How To Release The Hidden Beliefs Keeping You Stuck | Jim Curtis

31 Aug 2026 · 7 min · 5 chapters

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In short

Jim Curtis explains a “release, align, become” framework for people who feel stuck, frustrated, or unable to manifest change, arguing the issue is hidden subconscious beliefs rather than changing external circumstances.

Guest backgrounds

Jim Curtis is a hypnotherapist and author who uses neuro-linguistic programming and cognitive behavioral therapy, plus journaling, mirror/cord-cutting somatic exercises, and guided hypno meditations from a companion app.

Key claims

awareness is required to release; journaling separates you from beliefs; alignment equals love/blissful alignment; “become” means shifting bodily homeostasis and beliefs about capability; real transformation shows up as easier life and better results.

Notable examples

a woman who divorced and lost her job later reported increased worth, love, and income (twice as much) after using the approach.

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Chapters

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NFL Promotions on ESPN

0:00 to 0:31

Learn about the extensive NFL coverage available on ESPN.

“Monday night football, plus pregame and postgame.”

Understanding Hidden Beliefs

0:41 to 2:14

Discover how hidden beliefs can keep us stuck and how to identify them.

“but I'm not getting the results and I'm experiencing frustration and anger inside of me.”

The Three-Step Framework

2:14 to 3:15

Explore the three-step framework: release, align, become, to create change.

“So that'd be through a process of journaling or writing down these beliefs or these things that you've been holding on to first.”

The Process of Becoming

3:15 to 4:37

Learn about the importance of aligning with your desires and changing your identity.

“And then listen to the hypno meditations that I've created in the free companion app, so that we can change that program within our own mind through visualization, through guides.”

Transformation Through Realization

4:37 to 5:50

Understanding how true transformation reflects in your life through ease and flow.

“How does someone know when they truly have become versus just performing a new identity?”
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0:00Jim Curtis:There is so much NFL on ESPN right now. Monday night football, plus pregame and postgame. NFL live, NFL primetime. Everything you need to stay on top of every game, every week. Unbelievable. And now NFL Network is on the ESPN app. More football, more coverage, more ways to watch. Football's on, all season long, on ESPN and streaming on the ESPN app. Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

0:40So if we're feeling stuck in our life, if we're feeling like, man, I'm working harder, but I'm not getting the results and I'm experiencing frustration and anger inside of me. How can we use your three-step framework, release, align, become, to start attracting the future we want? I've experienced this with thousands of people now. And if you've noticed, probably there are so many people who are feeling stuck and they're calling it stuck or I can't manifest anything. I'm not manifesting the life that I want. Or maybe I'll be single forever. Or, you know, I'm not good with finances. Always be broke.

1:18Yeah, always be broke. So it's all these beliefs or issues in life, right? And it really isn't about changing things. It's being happier and more aligned in flow state despite everything. So release, align, become this framework that I've used with so many people that breaking them out and transform them into life starts with release. and the release says, what are those hidden beliefs in my subconscious mind that have been quietly controlling my life? Have to build awareness of it because without awareness, you can't release anything. You're in a cage, an invisible cage. And then when you start to become aware of those things, oh, it's because this happened.

2:01Oh, this story of what my father said to me when I was a child, or this belief started to make me feel not enough or that I wasn't good at something, then you can start to see the cage. Yes. And then the release comes. So that'd be through a process of journaling or writing down these beliefs or these things that you've been holding on to first. So you can kind of see them and separate yourself from them. Yep. Yep. We go through this in the book too. It's a process. It's three step process, release the line become, and then within each process is read, write, listen. So the way that the book is written and the way that I work with this book is the closest thing to a one-on-one with me.

2:42I can't accommodate everybody now, so I wrote this book. So the way that it's written is first we read and it's written with neuro-linguistic programming, cognitive behavioral therapy, and as a hypnotherapist. And so we read the text and it starts to, oh, start to change our mindset a little bit. And then we write really profound questions that will get your subconscious mind to think, to speak. And somatic exercises, like the mirror exercises or cord cutting exercises, so we start to become more aware of what needs to be released. And then listen to the hypno meditations that I've created in the free companion app, so that we can change that program within our own mind through visualization, through guides.

3:25And so that's the release part. The alignment is, okay, people say what they want, and some people say, I don't know what I want. or I understand what I want, but I just can't get it. And so how do we create a vision for what we want and then fall so in love with it, become so clear with it? Because I think alignment and love is the same thing. It's blissful alignment. Fall so in love with it that we know exactly what we need to do. Become so clear and so excited about it. And the next part is become. So how do we change our homeostasis? The homeostasis in our body keeps us from getting too hot.

4:08We sweat. Keeps us from getting too cold. We shiver. And so how do we change the homeostasis of what we believe we're capable of? So if we go back to it, we'll do reading, writing, and listening exercises for each one of those steps. so that it naturally, like a seed growing in earth, it naturally, quietly, organically just starts to change until there is a blossom. And then you say, oh, wow, how did all this change? How does someone know when they truly have become versus just performing a new identity? Yes, that's an interesting question. So you know that you become because things get easier for you.

4:49Yeah, there was a woman that stopped me on the street. She gave me a big hug. I thought I knew her. And she said, I was in one of your workshops. And I said, fantastic. She said, I loved it. My life has changed so completely. And I said, really, what happened? And she said, well, I got a divorce and lost my job. And I said, I'm so sorry. And she said, no, the best thing happened to me. You know, I finally realized I was worth more. And she said, I want to introduce you to this man that I met. And she introduced me to the guy she was with. She said, love of my life. And by the way, I'm now making twice as much.

5:26Wow. And so you know that your identity has changed when the results in your life have changed. When you are worth more. When you are receiving more love, more wealth, more flow. Yeah, more freedom. Yeah. That's really what it sounds like. You're not fighting against something. You're kind of flowing through the world with effortlessness. Yes. Yes. This is not about fixing you. It's about freeing you.

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A woman stopped Jim Curtis on the street, hugged him, and thanked him for the workshop that “changed her life”. Turns out she got divorced and lost her job right after.

She said it was the best thing that ever happened. She finally realized she was worth more, met the love of her life, and now makes double the money.

Jim's framework is Release, Align, Become. First you find the hidden beliefs quietly running your life, stuff like “I'll always be broke” or “I'll be single forever”.

You can't release what you can't see. It's like living in an invisible cage built from something your dad said when you were a kid.

Release uses journaling, mirror exercises, even cord cutting to physically shake loose old programming, not just talk about it.

Alignment isn't just wanting something, it's falling so in love with the vision that clarity and excitement do the work for you.

Become is about shifting your body's homeostasis, literally changing what you believe you're capable of holding.

How do you know it worked? Things get easier. You start receiving more love, more money, more flow instead of forcing everything.

This isn't about fixing yourself. It's about freeing yourself.

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