It seems like everyone is talking about “Blocks” these days… Whether it’s called a success block, a mental block, a limiting belief or a limiting opinion.

The common theme is that something is BLOCKED – which I’ll define as “making movement, growth, or flow practically impossible (or extremely difficult).”

Basically, it’s something that is stopping the natural flow forward. Like a river that wants to flow, but a tree or rock is blocking the natural path of the flow.

By accepting limiting beliefs, false ideas or just unhealthy habits, we open ourselves up to (what are often referred to as) BLOCKS. So no matter which life-area is blocked (love-life, money, success, weight, etc.), we can always look for the root of it in one of the 5 Most Common Types of Blocks. (For right now, let’s just focus on Success and Money blocks: things preventing our growth, or blocking our moving forward, with our goals and finances. 🙂

Of the top five most common types of blocks, which seem most familiar?

#1 Parental Programming Blocks:

I think the number one thing that can block us from our success is our parental programming. Some parents may not have expressed their limiting beliefs out loud. In fact, they might not have ever spoken a word about money. And yet still their message came through.

#2 Culture and Religion Blocks:

It’s no surprise really that our cultures, and our religions have a huge influence on our belief systems around money.

Subconscious blocks are easy to pick up with all of the misquoted and misunderstood “spiritual teachings” that are designed to play down the importance of money. Quotes such as:

• “Money is the root of all evil”
• “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Even “common sense” advice can show a subconscious negative attitude regarding money:

• “Money doesn’t make you happy.“
• “Money can’t buy love or friends.“
• “Money Corrupts.”

Or even simply, “Look what money did to Elvis, Marilyn, Robin and Whitney”…

Such thoughts can subconsciously make us afraid of being successful or wealthy. Let’s face it, who wants to be evil, unhappy or prematurely dead?

#3 Low Self-Esteem Blocks

The third thing that can block someone’s success is a low self-esteem or lack of confidence… an underlying feeling that they’re not good enough, and that everything is personal.

#4 “Inability to Receive” Blocks

The fourth way that I find people blocking their own success is by not allowing themselves to Receive..

Some people find it easy to Give, but haven’t yet developed the quality that allows OTHERS to give to THEM.

We need to be a giver AND a receiver – We must allow the FLOW in both ways! Not being able to receive success is a huge block!

It’s tough when we’ve been taught that “all the joy is in the giving” and that “it is better to give than to receive.” But if everyone is GIVING all the time, then there is no one left to give to! In that way, not receiving can actually be selfish.

The tide naturally flows in and out – as energy likes to move between people. Some people have no trouble giving, but habitually block what flows TO them instead of being open to receive it. (This problem is often rooted to feelings of unworthiness, as if they don’t deserve to be given anything.)

Even on the level of compliments! We must be able to give compliments AND receive compliments. We can’t always just be a giver. When we allow other people in our lives to GIVE to us – and allow situations to give to us – the “scale” balances and the free exchange of energy is opened up.

It is only then, when we open ourselves up and allow the universe to share with us – that our friends and those around us will feel the invitation to help. Some people ask the universe for help and then they block all of its avenues to get them the help they ask for.

That’s like ordering from a waitress and then moving to another table – at another restaurant – before your order is delivered.

#5 “Conscious Mind Blindness” Block

The final form of Success Blocks is a general sense of blindness to the opportunities and invitations around us – opportunities that would open the door to more success and wealth!

You see, our subconscious mind only feeds our conscious thoughts a small percentage of what it is taking in (about 5% at the most).

Basically, what it has been taught is of interest or importance to us. And after years of success-blocking, our habits have trained the subconscious mind to only let us see the things that will continue to keep us unsuccessful,

Really think about this – If up until this point in life, the attention has been mainly noticing all the areas where we were NOT successful, our subconscious mind thinks THAT’S what we’re most interested in. It’s almost like losing the ability to see opportunities!

By our reactions and thoughts, we have trained our subconscious mind that we aren’t interested in those things… they aren’t relevant to us… we can’t take advantage of them. So our conscious mind becomes blinded to the opportunities to make money that are right there in front of us! Instead, it gathers evidence of even more things that we CAN’T do and ways that we DON’T measure up.