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DINA
MARAIS
‘Self Doubt’
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ELF DOUBT IS NOT SOMETHING TO
be ashamed of, it is just something you need
to be free of. I work with entrepreneurs to
transform their self-doubt into greatness.
When I mention self-doubt I include all the
surviving emotions of unworthiness, fear of
failure, scarcity, uncertainty, anxiety about
the future, etc.
This has also been my own story. I grew up believing I was
not good enough. This resulted in self-doubt and self-sabo-
tage that impacted my life on so many levels. I made it my
mission to help others overcome this path of self-destruc-
tion.
Where does it come from? The seeds of self-doubt are sown
in childhood and it happens through the messages we
receive about ourselves from parents, care givers and teach-
ers. Unknowingly these important influencers cultivate a
culture of performance and competition where the child is
praised when performing well and reprimanded, punished
or worse, ignored when not.
The child learns that she is loved, accepted and approved of
when performing according to others’ expectations. This
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results in people comparing themselves to others and
measuring their self-worth in terms of what they do, have
and other people’s opinions. What actually happens is that
self-worth is confused with self-confidence. When your
self-worth is conditioned upon anything external to you,
your self-worth is on a roller coaster ride. Why? Because
things change, people change, you change.
Clients come to me when they cannot endure the pain of
struggling with self-doubt and its path of destructive
self-sabotage any longer. Most of them have taken on the
personality of a victim and they think that they are the only
one who has this problem. This is not unusual as one of the
symptoms is to feel disconnected and separate from, even
abandoned by Spirit.
Much to their surprise they learn that there are many more
like them. And much to their delight they learn that they
can free themselves from self-doubt including all the surviv-
ing emotions. What actually happens is that they free them-
selves from the past and create a new body-mind of who
they truly are and want to be.
How do we do that? I call it my 4 Step Transformation
Magic System.
MAY 2017