Comments on: How to Break Out of Recurring Patterns in Your Life in 5 Easy Steps

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:23:22 +0000

Wow Celestine, this is far the best guest post I have read. It’s a detailed one and provides real solutions to real problems. Recurring patterns are not by far different from habits. Therefore, this needs a great moment for breaking.

By: Saif

Saif — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:57:52 +0000

Great post, very clear and very reasonable!
Thanks, I’ll report my feedback when I try it, which is soon:)

By: Luciano Passuello

Luciano Passuello — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:51:14 +0000

You raise a very important point, Rana. I also believe it’s much easier to get rid of a certain behavior if you focus on doing something (replacement), instead of solely focusing on not doing the original action.

Thanks for the reminder.

By: Gary H

Gary H — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:40:15 +0000

One cause that is missing in your analysis is that you are selfish, and have little regard for other people’s time. Therefore, one of the Actions Steps should be to “Grow up and realize that you are not the center of the universe.”

By: adesh

adesh — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:12:42 +0000

hi luciano!!i am a doctor from India. I have been in touch with your site for a while and i must tell you that you are doing a faboulous work.My site wwww.healthisdivine.blogspot.com is also a venture into a similar field that is making people realise themselves.I love your site and i recomend it to those who want to achieve more.
good luck and great going.

By: Rana Sinha

Rana Sinha — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:03:21 +0000

Thanks for the interesting post. Very good approach to get to the root of a problem. The crucial thing, however, is what you replace the habit with.

By: Kent Roper

Kent Roper — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:56:51 +0000

Thanks for this post. I will definitely try these 5 steps in getting out of some of the negative patterns in my life. I think it’s crucial to understand why we do what we do in order to effectively change what we do. I like that your process seeks to find the cause of our patterns.

By: Meghan Porter

Meghan Porter — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:51:00 +0000

Enjoyed the post! I will share it with my family and friends since I know that most people can benefit from realizing our bad habits and then taking the necessary steps to change them. For me, I think it will be very helpful to create a task list like you suggested and keep it in a visible place.
You should consider setting up a http://bit.ly/4bybHr poll for your readers. I find them useful and fun for voting, as well!

By: carol

carol — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:38:38 +0000

Hi, great post celestine!

for me, patterns when left alone can developed into habits which are, by the way, harder to break when it becomes deeply instilled into a person. getting rid of bad patterns can help you avoid nasty habits later in life. the problem with these patterns is we tend to unconsciously fall into it while us, having no idea how we got into that situation in the first place. i believe your advice will be very helpful for individuals who go through the same thing. thank you very much.

By: Luciano Passuello

Luciano Passuello — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:45:18 +0000

Excellent remarks, Patrick.

Acknowledging and finding the hidden benefits seems like an excellent addition to the technique! Most of time we regard a pattern as ‘undesirable’, but we forget that it’s actually bringing us some benefit (otherwise we wouldn’t be doing it, right?)

I also resonate deeply with the idea that the subconscious mind always win in the long-term. — glad you bring that up.

Thanks for sharing your insights!