Your Beliefs Aren't Yours — They're Borrowed

Join the Guild Your thoughts aren't just yours. Some of them belong to the room you've been sitting in. In this episode, Chris digs into one of the most overlooked drivers of long-term weight loss: the people you surround yourself with. Not as a feel-good motivational concept — but as a real mechanism that shapes the beliefs you hold about yourself and what's possible. In this episode, you'll hear: Why the phrase "I've tried everything" is a borrowed belief — and who you borrowed it from How belief systems inside a social group coalesce and reinforce each other (and how that works against you without you realizing it) The difference between accountability partners and what you actually need: encouragement partners Why identity change — not food rules — is the real engine of permanent weight loss How Chris built a community-forward coaching model after realizing how hard it was to coach people who were isolated The one belief Chris wants you to borrow if you don't have it yet Key Idea from This Episode: Just because you have to do the work yourself doesn't mean you have to be alone while you do it. Chris uses the analogy of running an ultra marathon — every step is yours, but having people alongside you changes everything. Resources Mentioned: Free Kickstart Course → becomingthin.com Join The Guild of Champions → imnotquitting.com About the Becoming Thin Podcast Hosted by Chris Terrell, who lost 125 lbs and has kept it off. The show focuses on the mindset, habits, and identity shifts that create lasting change — not quick fixes or food rules.

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Your Beliefs Aren't Yours — They're Borrowed is an episode from The Chris Terrell Podcast by Chris Terrell.

This episode is 00:18:16 long.

This episode was published on Apr 10, 2026.

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