PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Change can happen


Why not let go of your negative beliefs and embrace your positive beliefs that reside within you? You have the power to rewire your brain, you know. Simply by changing the way you think, you can change the way you act and feel.


by Catherine Plano


W


e so often find ourselves repeating patterns over and over again – whether they


appear in a different year, different time, different job or a different relationship the same patterns or outcomes occur over and over. Most of us think that bad habits


are smoking, biting nails or eating unhealthily – we look at the physical actions. The ones that are hard to recognise are the ones that have been running in our lives for a very long time. Some examples are:


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• Running late for work or meetings • Thinking negatively or focusing on negative


• Gossiping • Seeking attention • Resisting change • Making rash decisions • Being defensive • Not finishing what you started • Not asking for help its needed • Holding on to things that no longer serve you


• Spending time with people who make you unhappy.


One of my habits came to light just in the last six months or so, when my partner in a very frustrated tone said, ‘Catherine, you make it so hard for me to help you because you won’t accept my help or let me do things for you.’ I sat and thought for a moment and


then the penny dropped. It was like I was getting a replay of my life. Why do I find it so hard to ask for help? There have been so many times in


my life when I’ve needed help. When I was struggling, a single mother, working full time and managing all the


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