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9: Transforming Your Inner Critic: How to Rewrite the Belief That’s Been Holding You Back

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Please listen to Part 1 of the Gremlin work - 8: What's Your Gremlin Message?

In this episode, we’ll continue diving into the Gremlin work— transforming the limiting belief that "I’m not good enough" into an empowering truth that "I am good enough." This method is broken down into five transformative steps:

  1. Acknowledging: Identify your Gremlin—the limiting belief that holds you back. By bringing this hidden message to light, you begin to strip away its power over you.
  2. Integrating: Understand that your Gremlin once served a purpose, protecting you from hurt or failure. But now, it’s outdated and no longer fits who you are today.
  3. Releasing: Let go of the old belief and give your Gremlin a new job. Instead of limiting you, it can now encourage and support your growth.
  4. Shifting to an Empowering Belief: Replace the false message with the truth—“I am enough”—and find real-life evidence that supports your new belief.
  5. Taking Aligned Actions: Reinforce your new belief by acting on it. Each small step aligned with your new truth strengthens your confidence and rewires your mindset.

Join me in this transformative process to build your grounded confidence and become unstoppable! Don’t forget to subscribe for more empowering episodes.

The script to say to Gremlin: 
“I thank you, honor you, and embrace you.. And you are not needed to hold me back from your goal..."

"Since I no longer need you to protect me from….., I would like you to, instead, use your energy to do Gremlin’s new job." 

Imagine your gremlin saying back to you, “ I’d love to. I’m only here to help.” 

  • Coco Duan helps high-achieving women executives who secretly doubt themselves to lead powerfully and live authentically by building unshakable confidence.


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