June 18, 2025 • 22 mins
We welcome Belief Dynamics into the DYNAMICS Series family!
In this episode we discuss the concept of Belief Dynamics, examining how our beliefs shape our lives and where they originate from, challenging listeners to question which beliefs truly serve them.
• Beliefs are the thoughts/ideas that become our personal truths
• Many beliefs are unconsciously inherited from family, society and childhood environments
• What feels bad emotionally can be a signal to examine a particular belief
• Self-belief is fundamental and requires lifelong nurturing and protection
• Quality beliefs come from personal research rather than blind acceptance
• Changing beliefs is natural and part of growth – preferences can shift at any moment.
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Belief Dynamics: Everything Begins with a Thought Blog
What Isness: Moving Beyond 'What Is' Beliefs to Co-creating Blog
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everyone and welcome to the Dynamics Show.
I'm Marianna, your host andguide, here to help you
reconnect with the life you'remeant to live every day.
That's why the day in Dynamicsis capitalized to remind you
that living dynamically isn't aone-time choice.
It's a daily commitment toyourself.
(00:23):
So here we believe that there'sno one-size-fits-all approach
to life, and instead we exploreendless possibilities to help
you to design a life that trulysupports you, your evolution,
your expression, yourpreferences and what serves you
best in each moment.
You're here for a reason, andtogether we'll uncover what that
(00:44):
is.
So are you ready to embraceyour most dynamic, exciting and
authentic life?
Today we are doing a discussionrecording, and I have the
pleasure of having a guest withme today, and that guest is
Makota.
Welcome, welcome, makota.
Thank you for having me today.
(01:05):
Yes, thanks for being here.
Now we are doing the Dynamicsseries, and so this will be
continuation of this, and thisone will be Belief Dynamics.
Now, belief is something thatwe just added to our Dynamics
family as far as being a dynamicon its own, and so that's what
(01:27):
we'll be talking about today.
And if you guys don't knowMakota already, I believe she's
one of the greatest team members, especially for Dynamics series
and Kid Dynamics, because she'sbeen with us literally since
she's been in the womb.
Basically, the inspiration ofKid Dynamics came from being
(01:47):
pregnant with her and then it'sjust been an evolution from that
.
When you think of beliefs,makota, what do you think
initially when you think abelief?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Well, I think it's the ideas that surround a topic
that are exclusive to the waythat you think yeah, so like
thoughts and ideas and yeah, theway that you have thoughts and
ideas about a topic and howthose make the way that you
believe something.
Because the way that you thinkabout something or you see
(02:24):
something or you know something,that becomes the belief that
you believe something.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Because the way that you think about something, or
you see something, or you knowsomething that becomes the
belief that you think is thetruth.
Yeah, it sort of has a way.
Yeah, yeah, we'll talk moreabout that soon, but that's a
great answer, so thank you.
I'd just like to set the tonefor our time together, because
this is more than just a podcast.
We all know what we focus onexpands, so let's just take a
(02:48):
moment to center ourselves, befully present and then just
listen with an open heart andmind.
So, to start, we'll ask youthis given the topic, which is
belief dynamics to our audiencehow do you guys feel about
(03:11):
beliefs?
Do you feel that your beliefssupport you or deter you?
Where are you with your beliefs?
Is it based on what the subjectmatter is, or do you think in
general, you have more positive,uplifting, feel-good beliefs
about life or not?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
so, makota, I'll ask you that well, I think that most
of my beliefs are again madearound everything that I've
experienced, and if I do havenegative ones or ones that don't
feel so good, I try to thinkabout why that is the case and
if I can have a better beliefabout that belief, so that it is
(03:54):
a positive thing instead of anegative.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yes, and you know let's talk just for a second
here about you have beliefsabout everything.
It's similar to like we've donethe different dynamics already
relationships and health andgratitude and all that.
So we all have beliefs abouteverything.
(04:18):
How far back do you think theygo?
How far back do you think theygo?
Do you think they stem frombeing in the womb and how you
felt?
You know the energy and theemotion and everything that you
know your parent went through oryou know as, as you're in this
case, as I was carrying you, andthen you know, and then you are
(04:40):
brought up with certain beliefs.
You know a lot of the times wetake on, like if I look
generationally I could say, ohyeah, I'm still unfolding and
I'm in my fifties and I'm stillunfolding some of the beliefs
that I was taught as a kid andprobably passed down from my mom
(05:04):
and dad and their mom and dadand stuff like about different
beliefs.
And I did one in the vehiclevideo about crows and if you
haven't listened to that introto beliefs and it's on YouTube
and so it's dynamic seriescomand then it's multimedia and
then you can go into the YouTubeand then vehicle like sometimes
(05:28):
you just take the word ofsomebody.
But do you ever really examinea belief?
At what point would you want toor think you have to?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, it's a really good question because I think
when you're growing up, a lot ofthe time you don't even realize
that the way that people actaround you, or even things that
they do, subconsciously have abig impact on you.
As an example, maybe yourparents really don't like
pickles, and so when you'regrowing up, even though you
haven't been able to make thatchoice about pickles, you see
(06:03):
that your parents don't like it,and then that deters you from
wanting to even try them orthinking that you also need to
not like them because of maybenot even knowing that they're
doing that to you, and so onceyou get older, similar things
probably become your beliefs,and now maybe you're 20 or 30
and you still think pickles arehorrible because you never
(06:24):
thought otherwise to question it.
It's really something thatpeople have to think about.
Is that every little thing thatyou believe in can be impacted
by other people, and sometimesyou need to take the time to
realize is this what I actuallybelieve or is this what people
around me have made?
me think, to believe yes, soeven when you're older and even
(06:47):
when you're young.
It's hard to know what is theright time to look at those
beliefs, but I think at everypoint in life you should think
about is this actually what Iwant to think about in my head,
or is that just what I think isthe truth?
Or think is the right thing,because what everyone else has
shown me to do?
Speaker 1 (07:04):
And thanks for sharing that, because that's a
really good point is to, becausewe can be influenced, influence
in in a good or I mean in afeel good or feel bad way.
Influence on what we believe.
Look at all the marketing stuff.
You go on social media andthey're like oh, this is this
and this is this and this is theway to do this and this is this
(07:26):
.
And so then you, some of themare very convincing and some of
them you're looking at productsand then you just you believe
because it works for them.
We don't know the background ofany of that.
So or you watch something on TVor or the news or read
something.
It's like do I believe this?
(07:48):
Should I believe this?
Is this what is sociallyacceptable or is this, what is
this a truth?
Like that's a differencebetween now, I think, with some
of the beliefs is like is thisthe truth and is it what I
prefer to believe?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yes, and that's the kind of thing you need to keep
about beliefs is is that forsome person in the world, that
is what they believe.
That doesn't need to be thatyou believe it too, and so
that's where it becomes a realself-relationship, self-finding
that every single thing that youmight think is wrong or right,
(08:22):
someone might believe in, and soyou have to figure out where
you are in that and what youtruly think of, rather than just
wanting to follow the majorityor follow what you've always
known or anything like that thatevery, every choice that you
make, every belief that you have, is something that you can go
through and double check, kindof to see if that's what you
really believe in yeah, and Ithink for me, what made me start
(08:45):
looking at my beliefs is thatsome of the things that I
believed either were when theywere fearful to me and or they
didn't feel good overall.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
So they were in that emotional category of doesn't
feel good, doesn't feel balanced, doesn't feel peaceful, and
that's why I looked at some ofthe beliefs that I had and went
okay, why am I believing this?
How did I even get to thispoint?
You know, what is your beliefaround your health?
What is your belief aroundfinances and your wealth?
What is your belief aroundbeing grateful for things you
(09:15):
already have, like?
What is your belief inrelationships?
There's a thought that you keepthinking is your belief, and you
will find I always have thisdiscussion with my husband and
with so much information outthere, you can always find
(09:36):
someone that will believe thesame thing as you do, and so
then you'll think, oh well, see,they believe it too.
You know it might be one person,but you know you'll always find
that, because that's a beautyof having a world and all the
diversity that's in there isthat you'll always find someone
that will believe.
But then you can find thosepeople that will confirm your
(09:57):
beliefs, because there's so manypeople, like I said, that have
so many thoughts.
Do you ever look at some ofyour beliefs, Makota, that
haven't felt good and then justsaid, hey, no, this is what I
prefer.
And then what is the processfor you to do that?
Because sometimes that can be achallenge if you've thought
(10:17):
something for so many years.
You know, I have thisconversation with my mom
sometimes and it's just likethey understand at the moment,
but because they've held on to acertain belief for so many
years like they understand atthe moment, but because they've
held on to a certain belief forso many years it might be a
challenge to change that up.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Yes, I've had many experiences like that in my life
, especially when I was young,where I would hear one thing
from other kids or people in mylife and then I would just
believe that wholeheartedly,with no thinking or no research
on my end, and then growing upand realizing that that was
probably not the best way to dosomething.
And doing your own research andhaving your own opinion about it
(10:54):
is really important because Ithink a lot of times when you
make beliefs based on otherpeople that are around you, you
don't really think to do yourown research or to dive deep
enough to be able to explain whyyou believe that.
And some people will say, oh, Ibelieve this just because I do,
or because I've always believedit, or because it sounds right,
but they'd not.
(11:15):
If they had to defend theirbeliefs or they had to explain
them or have a discussion aboutit, they wouldn't even know
where to start.
So having the reasons why youbelieve something can really
make you change and be even moregrounded in your beliefs,
because you know informationabout it that maybe you didn't
beforehand.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Yes, it's a great comment, because there's been
many, that many people along theway that have been very strong
in their beliefs and will defendtheir beliefs at all costs.
And and it's just like you haveto.
You have to get what the truthis Like.
When it comes to belief aboutanything, I always go to the
(11:54):
dictionary definition first so Ican understand what what does.
And I go to three or fourreferences and I go, okay, let's
say it's health.
What does health mean?
What am I supposed to believeabout health?
Blah, blah, blah.
Like this thing, about, like,oh, when you get older, you just
you start, bodies start wearingdown.
Well, yes and no.
(12:15):
Do you want to believe that ordo you want to believe something
else?
Some of these beliefs have comenot only from generational stuff
, but something that someone'swrote thousands of years ago or
hundreds of years ago.
Things are different now, soevery belief that has been
brought forward that we're stillholding on to doesn't
(12:36):
necessarily mean it's true.
So find your own truth.
But one other question I havefor is, again, in part of my
research around beliefs, there'svery little about what?
About believing in yourself?
Yes, I mean, that's the biggestbelief that I believe, that I
(13:01):
believe it's one of the biggestbeliefs that we should have is
the belief in our own well-being, in our own self, in our own
health, in our own wealth, inour own education, in our own
well-being, in our own growthand evolution.
How do you feel about believingin yourself before you
(13:22):
believing in someone else?
Where do you stand on that,makota?
Speaker 2 (13:27):
I think that believing yourself is something
that you have to work throughyour whole life really.
I mean, you think about whenyou're a little kid and maybe
you get bullied or maybe you eatsomething at school that
everyone is like, oh that'sdisgusting.
And now you have thatself-confidence to not maybe
believe in the things that youlike and that you want to allow
(13:48):
other people's views on yourlife and who you are to make.
You want to change, and so Ithink that throughout your whole
life, you're going to have tohave that as something that you
keep strong and that you believein what you believe in and you
believe in your ability to dothe things you need to do.
And if there becomes timeswhere there keeps maybe being
(14:10):
roadblocks that say otherwise,maybe that's the time to go
through and check and do yourresearch and see if that's
something that you still need orwant in your life so that you
can become stronger because ofit.
Because sometimes, when thoseroadblocks are put in place,
it's for a reason and it's to,you know, maybe change your
point of view on something or tomaybe center yourself even more
(14:31):
with your beliefs and who youare yes, to make it, to make it
feel better, to make it, yeah,clear, yeah, and and to really
understand.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Because I challenge us all to look at some of our
beliefs that don't feel so goodalong the way and go, hey, is
this serving me still?
You know, where did this comefrom?
Does it work for me anymore?
Or was this something that,again, there's never any blame
(15:03):
in this generational stuffbecause everyone was just doing
what they knew how to do?
But sometimes, again, beliefswere just passed down along the
way, or influences or teachersor many things.
I mean, you're a teacher, youknow what it's like to be very
clear about what you're sharingwith your students so they're
(15:25):
not just saying, oh, this is theway and that's it, instilling
them that they can have theirown beliefs yes, that's even
what I'm doing.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
My master's on is that to ensure that when you are
sharing cultural differences orthings that are different that
maybe you think your kids won'tunderstand, is to do it from a
place of just information andflat, just wanting to give them
more knowledge than to try toconvince someone, because that's
when it becomes that you'rejust making them believe new
(15:54):
things for their beliefs andthey don't get to think about it
for themselves to give them thekeep it, keep it neutral, and
then it's just like well, thisis the way it's described, but
go do your own research on it,you know, and believe what you
want to believe.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
But just to give that opportunity and option for
anyone at any age to go hey,have you thought about it this
way?
Hey, does that belief serve youanymore?
That type of thing.
So, yeah, I appreciate that.
So is there anything that youknow?
We'll check in with ouraudience here and just go where
are your beliefs at?
You know what?
What do you believe in yourselfLike?
(16:38):
Truly, people may say sometimesyes and sometimes no, but in
general, can you take that timeto believe in you?
And believe in you Becauseyou're unique, you're authentic.
There's no one, absolutely noone, like you and you're a gift
to this world.
There's no one, absolutely noone, like you and you're a gift
to this world.
No-transcript themes of the kiddynamics program, because I
(17:00):
think kids need to know tobelieve in themselves at an
early, early, early age.
You know, believe in themselvesbecause you're constantly
evolving, you're constantlychanging, you're constantly
becoming something.
So let's just make it aboutbecoming the best version of
themselves, yeah, and to believethemselves, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
That sounds great.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Yeah, because when you believe in yourself, it's
easier to then believe in otherthings, because you're at a
strong core foundation.
Is there anything else that youwould like to say, any last
minute things to share abouteither believing in yourself or
believing in other things, orjust a generalization around our
belief dynamics?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Well, I think, like I mentioned before, that if you
feel like this podcast hasresonated with you in some way
or manner and maybe you've hadsigns recently that have pointed
to you having to go andinvestigate your own beliefs is
to take that time to do it andnot to do it out of a way to try
to prove yourself right orprove someone else wrong is to
really feel like is thatactually what I want to believe
(18:08):
in?
Is that actually what I want totell people that I believe in,
especially when it comes tothings that you really care
about, so hopefully that'ssomething you can take home.
And to just take that time andthink about all the things that
you believe in and are you, doyou feel confident and proud if
you were to have to say them outloud to everyone that you know?
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Yeah, that's a really good feedback, and I remember
you being younger and alwayssaying to you like what you say
or what you believe, if you sawit on a big bulletin board and
you were driving by it, wouldyou be okay with it?
Right, you know especially that, and especially if, if, again,
(18:48):
if it doesn't feel good, thatmight be an indicator.
Mccorda said that in theroundabout way if it feels good,
that's great, but if you stillwant to believe in it, you can
always take it to a higher levelof evolution and just go.
Yeah, is this the best belief Ican have?
yes about a certain subject or aperson or a situation or
whatever it might be, becausetheir beliefs are everywhere.
Look up in the dictionary first.
(19:11):
Look up what a belief is firstand then move forward from there
.
This is what dictionaries saythree or four sources, and then
move forward about, about well,what do I want to believe about
such and such?
So exactly, yeah, awesome, whatresonated with you most in
today's episode.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
For you oh I, I think just the idea that even doing
this podcast made me think aboutsome of my beliefs that I had,
and that that's all that I thinkwe're trying to do here is that
taking that moment to justthink and be aware that
sometimes you need to change howyou believe things, and that's
totally fine yeah there's noright or wrong here.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
It's just being aware of being conscious and making
different choices.
Preference that's a difference.
I used to believe this and nowI believe this, and that's okay,
and you can change your beliefsevery moment, yeah, every
second.
If you want to, yeah.
So just take that moment toreflect.
And then what's your next step?
What can you take from thisthat will evolve your beliefs
(20:20):
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(21:07):
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You're doing your master's andyou're going to school.
Well, you're on a little bit ofa school break right now, but
you're getting ready to go backsoon and all that stuff.
So we appreciate you takingyour time and I believe in you,
I believe in what we do and Ibelieve in anyone that's
listening to this and theirwell-being overall.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Yes, me as well.
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
And thanks for being here.
So until next time, thank you,thank you, thank you, and we're
tuning into the show and make ita dynamic day.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Make it a dynamic day .
Hello everyone and welcome to the Dynamics Show.
I'm Marianna, your host andguide, here to help you
reconnect with the life you'remeant to live every day.
That's why the day in Dynamicsis capitalized to remind you
that living dynamically isn't aone-time choice.
It's a daily commitment toyourself.
(00:23):
So here we believe that there'sno one-size-fits-all approach
to life, and instead we exploreendless possibilities to help
you to design a life that trulysupports you, your evolution,
your expression, yourpreferences and what serves you
best in each moment.
You're here for a reason, andtogether we'll uncover what that
(00:44):
is.
So are you ready to embraceyour most dynamic, exciting and
authentic life?
Today we are doing a discussionrecording, and I have the
pleasure of having a guest withme today, and that guest is
Makota.
Welcome, welcome, makota.
Thank you for having me today.
(01:05):
Yes, thanks for being here.
Now we are doing the Dynamicsseries, and so this will be
continuation of this, and thisone will be Belief Dynamics.
Now, belief is something thatwe just added to our Dynamics
family as far as being a dynamicon its own, and so that's what
(01:27):
we'll be talking about today.
And if you guys don't knowMakota already, I believe she's
one of the greatest team members, especially for Dynamics series
and Kid Dynamics, because she'sbeen with us literally since
she's been in the womb.
Basically, the inspiration ofKid Dynamics came from being
(01:47):
pregnant with her and then it'sjust been an evolution from that
.
When you think of beliefs,makota, what do you think
initially when you think abelief?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Well, I think it's the ideas that surround a topic
that are exclusive to the waythat you think yeah, so like
thoughts and ideas and yeah, theway that you have thoughts and
ideas about a topic and howthose make the way that you
believe something.
Because the way that you thinkabout something or you see
(02:24):
something or you know something,that becomes the belief that
you believe something.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Because the way that you think about something, or
you see something, or you knowsomething that becomes the
belief that you think is thetruth.
Yeah, it sort of has a way.
Yeah, yeah, we'll talk moreabout that soon, but that's a
great answer, so thank you.
I'd just like to set the tonefor our time together, because
this is more than just a podcast.
We all know what we focus onexpands, so let's just take a
(02:48):
moment to center ourselves, befully present and then just
listen with an open heart andmind.
So, to start, we'll ask youthis given the topic, which is
belief dynamics to our audiencehow do you guys feel about
(03:11):
beliefs?
Do you feel that your beliefssupport you or deter you?
Where are you with your beliefs?
Is it based on what the subjectmatter is, or do you think in
general, you have more positive,uplifting, feel-good beliefs
about life or not?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
so, makota, I'll ask you that well, I think that most
of my beliefs are again madearound everything that I've
experienced, and if I do havenegative ones or ones that don't
feel so good, I try to thinkabout why that is the case and
if I can have a better beliefabout that belief, so that it is
(03:54):
a positive thing instead of anegative.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yes, and you know let's talk just for a second
here about you have beliefsabout everything.
It's similar to like we've donethe different dynamics already
relationships and health andgratitude and all that.
So we all have beliefs abouteverything.
(04:18):
How far back do you think theygo?
How far back do you think theygo?
Do you think they stem frombeing in the womb and how you
felt?
You know the energy and theemotion and everything that you
know your parent went through oryou know as, as you're in this
case, as I was carrying you, andthen you know, and then you are
(04:40):
brought up with certain beliefs.
You know a lot of the times wetake on, like if I look
generationally I could say, ohyeah, I'm still unfolding and
I'm in my fifties and I'm stillunfolding some of the beliefs
that I was taught as a kid andprobably passed down from my mom
(05:04):
and dad and their mom and dadand stuff like about different
beliefs.
And I did one in the vehiclevideo about crows and if you
haven't listened to that introto beliefs and it's on YouTube
and so it's dynamic seriescomand then it's multimedia and
then you can go into the YouTubeand then vehicle like sometimes
(05:28):
you just take the word ofsomebody.
But do you ever really examinea belief?
At what point would you want toor think you have to?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, it's a really good question because I think
when you're growing up, a lot ofthe time you don't even realize
that the way that people actaround you, or even things that
they do, subconsciously have abig impact on you.
As an example, maybe yourparents really don't like
pickles, and so when you'regrowing up, even though you
haven't been able to make thatchoice about pickles, you see
(06:03):
that your parents don't like it,and then that deters you from
wanting to even try them orthinking that you also need to
not like them because of maybenot even knowing that they're
doing that to you, and so onceyou get older, similar things
probably become your beliefs,and now maybe you're 20 or 30
and you still think pickles arehorrible because you never
(06:24):
thought otherwise to question it.
It's really something thatpeople have to think about.
Is that every little thing thatyou believe in can be impacted
by other people, and sometimesyou need to take the time to
realize is this what I actuallybelieve or is this what people
around me have made?
me think, to believe yes, soeven when you're older and even
(06:47):
when you're young.
It's hard to know what is theright time to look at those
beliefs, but I think at everypoint in life you should think
about is this actually what Iwant to think about in my head,
or is that just what I think isthe truth?
Or think is the right thing,because what everyone else has
shown me to do?
Speaker 1 (07:04):
And thanks for sharing that, because that's a
really good point is to, becausewe can be influenced, influence
in in a good or I mean in afeel good or feel bad way.
Influence on what we believe.
Look at all the marketing stuff.
You go on social media andthey're like oh, this is this
and this is this and this is theway to do this and this is this
(07:26):
.
And so then you, some of themare very convincing and some of
them you're looking at productsand then you just you believe
because it works for them.
We don't know the background ofany of that.
So or you watch something on TVor or the news or read
something.
It's like do I believe this?
(07:48):
Should I believe this?
Is this what is sociallyacceptable or is this, what is
this a truth?
Like that's a differencebetween now, I think, with some
of the beliefs is like is thisthe truth and is it what I
prefer to believe?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yes, and that's the kind of thing you need to keep
about beliefs is is that forsome person in the world, that
is what they believe.
That doesn't need to be thatyou believe it too, and so
that's where it becomes a realself-relationship, self-finding
that every single thing that youmight think is wrong or right,
(08:22):
someone might believe in, and soyou have to figure out where
you are in that and what youtruly think of, rather than just
wanting to follow the majorityor follow what you've always
known or anything like that thatevery, every choice that you
make, every belief that you have, is something that you can go
through and double check, kindof to see if that's what you
really believe in yeah, and Ithink for me, what made me start
(08:45):
looking at my beliefs is thatsome of the things that I
believed either were when theywere fearful to me and or they
didn't feel good overall.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
So they were in that emotional category of doesn't
feel good, doesn't feel balanced, doesn't feel peaceful, and
that's why I looked at some ofthe beliefs that I had and went
okay, why am I believing this?
How did I even get to thispoint?
You know, what is your beliefaround your health?
What is your belief aroundfinances and your wealth?
What is your belief aroundbeing grateful for things you
(09:15):
already have, like?
What is your belief inrelationships?
There's a thought that you keepthinking is your belief, and you
will find I always have thisdiscussion with my husband and
with so much information outthere, you can always find
(09:36):
someone that will believe thesame thing as you do, and so
then you'll think, oh well, see,they believe it too.
You know it might be one person,but you know you'll always find
that, because that's a beautyof having a world and all the
diversity that's in there isthat you'll always find someone
that will believe.
But then you can find thosepeople that will confirm your
(09:57):
beliefs, because there's so manypeople, like I said, that have
so many thoughts.
Do you ever look at some ofyour beliefs, Makota, that
haven't felt good and then justsaid, hey, no, this is what I
prefer.
And then what is the processfor you to do that?
Because sometimes that can be achallenge if you've thought
(10:17):
something for so many years.
You know, I have thisconversation with my mom
sometimes and it's just likethey understand at the moment,
but because they've held on to acertain belief for so many
years like they understand atthe moment, but because they've
held on to a certain belief forso many years it might be a
challenge to change that up.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Yes, I've had many experiences like that in my life
, especially when I was young,where I would hear one thing
from other kids or people in mylife and then I would just
believe that wholeheartedly,with no thinking or no research
on my end, and then growing upand realizing that that was
probably not the best way to dosomething.
And doing your own research andhaving your own opinion about it
(10:54):
is really important because Ithink a lot of times when you
make beliefs based on otherpeople that are around you, you
don't really think to do yourown research or to dive deep
enough to be able to explain whyyou believe that.
And some people will say, oh, Ibelieve this just because I do,
or because I've always believedit, or because it sounds right,
but they'd not.
(11:15):
If they had to defend theirbeliefs or they had to explain
them or have a discussion aboutit, they wouldn't even know
where to start.
So having the reasons why youbelieve something can really
make you change and be even moregrounded in your beliefs,
because you know informationabout it that maybe you didn't
beforehand.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Yes, it's a great comment, because there's been
many, that many people along theway that have been very strong
in their beliefs and will defendtheir beliefs at all costs.
And and it's just like you haveto.
You have to get what the truthis Like.
When it comes to belief aboutanything, I always go to the
(11:54):
dictionary definition first so Ican understand what what does.
And I go to three or fourreferences and I go, okay, let's
say it's health.
What does health mean?
What am I supposed to believeabout health?
Blah, blah, blah.
Like this thing, about, like,oh, when you get older, you just
you start, bodies start wearingdown.
Well, yes and no.
(12:15):
Do you want to believe that ordo you want to believe something
else?
Some of these beliefs have comenot only from generational stuff
, but something that someone'swrote thousands of years ago or
hundreds of years ago.
Things are different now, soevery belief that has been
brought forward that we're stillholding on to doesn't
(12:36):
necessarily mean it's true.
So find your own truth.
But one other question I havefor is, again, in part of my
research around beliefs, there'svery little about what?
About believing in yourself?
Yes, I mean, that's the biggestbelief that I believe, that I
(13:01):
believe it's one of the biggestbeliefs that we should have is
the belief in our own well-being, in our own self, in our own
health, in our own wealth, inour own education, in our own
well-being, in our own growthand evolution.
How do you feel about believingin yourself before you
(13:22):
believing in someone else?
Where do you stand on that,makota?
Speaker 2 (13:27):
I think that believing yourself is something
that you have to work throughyour whole life really.
I mean, you think about whenyou're a little kid and maybe
you get bullied or maybe you eatsomething at school that
everyone is like, oh that'sdisgusting.
And now you have thatself-confidence to not maybe
believe in the things that youlike and that you want to allow
(13:48):
other people's views on yourlife and who you are to make.
You want to change, and so Ithink that throughout your whole
life, you're going to have tohave that as something that you
keep strong and that you believein what you believe in and you
believe in your ability to dothe things you need to do.
And if there becomes timeswhere there keeps maybe being
(14:10):
roadblocks that say otherwise,maybe that's the time to go
through and check and do yourresearch and see if that's
something that you still need orwant in your life so that you
can become stronger because ofit.
Because sometimes, when thoseroadblocks are put in place,
it's for a reason and it's to,you know, maybe change your
point of view on something or tomaybe center yourself even more
(14:31):
with your beliefs and who youare yes, to make it, to make it
feel better, to make it, yeah,clear, yeah, and and to really
understand.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Because I challenge us all to look at some of our
beliefs that don't feel so goodalong the way and go, hey, is
this serving me still?
You know, where did this comefrom?
Does it work for me anymore?
Or was this something that,again, there's never any blame
(15:03):
in this generational stuffbecause everyone was just doing
what they knew how to do?
But sometimes, again, beliefswere just passed down along the
way, or influences or teachersor many things.
I mean, you're a teacher, youknow what it's like to be very
clear about what you're sharingwith your students so they're
(15:25):
not just saying, oh, this is theway and that's it, instilling
them that they can have theirown beliefs yes, that's even
what I'm doing.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
My master's on is that to ensure that when you are
sharing cultural differences orthings that are different that
maybe you think your kids won'tunderstand, is to do it from a
place of just information andflat, just wanting to give them
more knowledge than to try toconvince someone, because that's
when it becomes that you'rejust making them believe new
(15:54):
things for their beliefs andthey don't get to think about it
for themselves to give them thekeep it, keep it neutral, and
then it's just like well, thisis the way it's described, but
go do your own research on it,you know, and believe what you
want to believe.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
But just to give that opportunity and option for
anyone at any age to go hey,have you thought about it this
way?
Hey, does that belief serve youanymore?
That type of thing.
So, yeah, I appreciate that.
So is there anything that youknow?
We'll check in with ouraudience here and just go where
are your beliefs at?
You know what?
What do you believe in yourselfLike?
(16:38):
Truly, people may say sometimesyes and sometimes no, but in
general, can you take that timeto believe in you?
And believe in you Becauseyou're unique, you're authentic.
There's no one, absolutely noone, like you and you're a gift
to this world.
There's no one, absolutely noone, like you and you're a gift
to this world.
No-transcript themes of the kiddynamics program, because I
(17:00):
think kids need to know tobelieve in themselves at an
early, early, early age.
You know, believe in themselvesbecause you're constantly
evolving, you're constantlychanging, you're constantly
becoming something.
So let's just make it aboutbecoming the best version of
themselves, yeah, and to believethemselves, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
That sounds great.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Yeah, because when you believe in yourself, it's
easier to then believe in otherthings, because you're at a
strong core foundation.
Is there anything else that youwould like to say, any last
minute things to share abouteither believing in yourself or
believing in other things, orjust a generalization around our
belief dynamics?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Well, I think, like I mentioned before, that if you
feel like this podcast hasresonated with you in some way
or manner and maybe you've hadsigns recently that have pointed
to you having to go andinvestigate your own beliefs is
to take that time to do it andnot to do it out of a way to try
to prove yourself right orprove someone else wrong is to
really feel like is thatactually what I want to believe
(18:08):
in?
Is that actually what I want totell people that I believe in,
especially when it comes tothings that you really care
about, so hopefully that'ssomething you can take home.
And to just take that time andthink about all the things that
you believe in and are you, doyou feel confident and proud if
you were to have to say them outloud to everyone that you know?
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Yeah, that's a really good feedback, and I remember
you being younger and alwayssaying to you like what you say
or what you believe, if you sawit on a big bulletin board and
you were driving by it, wouldyou be okay with it?
Right, you know especially that, and especially if, if, again,
(18:48):
if it doesn't feel good, thatmight be an indicator.
Mccorda said that in theroundabout way if it feels good,
that's great, but if you stillwant to believe in it, you can
always take it to a higher levelof evolution and just go.
Yeah, is this the best belief Ican have?
yes about a certain subject or aperson or a situation or
whatever it might be, becausetheir beliefs are everywhere.
Look up in the dictionary first.
(19:11):
Look up what a belief is firstand then move forward from there
.
This is what dictionaries saythree or four sources, and then
move forward about, about well,what do I want to believe about
such and such?
So exactly, yeah, awesome, whatresonated with you most in
today's episode.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
For you oh I, I think just the idea that even doing
this podcast made me think aboutsome of my beliefs that I had,
and that that's all that I thinkwe're trying to do here is that
taking that moment to justthink and be aware that
sometimes you need to change howyou believe things, and that's
totally fine yeah there's noright or wrong here.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
It's just being aware of being conscious and making
different choices.
Preference that's a difference.
I used to believe this and nowI believe this, and that's okay,
and you can change your beliefsevery moment, yeah, every
second.
If you want to, yeah.
So just take that moment toreflect.
And then what's your next step?
What can you take from thisthat will evolve your beliefs
(20:20):
and what you want to believe.
So we challenge you to takeaction.
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podcast and just jump into thecontent and you know whatever
sparks your interest and foryour own growth and your own
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Just a quick reminder 2Lmaterials are shared on the show
, are copyrighted and are meantfor informational purposes only.
As always, you know taking thetime.
(21:07):
I know you're busy.
You're doing your master's andyou're going to school.
Well, you're on a little bit ofa school break right now, but
you're getting ready to go backsoon and all that stuff.
So we appreciate you takingyour time and I believe in you,
I believe in what we do and Ibelieve in anyone that's
listening to this and theirwell-being overall.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Yes, me as well.
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
And thanks for being here.
So until next time, thank you,thank you, thank you, and we're
tuning into the show and make ita dynamic day.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Make it a dynamic day .
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