041 - Breaking Through Limiting Beliefs (Jamie Kern Lima)

No, the incredible Jamie Kern Lima is not a guest on this episode of the Bettys Podcast (though we’d be honored to have her!), but we are talking about her story, her book Believe It (2021), and we quote some of her very wise words. Mary and Lexy also talk about being ‘in the arena,’ which is a reference to this quote from Theodore Roosevelt:

 

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

 

When we are willing to actually get into the arena, and face that bull, we will find the most growth in our lives. We may get dirty, we may face fear and rejection and sadness, but when we actually face them, and ‘grab-the-bull-by-the-horns,’ as it were, we can overcome many difficult things.

 

We also love this quote from Jamie Kern Lima, about who we give our microphones to: “We all have a microphone that we control in our lives. And we get to choose the people we hand that microphone to. We decide who speaks into it and at what volume. When we're able to decide who to let speak into our lives, or who we hand our microphone to, it can change everything.” 

 

Alexis talks a little more about the body’s processors, and how we can know things with our guts and our hearts that we can’t understand with our brains. We also talk about Tony Robbins, (and how Jamie Kern Lima saved up her tip money from being a Denny’s waitress to buy some Tony Robbins tapes!), and how getting into a “beautiful state” can help us process those difficult emotions.

 

Our Better Betty Challenge for this week is find one step–one thing that you’re afraid to face. Get out of the stands, and get into your own arena, look at that bull, and figure out why it’s so hard for you. Facing it gives us so much more control over our brains and our lives. Please let us know how it goes by messaging us or by shooting us an email at thebettyspodcast@gmail.com. Please follow us on Instagram @thebettyspodcast, on Facebook as The Bettys Podcast, and on Twitter @bettys_podcast. 

 

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We hope you can face your own bulls in your own arenas. Don’t just be a spectator in your own lives, Bettys and Jacks. Get in there, get dirty, and after you’ve faced it, stand back and say, “Hot dang! Look how far I’ve come!” We’re so grateful for you. And remember that we love you more.