I had been telling people this truth my whole life: I had been to Mount Rushmore.
You know the giant sculpture of U.S. presidents carved into the side of a mountain in South Dakota? I had been to the top of that.
It never occurred to me that maybe I hadn't. I mean, I remembered it:
We piled into a minivan for the road trip.
We rode a gondola up to the top of the mountain.
We took the obligatory family photo at the top, equipped with 90’s cutoff denim.
Whenever anyone would bring up Mount Rushmore, I would nod along like, “Yup. I definitely went there once.”
I had the evidence!
The shot glass collectible from the gift shop.
A t-shirt with the outline of South Dakota.
And, obviously, my very reliable and factual memories.
I never stopped to wonder if this was true. My brain had stored this information away as fact. Been there, done that.
Except, it was starting to not make any sense as far as facts go.
Now, geography was never really my strong suit, but somewhere around age 21, I somehow made the connection that I didn’t think I’d ever traveled to the middle section of the US, which didn’t make any sense.
Like, I had definitely been to Mount Rushmore, but I was starting to wonder about the actual how of it all, given this new realization.
A lot of this truth was starting to unravel in my brain, so I called my mom to verify that we had, in fact, piled into a minivan circa 1992 and driven to South Dakota to ascend a giant mountain of U.S. presidents.
...Turns out, we had not.
What we had done was travel to Stone Mountain, in Atlanta, Georgia, which, upon researching, looks nothing like Mount Rushmore.
It took me until I was in my twenties to extract the real truth from my brain.
But our brains can do that.
When we believe something is true, we seek out information or evidence to support that belief. This is what’s known as confirmation bias.
Confirmation bias will even cause us to ignore or dismiss evidence that contradicts our beliefs. Like that t-shirt I had? It was actually from Disney World and had many other US states listed on it.
So many things can become our truth, without us even realizing it.
Like the limiting beliefs we tell ourselves. The ones that sound like, “I’m not smart enough,” or “I’m not good with money.” And often those limiting beliefs start when we are young. Maybe a caregiver told us we always get it wrong, or we’re not ready to handle money.
These limiting beliefs become the story we tell ourselves over and over. And we spend a lifetime building the evidence to support them.
So my question to you is: What are you holding onto about yourself that just isn’t true? What beliefs about who you are feel limiting or might be keeping you stuck in some way?
Think about it. And then ask yourself: “Is this my truth?”
This is exactly what we did in my Soul Aligned workshop last month, and it was amazing to gather in the energy of choice and transformation. I can’t wait to share details about the next workshop coming soon!
Remember, sometimes the stories we tell ourselves are just that: stories.
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Hi! I'm Danica, a psychic medium, intuitive mentor, and author. My work is devoted to creating supportive spaces for highly sensitive folks to reconnect with themselves, their bodies, and their inner wisdom. I weave together intuitive guidance, and somatic practices to help ease perfectionism, soften self-criticism, and strengthen self-trust, because I believe spirituality isn’t about transcending ourselves, but deepening into who we are.
