FOLG [Fear of Letting Go]

You are a sexy snake. Before you can grow, you must shed your old skin.

"Your skin" is old beliefs, habits, fears, and thoughts that would otherwise be holding you back, aka "your baggage."

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Today we are talking about 3 types of baggage:

They can be interwoven.

Physical: An old pair of jeans

A thought: “I’ll do this later.”

A belief: A belief that isn’t serving you is a constriction of energy. It is brought on by a thought or a belief about yourself

A thought: You think a thought. 70,000-90,000 thoughts per day.

A belief is a thought that you hold on to as a truth and operate from that place.

The constriction of energy comes in when a belief that isn’t serving you is so strong and your identity is so wrapped in it that all action and inaction you take or don’t take comes from that place.

Why Let Go of Baggage?

Possible reasons you've avoided losing this baggage:

Lack of time/not a priority: You consider other matters more pressing.

Overwhelm: Don’t know where to start so you put it off.

Out of sight, out of mind: You don’t see it so you don’t think about it.

Not ready to let go: Maybe you don’t want to or maybe it has sentimental value.

Waiting for someone to give you permission: You are waiting for someone else to tell you it is okay to let go.

Didn’t know you were even holding on: You didn’t realize you were even holding on to it.

Didn’t know how letting go would benefit you: You don’t see how letting go of it will positively impact your life.

Lack of Worth: You think you might not deserve better than what you currently have so you keep what you’ve been given. “You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit.”

Fear of Loss: You are worried that you might not be able to find another you like more so you keep the one you have because it’s better than nothing. 

Lack of Confidence: You’re worried that if you let go you will need to show up differently. You are concerned about what that might look like and if you will be able to keep it up.

Fear of Rejection: You are worried about what letting go might mean about you or what other people might think about it. This may also look like "a fear of hurting others." You would rather be unhappy than make other people unhappy because your fear of rejection and lack of self-worth are the dominant driving forces.

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