Here are a few lies I’ve been telling myself for years, maybe you can relate: 

1. I can never make six figures – I’m not good enough. I’m not smart enough, I’m not pretty enough, I’m not talented enough. I don’t deserve that level of success.
2. No one cares about what I have to say
3. Who am I to teach other photographers how to build their business?
4. Someone will point me out as a fraud, I’m not creative at all
5. I’m terrible at telling stories — I don’t know how to market well
6. I can’t speak up because I don’t have opinions and thoughts that matter
7. The work that I do isn’t significant or worthy enough – even as a wedding photographer
8. I’m not good with money – If I make a lot, I’ll lose everything that I’ve made
9. If I want to make more money I have to work harder
10. My clients will hate me if I put healthy boundaries in place

The list could go on… not exactly very pretty or empowering thoughts! 

Have you ever thought any of these yourself?

These used to FILL my head for hours on end before I started checking them & putting them in their place.

It took talking to an outside voice that I trusted – my mentor — to realize that these were exactly what they are, LIES.

I had already tried FACT-CHECKING them on my own and asking myself “Are these really TRUE? Do you have evidence for them?”

But the thing is, we’re all our own worst critics — we COULD believe they’re really true…that’s our worst inner critic talking. 

And that’s because we CURRENTLY believe, at some level, that these things are true..

Our subconscious mind doesn’t like making us a ~ liar ~ so it feels uncomfortable to say “these aren’t true” since we’ve gotten used to hearing them over the years.

So how do we start dismantling these & showing ourselves the limiting liars that they are?

FRIEND-CHECK your thoughts & beliefs after FACT-CHECKING them.

Ask a trusted friend or a business mentor if these things hold true about you! 

We are often the first to see potential and greatness in others and the last to see it in ourselves.

Your brain and subconscious already trusts these people and holds what they say to be worth a lot of importance.

So, lean on your friends and your mentors! 

And if you need a dose of encouragement today, here’s mine for you:

• You are so much more capable than you give yourself credit for
• The world and your clients and your community NEED you to show up with your gifts
• You are irreplaceable
• No one can show up and serve the way you do
• You are so worthy of achieving every goal and dream you have on your heart
• I see the potential in you, and so many of your peers see the potential in you, even on the days you don’t yourself
• You have incredible stories and knowledge to share
• You have what it takes to build an incredibly beautiful and successful creative business
• Your content is valuable, seen and heard – even if you don’t have the “likes” or “shares” to see that
• The work that you do MATTERS
• You, MATTER
• The world is a better place for having you in it
• You have everything it takes to achieve your dreams, you are so wildly capable of it

You are strong, you are brave, you are courageous, you are worthy.

Go for it today and make things happen!!!