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Belief Systems, Patterns, and Trauma: Moving Beyond What Kept You Safe

The Suze Maclaine Pont Show with Suze and Jakko

In this powerful episode, Suze and Jakko dive deep into the complex relationship between belief systems, patterns, and trauma. They explore how the beliefs we think are our strengths may actually be rooted in trauma responses that no longer serve us.

Episode Highlights:

• Outgrowing Belief Systems: Suze shares her personal journey with the belief that she’s “better off doing everything alone” – a pattern that felt like strength but was actually rooted in childhood trauma
• Hidden Strengths vs. Limiting Beliefs: Why the belief systems we’re most resistant to changing are often those we’ve misidentified as our greatest strengths
• Jakko’s Pattern: Playing small, being modest, and not taking up space – another survival mechanism that created distance rather than connection
• The Mask We Wear: How we create personas that feel authentic but are actually trauma responses
• Finding True Connection: The journey toward integrating our true selves with our relationships with others
• Saying Yes to All of Life: The practice of accepting every experience as a pathway to growth
• Practical Steps: Daily journaling, accepting feedback, and honoring how others see our true potential

Key Quotes:

“The biggest problem are the belief systems that you think are actually the good ones that you think are actually saving your ass. These are the belief patterns that you don’t want to get rid of because you’ve identified with them so securely that they feel like a safety cushion.” – Suze

“Most belief work, most personal development work is us trying to figure out how we can create a better match with the mask that we made up. And that’s interesting, because the question isn’t, how well are you at being one with your masks? The question is, who are you? Who are you really?” – Suze

“Can we say yes to all of it? Every freaking day. Get up and say yes to the day before I know what the day is going to bring… It’s a full yes to whatever I’m called to do.” – Suze

Special Announcement:

Join Suze and Jakko for their upcoming two-day seminar on March 13-14, 2025, where they’ll facilitate this process of reconnecting with your true self. Limited spaces available! Contact [email protected] to register.

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