It is not insane to repeat the same behaviors + be surprised, hurt, or feel shame from the result.

It’s actually quite logical. Quite sane.

So many people feel shame over their patterns. Especially when they repeat patterns they know are painful or harmful.

From birth to age 7, we are being conditioned in a way that is most impactful for our adult life. Our brain waves are altered— + we become tiny human sponges.

What were modeled by our closest attachment (parent figures) becomes our conditioning.

Conditioning is our programmed, unconscious, habit reactions.

In order to create new responses, we have to practice self witnessing. Observing what we think, how we speak, how we react.

With this expanded consciousness, we can make small choices outside of our conditioning.

Like a muscle, new choices must be practiced.

As you do the work, know that when old patterns come up + this is just protection. An attempt from the brain to keep you in the predictable future.

More than anything, our minds (+ our ego) resist what they cannot predict.

The mind will always try to keep you repeating past patterns in an attempt to keep you in the safe, predictable past. It’s quite logical #selfhealers