After studying more than twenty different belief-change methodologies, I was able to identify seven crucial elements of the belief change process.  I tested these methodologies personally, and also with some of my clients.  If are seven are present, a belief can be completely eliminated from the core of the psyche.  If any of them are missing, results will be incomplete, temporary, or ineffective.

Most of the techniques I studied turned out to be only partially effective, because they were missing one or more of the seven required elements.

When the belief-change process is partial, or incomplete, client offer comments like these:
<ul>
	<li>“I felt a little better.”</li>
	<li>“I got something out of the process, but it didn’t rock my world.”</li>
	<li>“The process seemed to work for a while, then it faded.”</li>
	<li>“The belief was gone right after the process ended, but it returned two days later.”</li>
	<li>“The world looked different that day, and I felt great.  The next day I was right back where I had been before.”</li>
</ul>
I began seeking a more permanent solution – a way to completely eliminate negative and limiting beliefs – so the old beliefs wouldn’t return to haunt me.  Most of the methods I tested had temporary results. I could feel the belief still operating in the background of my consciousness.  My responses, reactions and behavior were mostly the same as they had been before.  Or, if the belief disappeared from my awareness, the old belief seemed to creep back into my consciousness in a few hours, days, or weeks.

I tested these techniques, and many others:
<ul>
	<li>Affirmations</li>
	<li>EFT (Tapping)</li>
	<li>Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)</li>
	<li>Access Consciousness</li>
	<li>“The Work” of Byron Katie</li>
	<li>The Lefkoe Method</li>
	<li>The Avatar Materials</li>
</ul>
I analyzed the components of each method so I could understand its advantages and disadvantages.  This is the summary of what I discovered:
<ol>
	<li>Most techniques work at the <em>conscious level of the mind. </em>It is very helpful to recognize that you have a belief, and that the belief isn’t actually true.  This is a good and necessary first step.  However, as important as these two conscious steps are, they don’t touch – or clear – the belief from the subconscious mind, which is where it is actually stored.</li>
	<li>Most of our “core beliefs,” the ones that affect us most deeply, are literally below the level of consciousness, and are not easily accessible by the conscious mind. Many were acquired before we gained the ability to speak, so they are stored non-verbally, and cannot be accessed through language.</li>
	<li>Many teachers and practitioners claim that their technique shifts beliefs in the subconscious mind, but the results are temporary. This indicates that the technique didn’t actually clear the belief from the subconscious mind completely or permanently, so it will only be partially effective, and temporary.</li>
	<li>Some methods involve muscle testing as a way of determining whether the client has a particular belief.  Muscle testing is both unreliable and unscientific, and it requires a highly skilled practitioner.  Most people trained in these methods don’t get sufficient training in order to keep their own projections out of the process.  So muscle testing works for some people, but many others don’t believe in it, or think it’s too woo-woo. This makes the technique ineffective for many people.</li>
	<li>Some methods require the practitioner to do something mysterious to you, or for you. These are often named with scientific-sounding terms such as “clearing your spinal energy channels” or “opening the quantum field.”  There are two problems: first, they are not based on objective evidence, and secondly, it can create a dependency on the practitioner for future clearings. Since our beliefs create our reality, any system or process the client <em>believes in</em> will have some positive results – for a while. Most people don’t experience permanent change, however.  (And clients often blame themselves if the process doesn’t work, rather than challenging the methodology’s effectiveness.)</li>
	<li>Some belief-change techniques take the client through long lists of beliefs to test  whether they have them.  We are easily programmed by others, so this method can actually introduce new beliefs into the client’s system, rather than clearing out the ones they have.</li>
	<li>“Tapping” methods such as EFT claim to clear issues permanently.  Tapping methods certainly shift bodily energies in the moment, which can be very helpful. However, I haven’t seen evidence that the changes caused by tapping are permanent, or result in significant behavior change.  (There is evidence that it can be effective for healing trauma conditions such as PTSD, however).</li>
</ol>
After my study of these varied methodologies, I concluded that a new methodology was needed – one based on a scientific understanding of the belief formation process – including neurology, psychology, and physiology, as well as a deep understanding of the structure of consciousness and the mind itself.

I wanted very specific evidence that a belief was permanently gone: significant and permanent shifts in both awareness and behavior, with no back-sliding or repeating of the old patterns.  If successful, a significant, felt change would occur in the clients’ view of themselves, other people, and the world.  They would see themselves differently and feel more empowered. They would see others differently and treat them with more love and respect.  The individual’s circumstances and the world would look different, and new opportunities would appear that they hadn’t seen before.  Behaviors would shift automatically, and easily, toward the actions that would create their desired outcome.

I used all of this research and study to create the <em>BeliefCloset Process</em>, a new way of permanently deleting old, negative and limiting beliefs. The process utilizes a guided imagery technique that engages all levels of the mind.  I have taken thousands of people through the process, and have taught the methodology to hundreds of therapists, coaches, and healers around the world who now use it in their practice.

<em>The BeliefCloset Process</em> is not a silver bullet that changes everything magically. It is a tool that can be used to do the inner work required.  It has a profound impact that can be felt viscerally when each belief is dis-created.

These are the seven elements necessary to delete a belief permanently from the core of the psyche.  The BeliefCloset Process utilizes all of them:
<ol>
	<li>The client recognizes that a belief is involved in the condition, problem, or issue they want to change, and they acknowledge that the belief is just a belief – it is not actually true.</li>
	<li>The client comes to know the belief intimately – as a part of themselves.  They can feel the belief’s impact on their life and on their future possibilities.  They can also feel the  bo</li>
	<li>The client follows the belief down to its root – to its beginnings, in the subconscious mind.  The source could have been indoctrination by others, a self-created conclusion, or a karmic carry-over from the past.</li>
	<li>The client experiences separation from the belief, and recognizes their role in creating it.  This brings the client into their superconscious, or Higher Self, and gives them the power to un-create it.</li>
	<li>The client makes a conscious decision to let the belief go and eliminate it from existence.</li>
	<li>The subconscious, conscious, and super-conscious mind are involved collaboratively in destroying the belief.  Thus, there is no built-in resistance to the act. This is akin to pulling a weed up by its roots so it doesn’t grow back.</li>
	<li>Once the belief is destroyed, the client chooses a new, empowering belief to plant in the space formerly held by the old belief.  This positive belief aligns the client with their highest intentions and their Higher Self.  By destroying the old belief first, this new affirmative belief, or declaration, can then create its intended reality without resistance from old beliefs in the subconscious mind.</li>
</ol>
Guided imagery provides a rich tapestry to engage the subconscious mind. Instructions and requests for feedback engages the conscious mind, and the choice to delete the belief involves the superconscious mind, or Higher Self.

It is crucial that the client make all of their own decisions throughout the process.  This creates safety, and puts the client in charge of the process. This prevents them from becoming subject to the Guide's recommendations or good ideas (which would just be further indoctrination).  By using a rich metaphor and a playful approach to engage the subconscious mind, the technique had proven itself not only effective, but also creative and fun!

Clear Your Beliefs, a 7-week recorded program, allows individuals to conveniently conduct a major clean-out of their core belief system.  It gently guide users through the seven steps, and allows them to delete their own negative and limiting beliefs – the ones that have interfered with their attainment of success, wealth, health, and loving relationships.  This gives the client control over their own belief structures. It is a true empowerment system.

<em>The BeliefCloset Process</em> is offered as a power tool for therapists, healers, and coaches worldwide.  Information for practitioners is available on <a href="http://www.ClearBeliefs.com">www.ClearBeliefs.com</a>.

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