As host of the radio show "The Empowered Mother," I have the privilege of coaching moms and moms-to-be across the country. A recent session proved particularly interesting and is a wonderful example for many professional women.

Who: Kristen, a 37-year-old mother of two boys, starting her own business.

Issue: "I have so much already in my life and I am grateful. But, I’m starting my business and I want it all and I want it all right now!"

Background: Kristen has two small boys, ages two and four. She used to be the fashion director for "Cosmo Girl" magazine and has been a stay-at-home mom the past few years. Recently Kristen has been itching to start up her own business. She is enthusiastic about her business ideas but worries that she isn’t moving fast enough.

The Coaching: After hearing Kristen describe both excitement and frustration with getting her new business rolling, I asked, "How good are you with patience on a scale of one to 10?" Kristen figured she was a three or four when it came to patience.

When you experience impatience around an issue or goal, there is often a limiting belief lurking below the surface. A limiting belief can be conscious or unconscious, but can act as a brake on your momentum. Usually you need to dig around and find the limiting belief that is slowing you down and choose to replace it with an empowering belief.

Mom-preneurs are no strangers to limited beliefs – typical beliefs include, "I’ll never have time to do everything," or "Someone else has done this better," or "I don’t deserve to have it all."

As Kristen and I talked, she was able to identify the underlying limiting belief behind her impatience, "I have to have it all now because the window is closing – I don’t trust that my passion and belief will always be there." Together we created an empowering new belief simply by eliminating the word "don’t" from the last statement.

Commitment: Kristen committed to letting the new belief, "I trust that my passion and belief WILL always be there," drive her business decisions and actions over the next month.

Result: "What I loved about the coaching is that it gave me permission to go a little easier on myself  -- that it all doesn’t have to happen right now. I struggle sometimes with taking a back seat as a mother. This helps me know that my business WILL happen and that small steps are okay too."

For You: You have the responsibility and privilege to consciously choose your beliefs for your life. By staying aware of your beliefs, you can keep the ones that serve you, weed out the ones that don’t, and choose the ones that will support who you want to be. The difference between a limiting and an empowering belief is quite literally the difference between a limited and a powerful life.

Is there a limiting belief lurking in your life? See if you can replace it with something more empowering!

Written originally for w2wlink.com by Amy Kovarick.