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Our core beliefs are at the root of everything we do. They influence how we think about and behave towards ourselves, others and the world around us.

The brain develops these beliefs to help and protect us. Formed through our life experiences, especially from childhood and adolescence, they are like an operating manual. They are often extremely rigid and resistant to change. Sometimes they are quite simply inappropriate and the resulting behaviour works against us.

We tend to operate and make our important life decisions under the influence of our core beliefs. Many of our values – which we will be considering in the next section – are usually ...

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