When a limiting belief is respected and gently explored, NLP has many ways to gather information about its concerns or objections, and its positive outcomes. We can contextualize it, explore its historical origins, utilize its positive outcome to reframe it, educate it, chunk it down, update it, or teach additional behavioral resources and skills, etc., etc.
When and if we decide to challenge it experientially, we can do it in a way that is analog and carefully contextualized, gradually going from an easier task to more difficult ones, and make use of feedback to adjust each succeeding task to make it more relevant and effective. When a limiting belief has been softened in this way, the person gradually becomes capable of a richer and wider range of behavior, without falling into the trap of thinking that s/he can do anything, anywhere, anytime, with anyone.