Those deep iceberg beliefs can be pretty hard to thaw.

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And contrary to the abundance of magical manifesting mantra-ologies available online, shifting beliefs doesn't happen with a download of insights. Our rewiring takes a little more time to adapt until those beliefs translate into somatic imprints (a lasting ‘felt sense’), then into actions (consistent ones), and eventually habits (that get reinforced through a feedback loop).

In a nutshell: belief alone doesn't work.

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The below pyramid is my observable take on how facets of one’s belief system can have a bit of a hierarchy or first-things-first approach to melting that dense base.

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Lower level items are harder to move but absolutely fundamental to lasting shifts because we exercise our capacity to show up differently.

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Higher level items are easier as perspective shifts, but if tackled first, end up being superficial affirmations or sporadic feedback on extraneous things.

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For instance: if we start with meaning and learning, we can spin our hamster wheels in a dabbling of theory and ideas. There’s no deeper anchor to tether these options.

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If we start with showing up as who we want to become and hone our attention and orientation, we train within a set of imposed constraints that don’t take us on a tangent. We begin to neurobiologically shift in a direction from which we can look back and extract meaning, not the other way around.

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Simply put: “You can't think yourself into change.”

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Though it’s not as simple as rote “doing” though (ie. hustle culture) – as the act of “being” is really an exercise in how we apply energy, where we place attention, and how we orient ourselves to show up differently.

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These are applications that require skillful awareness and a subtle shifts that inform the cruder actions. It’s that 'how you do one thing is how you do everything’ type of action.

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So first things first: who are you being and where are you placing your attention and energy?