Where Do Beliefs Come From? Understanding the Roots of Your Core Beliefs

So, where do beliefs come from?

Imagine your mind as a garden…
This garden is unique—and in the earliest years of your life, it was planted almost entirely by others. Understanding where beliefs come from starts here. During your formative years, your parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers, and even society were the gardeners, planting the first seeds in your mental soil.

These seeds are your early beliefs—about who you are, what’s possible for you, and what the world is like. These core beliefs take root deeply because they’re sown before you’re old enough to question them.

Childhood: Where Core Beliefs Begin

So, where do beliefs come from exactly? Most core beliefs are formed during childhood, particularly before the age of 7. At this stage, the mind is highly impressionable. You absorb messages—spoken and unspoken—about your worth, safety, identity, and capabilities.

• A nurturing environment may plant flowers of confidence and trees of possibility.

• A critical or fearful environment may grow weeds of self-doubt and barriers of limitation.

These early beliefs shape how you perceive yourself, others, and life itself.

You Inherit Beliefs—But You’re Also the Gardener

As you grow, you continue to live in this mental garden—navigating a belief system that was shaped long before you had a say. The programming is strong. But it’s not permanent.

Here’s the empowering truth: Where beliefs come from doesn’t have to dictate where they stay. Once you become conscious of your beliefs, you step into your role as the gardener.

You can:

• Identify limiting beliefs

• Use tools like EFT Tapping to release old programming

• Plant new beliefs aligned with the life you want to create

Rewriting the Story with EFT Tapping

When you realise that your beliefs were planted by others, you also realise you can choose new ones.

EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a powerful method to release old beliefs stored in your body and nervous system. You can literally “pull the weeds” of fear, shame, or scarcity—and plant new seeds of worthiness, clarity, and self-trust.

So, where do beliefs come from? From early conditioning—but with awareness and intention, you can change them.

Final Thoughts: You’re Not Stuck with the Beliefs You Inherited

Beliefs are not facts. They’re learned, often unconsciously. The question, “Where do beliefs come from?”, invites you to explore the origin of your inner narrative—and then decide what stays and what goes.

You are not your programming. You are the gardener now.