What if your biggest limitations aren’t rooted in truth—but in unexamined beliefs?

In this mind-bending episode of the Personal Mastery & Growth podcast, we explore the powerful difference between what’s true and what simply feels true because it’s been repeated—internally or externally.

Prepare to:

🧠 Understand How Beliefs Are Formed

Learn how your early environment, repeated experiences, and emotional associations write “code” that gets accepted as truth—often without your awareness.

🔬 Explore the Brain’s Truth Bias and the Illusory Truth Effect

Discover why your brain is wired to favor consistency over accuracy, and how it tends to reinforce whatever you’ve heard the most—even if it’s limiting or false.

🚨 Identify Beliefs That Feel True but Hold You Back

From “I’m not creative” to “People like me don’t succeed,” we break down how disempowering stories form—and what they cost you.

🛠️ Use 6 Questions to Challenge and Reframe Old Beliefs

Learn a practical process to question inherited beliefs, identify emotional roots, and create new stories aligned with your truth—not your conditioning.

This episode is an invitation to become the editor of your internal narrative—and choose belief systems that align with who you’re becoming.

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🔍 HIGHLIGHTS

00:00 – Intro

01:45 – The difference between belief and truth

02:44 – Confirmation bias

04:01 – The illusory truth effect

05:23 – Common disempowering beliefs and where they come from

07:06 – Six questions to rewrite your beliefs

08:38 – This week’s challenge: belief reframing in action

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You’ve started doing the work… but suddenly you feel stuck, confused, or ready to quit.

Don’t panic—that resistance you’re feeling? It’s not failure. It’s a sign that growth is happening beneath the surface.

In this episode of the Personal Mastery & Growth podcast, we unpack what really happens when you start to shift your mindset—and why the old patterns always try to pull you back in.

Prepare to:

🧠 Understand the Neuroscience of Resistance

Learn why your brain fights change, how “change fatigue” sets in, and why confusion and frustration often mean you're building new neural pathways. Jose even shares a powerful lesson from teaching Tai Chi that reframes frustration as progress.

🚨 Recognize the Sneaky Ways Old Mindsets Sabotage Your Growth

From overthinking and procrastination to imposter syndrome and emotional reactivity, you'll learn how to spot the telltale signs of your old programming fighting for survival.

🛠️ Apply 6 Grounding Tools to Push Through Resistance

Discover practical, proven strategies to stay aligned, reset your nervous system, celebrate internal shifts, and return to your growth path with clarity and confidence.

This isn’t about powering through with hustle—this is about honoring the process and recognizing the signals that transformation is underway.

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HIGHLIGHTS

0:00:00 Intro

0:02:13 Resistance is a sign of progress

0:03:11 The science behind why your brain resists change

0:03:49 Confusion is a sign of growth

0:05:21 The ways that resistance shows up

0:06:17 6 tools to stay grounded

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Did you consciously choose your mindset?

Probably not.

From the moment you were born, your mind began absorbing information—modeling behavior, internalizing expectations, and writing code that would quietly run in the background for years.

In this powerful episode of the Personal Mastery & Growth podcast, we peel back the layers to reveal where your mindset really comes from—and how to finally take back control.

Get ready to:

🧠 Understand the Origin of Your Mindset: Explore how early childhood experiences, emotional environments, and modeled behavior form the default beliefs you carry today—often without conscious awareness.

🔬 Learn the Neuroscience of Belief Formation: Discover how your brain encodes early beliefs in “hypnotic” theta brainwaves, why confirmation bias reinforces old scripts, and how neuroplasticity gives you the power to rewire your mind for growth, confidence, and resilience.

🚨 Identify Inherited Mindsets That May Be Holding You Back: From the “hard work equals worth” trap to fear of disappointment, uncover common patterns that stem from survival strategies—not personal truth.

🛠️ Apply 6 Research-Backed Tools to Reprogram Your Mindset: Go beyond awareness with actionable tools to challenge limiting beliefs, write future-self scripts, interrupt outdated patterns, and create new mental habits that align with who you're becoming.

This episode isn’t about blame—it’s about breakthroughs.

It’s about reclaiming authorship over your life by rewriting the invisible code that drives your decisions, behaviors, and sense of self.

------------------🔍 HIGHLIGHTS0:01:19 Where your beliefs come from

0:02:48 How your beliefs become programmed

0:04:54 Common mindset patterns that may be holding you back

0:05:55 6 tools to help you rewrite your internal scripts

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