relationship with Self.

Is it time to forgive yourself for behaviours of the past?

Is it time to offer an olive branch to the parts of yourself you dislike, so you can learn how to love them again?

Are you ready to take your power back and start taking positive steps in a better direction?

Understanding yourself at a deeper level will help you tap into your intrinsic motivation and drive… the energy many people claim they’ve lost when they first decide to work with a THINK Mindset Coach.

Affirmation: I am learning how to be my own best friend.

Your view of the world is uniquely yours

Each of us has our own unique model of the world and what is possible for us.

No two people share the same perceived reality, not even couples. We each experience the world differently.

By respecting that each individual has their own way of interpreting their inner world - feelings, emotions, thoughts, decisions - as well as the external world - people, events, and life in general - we have no need to judge others harshly nor grasp assumptions or made-up stories.

No one is any better than another; we just know different things and do things differently.

Affirmation: I respect our differences.

Your emotional wounds are what get triggered

You may have been raised to believe that what triggers you is external to you, like another person’s behaviour or an event, but this means you are giving away your power to whoever or whatever you believe to be the trigger.

To feel triggered, you must first run a thought process either consciously or unconsciously to link what you observe or experience in life with some sort of meaning and then associate that meaning with a positive or negative kinesthetic (feeling, emotion, sensation, etc.).

In other words, people don’t trigger you, you run the process of triggering yourself. And what gets triggered is your unhealed emotional wounds or “baggage”.

The truth is, you choose how you feel based on the meaning you apply to your experiences. No-one else is involved.

Mantra: My triggers are my teachers.

Each of us is doing the best we can with the resources we have available

We each have the mental and emotional resources we need to succeed and achieve our desired outcomes in life. There are no unresourceful people, though there is such a thing as an unresourceful state of mind and it’s the latter that causes people to believe they are somehow missing what others seem to have.

We think differently during periods of heightened stress and emotion. In moments of peak stress our flight-fight-or-freeze mechanism takes over and we temporarily lose our capacity for logic, reasoning and problem-solving.

In an optimal state - cool, calm and confident - we’re able to access more internal resources and therefore better able to navigate life’s challenges.

The more you expand your growth mindset, the more internal resources (and opportunities) you can unlock.

Mantra: The more I grow, the more I know.

We each possess the same human traits but express them differently

We are divinely human, each born with the same human traits and characteristics. We all experience feeling scared, angered and sad, as well as excited, courageous, insightful and wise. We can sympathise and empathise with others because we can put ourselves in their shoes.

Some people express their anger, and some hide it. Some people express their fear, while others mask it. Some people prefer to be surrounded by other people, while others prefer spending time alone.

Have respect for the different ways people express or hide their feelings, thoughts or emotions.

If someone in your life chooses not to express outrage about a topic you feel sensitive about, there is no need to determine them as being uncaring or at odds with you.

You may have judged someone harshly for not behaving the way you would expect, when in their reality they were showing you love all along, just in a way you weren’t aware of.

Mantra: I choose what I express, and so do they, and that’s OK.

To experience new and different outcomes in life you must learn to THINK differently

Your experience of life up until now is the direct result of your thoughts, choices and actions. To experience new outcomes it’s time to THINK in new ways and gain fresh perspectives:

• Thoughts: What thoughts led you to where you are now? What thoughts need to change?

• Habits: What habits led you to where you are now? What habits need to change?

• Ideals: What ideals and expectations do you have? Are they achievable? Are they helpful?

• Neuro: What beliefs or emotions keep you feeling like you’re stuck? If you were shown a way to resolve them so they’re no longer blocks, which would you opt to work on?

• Know-How: What were the approaches you took in the past that worked? What do you need to know now to be able to generate change?

Learning is a process. At times it can feel clunky, awkward, confusing or uncomfortable while you learn how to outgrow your behavioural patterns of the past.

Generating new outcomes in your life is also a learning process. You’re bound to experience some confusion as you start to apply new knowledge and take new action.

Rest assured, you’ve been learning all your life. And that means you can relax knowing you are learning how to become the next version of you. Anytime you experience any resistance to change, you can remind yourself you are learning how to THINK in new and exciting ways so you can start experiencing life on a whole new level.

Mantra: My life is in sync with what I THINK.