Fixed vs. Growth Mindset

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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From a Fixed MINDset

to a GROWTH MINDset

Are We Unknowingly Sabotaging Our Own Growth?

Did You Know that just Believing our Abilities are set stone, could be the very thing keeping us STUCK, SPINNING and SETTLING for Less than our RAWmazing Potential?

Here's the Reality!

Our own THOUGHTS might be what’s actually Holding us Back!

This Blog is about Recognizing our FIXED MINDset and SHIFTing it to a GROWTH MINDset, so Stay Tuned!

FIXED vs. GROWTH MINDset

There are two core MINDsets that shape Every Choice we make and Every Goal we Chase:

The FIXED MINDset, is where we BELIEVE our Talents, Intelligence and Potential are LIMITED and UN-CHANGEable.  

The GROWTH MINDset, is where we BELIEVE with Effort, Strategy, Self-Love, and the right FUELstyle, that we can EXPAND, EVOLVE and STEP INTO our NEXT LEVEL.  

Understanding this Difference is CRUCIAL if we want to Live a RAWmazing, Purpose-Driven, Abundant Life that’s not dictated by Fear.  It is led by Vision, Faith, and Fierce Self-Belief.

When we SHIFT Our MINDset, we SHIFT our Reality.

When we STOP Holding ourselves back, we UN-LEASH a version of ourselves that is POWERful and LIMITLESS!

Are We Stuck in a FIXED MINDset?

To Find out, we have to Ask ourselves Questions like - Have we ever:

🔹 Avoided trying something NEW because we were afraid of Failing?

🔹 Compared ourselves to others and thought, “They’re BETTER than me”?

🔹 Quit a Goal Halfway through because it felt too HARD, too Un-Certain, or too Far Away?

🔹 Settled for LESS because we believed this is just how life is for people like us?

AND let’s go even Deeper...

🔹 Are we carrying EMOTIONAL WOUNDS from Childhood, Past Relationships, or Rejection. that whisper, “Don’t try - it’s safer not to be seen”?

🔹 Do we SELF-PROTECT by Self-Sabotaging, keeping ourselves small to avoid Disappointment?

🔹 Do we confuse Staying STUCK with Staying Safe because Growth FEELS like too Big of a Risk after being Hurt before?

💔 Many of us have Built Invisible Walls around Our Hearts and called it “Wisdom” or “Independence,” when in Truth, it’s Un-Healed Hurt showing up as Resistance to Change.

If we said “yes” to ANY of those, then it's time to Look Within with RADICAL SELF-LOVE and AWAREness!

These are all Signs of a FIXED MINDset running the Show.

Comfort doesn’t create Champions. MINDset does.

What a FIXED MINDset Looks Like

Let’s call it out, so we can call in the SHIFT.

💭 Fear of Failure
We tie our Worth to Winning. If we Fail, we believe we are a failure. So we avoid risk at all costs.

💭 Avoiding Challenges
We stick to what FEELS Easy, Familiar, and Safe because we were told that Struggle = Weakness. (WRONG.)

💭 Fixed Identity
We say things like: “I’m just not Creative” or, “I’ve Always been this way” or, “I’m not Good with Money/People/Consistency.”

💭 Resisting Feedback
Feedback becomes something to Fear instead of FUEL. A FIXED MINDset takes Suggestions Personally instead of Productively.

💭 Other People’s Success Feels Threatening
Instead of FEELing Inspired, we FEEL like we’re Falling Behind. So we Shrink. We Self-Sabotage. We Pull Back.

Sound familiar?

What a GROWTH MINDset is

A GROWTH MINDset is the Deep-Rooted Belief that we are Not Fixed, Not Finished, and Not Limited by who we’ve been or what we’ve Experienced.

It’s the understanding that our Abilities, Intelligence, Creativity, and POTENTIAL can all Expand with Effort, Practice, Self-Awareness, and the right kind of FUEL - from the Foods we Consume, to the Thoughts we THINK.

In a GROWTH MINDset, we don’t Fear Failure, we LEARN from it.

We don’t Avoid Discomfort, we GROW through it.

​We don’t settle for “this is just who I am”, we BECOME who we’re meant to be.

What a GROWTH MINDset Looks Like

Let’s break it down RAW and Real:

💚 Curiosity Over Certainty
We replace “I already know” with “What else can I LEARN?” 
Desire to Explore what’s Possible.

💚 Failure = Feedback
We no longer see Setbacks as Stop Signs. Instead, we ask: “What is this here to TEACH Me?”
Mistakes are POWERful Portals to Wisdom.

💚 Challenge is Welcome
Instead of Retreating, we lean in, knowing the Resistance is where the GROWTH happens.
▶ Muscles Grow through Stress, and so does MINDset.

💚 Effort Is EmPOWERing
We stop waiting for the “perfect moment” or “natural talent", and just TRUST in Progress over Perfection.
▶ Consistent Effort + Aligned Action = Transformation.

💚 Inspired by Others 
We CELEBRATE People Winning, it Reflects what’s Available to all of us.
▶ Their success becomes PROOF that Abundance is Real, and we’re Next in Line.

💚 Feedback = FUEL
We Love Feedback and Receive it Consciously and Constructively.
▶ We listen with Love, Allowing it to Refine us, not Define us.

💚 We Say: “Not Yet”
We understand that Everything is a Process, and say: “I may not have it YET and I’m GROWing into it.”
▶ NOT YET is our Ending to a Sentence, Knowing it's a Beginning to our Future.

The RAW SHIFT

Here’s where we FLIP the SWTICH:
  
The day we wake up and say: “This is not who I am, this is who I've been TAUGHT to be.”

Let that sink in.

Even the most Successful People on the Planet didn’t Start Successful.

They SHIFTed. They TRAINed their MINDS like Athletes Train their Bodies.

💡 Thomas Edison - over 1,000 FAILed Attempts before he got the Light Bulb to Work.

💡 Oprah Winfrey -  told us she was “Unfit for Television.”

💡 YOU -  yes, us, right now reading this, have already Survived what we once THOUGHT would Break us.  It DIDN'T!!!

That’s Evidence of GROWTH.

💥 Every FAILURE is FEEDBACK.

💥 Every DELAY is DATA.

💥 Every CHALLENGE is a Call for EXPANSION.

This is what makes us not just Survivors, but MINDset SHIFTERS.

It’s Time to GROW, Gorgeous!

We are not here to LIVE SMALL, STAY STUCK or PLAY SAFE! 
We are here to Be RAWmazing!

2 Ways to SHIFT your MINDset:

 #1.  Do it yourself with 

Keeping in a Positive MINDset is Work. It requires Daily Practice and Repetition.

With over 60 MINDset Mantras, the objective is to Paste them EVERYWHERE, Carry them with you.  Put them where you can See them ALL THE TIME.

This is the Perfect Do-it-Yourself!

 #2.  Do it yourself with a
​MindSet Mentor

Most of us were not taught How to Think, and How to Create the Lives we want to live, just by Thinking certain Thoughts.

Instead we continuously have random 'squirrel' Thoughts that lead us no where and Thoughts that just LOOP around and around! 

We want to be Healthy.  We want to be Rich.  We want to Love. 

Why aren't we there yet?

As a MINDset Shifter, I help Guide people to Shift their MINDset towards Positive, Productive and Powerful Thoughts.

Having a MINDset Shifter as a Personal Coach can Expedite End Results, by Learning how to Live a Happier and more Joyous Life filled with Peace of MIND.

Going to MINDset School, is a Priceless Investment in YOURSELF! 

I did it!  I was Tired of the Internal Chatter, Fed UP of not achieving my Goals.   

And so, I took the 'chance'.  I made the DECISION. I I finally Stopped PROCRASTING!

I INVESTED IN MYSELF!

I Hired a Personal MINDset Coach for two years and then after that, I went to The LIFE COACH School for one year.​

Living a Life guided by Positivity, Purpose and Possibility is Rewarding Beyond Measure.

​CLICK BELOW and Invest in YOU!

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2 Ways to SHIFT your MINDset:

1. Do it yourself with FREE MINDset Mantras - below.

​2. Hire a MINDset SHIFTer and Get Coached - below that.

FREE MINDset Mantras

Keeping in a Positive MINDset is Work. Most of us were not taught How to Keep a Positive MINDset.

​​As a MINDset Shifter, I help Guide people to Shift their MINDset towards Positive, Productive and Powerful Thoughts. This can be achieved on our own with the aid of MINDset Mantras, which can be downloaded for free below.

MINDset SHIFTing can be accomplished Faster with one-on-one Coaching.

Having a MINDset Shifter as our Personal Coach can expedite our end Results, whatever we want them to be.

We can Live a Happier and more Joyous Life filled with Peace of Mind by going to MINDset School which is a priceless investment in ourselves.

We can Learn How to Think, and How to Create the Lives we want to live, just by Thinking certain Thoughts.

This concept is that easy! The hard part is doing the work.

Let's take being Fit as an example. We must do Physical Activity on a Consistent Basis and put in the necessary work in order to get the Results we want.

However, we must know what we are doing. And if we want to get to our Optimum Shape correctly, we hire a Personal Trainer or Coach, to show us the proper way how to do our Workout so we can attain our Goal more Efficiently.

In order to Create the Lives we want, we must Exercise our MIND regularly by Monitoring, Creating, Directing and Controlling the Thoughts we want to Think.

This is attained in an Efficient and Effective manner by hiring a MINDset Shifter to Coach us to SHIFT our MINDset properly.

Living a Life guided by Positivity, Purpose and Possibility is Rewarding Beyond Measure.

MINDset + FUELstyle + LIFEstyle = GAME Changer

Hi, I'm VeRAWonica

I'm a GAME Changer
MINDset Mentor,
FUELstyle Queen,
LIFEstyle Coach, and
RAW Plant Based Expert. 

I've created these Blogs to help you Learn more about how MINDset and FUEL can influence your LIFEstyle and your Health. 

Developing a Positive, Productive and Powerful MINDset along with Consuming a mostly
RAW Plant Based FUELstyle, helps you Create your RAWmazing Health, Wellness and the LIFEstyle you want.


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