Painful patterns...

How to Let Go of a Painful Pattern

You need to recognize that you developed certain patterns of behavior due to “belief programming” you absorbed from those around you in the past - or because these behaviors kept you from feeling unwanted anxiety and hurt. You must now recognize that these old patterns of behavior are not working for you in your present. At this point, they are causing more harm than good. You must accept that if you keep doing what you're always doing you will keep getting what you’re always getting.

— Karen Salmansohn (Best selling self-help book author and award-winning designer with about 2 million books sold internationally. She has 1.3 million Facebook fans and 3.1 million views on Pinterest. She is the founder of notsalmon.com, a personal development site, which offers books and video courses on topics such as anxiety, emotional eating, relationships, meditation and happiness. Salmansohn was previously a Senior VP and Creative Director who left her job to pursue writing. She has been profiled in the NY Times, Business Week, Time Magazine and has appeared in popular TV shows).

My favourite therapist says our childhood “programming” is particularly difficult to affect because we can’t process our emotions when we’re young, impressionable and still developing. He says these stuck feelings are the crux of the issue and tend to be bigger than us. Odds are we could benefit from some assistance in sorting some of the old stuff out. Kinda like cleaning out the attic, or getting rid of clothes that no longer fit. Just sayin’ ;) Hugs. XO

Blessings,

Chatgirl