All Episodes

September 4, 2025 4 mins

Are your beliefs quietly shaping your entire reality without you even knowing it?


Snippet of wisdom 85.

This is one of the most replayed personal development wisdom snippets.


My guest Sophia Vasiliou talks about how your perceptions and subconscious beliefs create your experience of reality.


Press play to learn why “believing is seeing” and how changing your inner beliefs can transform the way you experience the world.

˚

VALUABLE RESOURCES:

Listen to the conversation with Sophia Vasiliou in episode #157:

https://personaldevelopmentmasterypodcast.com/157

˚

To explore coaching with Agi: https://personaldevelopmentmasterypodcast.com/mentor

˚

🎙️ Want to be a guest?

Message Agi on PodMatch: https://www.podmatch.com/member/personaldevelopmentmastery

˚

Personal development interviews exploring key principles of personal development, self improvement, self mastery, personal growth, self-discipline, and personal improvement—all supporting a life of purpose and fulfilment.

˚

Support the show

Personal development podcast offering self-mastery and actionable wisdom for self help and living with purpose and fulfilment.

A self improvement podcast with inspirational and actionable insights to help you cultivate emotional intelligence, build confidence, and embrace your purpose. Discover practical tools and success habits for motivation, personal growth, self mastery, mindset shifts, growth mindset, self-discipline, meditation, wellness, spirituality, personal mastery, self growth, and personal improvement. Personal development interviews and mindset podcast content empowering entrepreneurs, leaders, and seekers to nurture mental health, commit to self-improvement, and create meaningful success and lasting happiness.

To support the show, click here.

Mark as Played
Transcript

Episode Transcript

Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Agi Keramidas (00:02):
Welcome to Personal Development mastery
podcast, and this is anothersnippet of wisdom where I select
my most insightful moments fromprevious episodes. Today's
snippet comes from my guestSophia Vasiliou, who talks about
how your perceptions andsubconscious beliefs create your

(00:24):
experience of reality. Let'sdive right in.

Sophia Vasiliou (00:32):
I was attending a lecture by Dr Bruce Lipton
last year or so, and he wasshowing a paper from modern
psychology journal which said,you know, we used to think that
seeing is believing, but nowresearch is really showing that
believing is seeing and theperception of reality is more

(00:58):
important in our experience thanwhat's actually there. And, you
know, for me, that was just mindblowing, you know, with the
psych K work that I do, which isabout reprogramming the
subconscious beliefs. You know,I understood that, but just
hearing it in that way was just,you know, real wow. Moment, you

(01:22):
know, is like that powerful. AndI guess one way of explaining it
would be two people having, youknow, a similar experience. You
know, one's afraid of dogs andone loves dogs, and a barking
dog runs up towards them. Now,one goes into a Terror Response

(01:45):
and one goes into a growth andhappiness response. Now there's
nothing different there, excepttheir perception of what that
dog is, and yet they're having acompletely different
physiological experience. Youknow, they've gone into fight or
flight or into growth andrepair. One's heart is
completely open. One is shuttingdown their immune system and

(02:08):
getting blood to their limbs torun and so actually triggering,
you know, small DNA changes, andbecause environment not safe,
need to do X, Y and Z to make mestronger. So, you know, the
cognitive functions shift, andso their decision making will be
instinctual rather thancreative. And you know, there's

(02:31):
no difference between what'shappening and the external
perspective. So even though theoutside reality can be exactly
the same, your perceptionscompletely changed the event.
And again, this is where werealise every you know, many
people say, you know, oh, you'renot the centre of the universe.
You really are the centre ofyour universe, because your

(02:55):
perceptions filter your realitycompletely. And so, you know,
the way I see the world iscompletely different to anyone
else, and no one else wouldexactly be able to understand
the way I perceive this externalreality. You know, it's like one
person has red glasses on andsomeone else has blue someone
else has violet. You know,they'll all see roughly the same

(03:18):
thing, but from a completelydifferent colour range. And then
when you change a belief it'slike you change from blue to
red, like whoa. I never knew theworld could look like that or be
like that, because it's alwaysbeen red, always been blue.

Agi Keramidas (03:37):
Thank you for listening. You will find the
full conversation with SofiaVasiliou In episode 157 The link
is in the show notes. If youfound value in this episode,
consider supporting the show byvisiting personal development
mastery podcast.com/support youwill also find the link in the

(03:59):
episode description. Iappreciate you until next time.
Stand Out. Don't fit in.
Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal

NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal

Gregg Rosenthal and a rotating crew of elite NFL Media co-hosts, including Patrick Claybon, Colleen Wolfe, Steve Wyche, Nick Shook and Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic get you caught up daily on all the NFL news and analysis you need to be smarter and funnier than your friends.

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!

Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.