In this episode, we explore what happens when we break through old patterns and learn how to identify them and go the other way so that we can move forward. We are in a time when the world really needs us, and we can't move forward if we are walking in a circle.

What the Myth of Sisyphus and walking in circles through a forest can teach us about forming and breaking old patterns in our lives.

Question Why: Why is the familiar so comfortable? Why is it so difficult to break old patterns?

We explain the tree experience and why it is such an important lesson in moving forward beyond the old, negative patterns that exist in our lives.

My relationship tree experience, and why relationships are often the toughest patterns to break.

Three points on why this matters:

1. You can’t move forward if you’re walking in a circle. And we want to be moving forward toward our purpose — our goals.
2. The things in your life that become habits quickly become your character.
3. What appears to be safety or comfort may actually be the opposite, keeping you in an uncomfortable or unsafe space.

How to navigate the promotion tree experience and why it has people stuck in the same position or the same job for years, frustrated, stuck, and not moving forward.

Three tips on how to do the thing:

1. Look for signposts. What are some of the patterns you have developed in your life that aren’t serving you? Go the other way.
2. Once you've identified your patterns, consider the reasons you continue to do the same things over and over again. Is it fear, comfort, or safety? Is that a good thing?
3. Pledge to check for trees in the future. This is a steady practice — something that we have to revisit over and over. 

Encouraging Word:

You can move forward. The world needs all of us, free of old patterns, walking forward and not in a circle. So identify those trees and go a different way. 

Homework: 

Begin this practice by thinking about and identifying the trees in your life. Commit to breaking those patterns and moving forward, right now.

Additional resources: 

Link to my website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠yvettesimpson.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Link to the book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠authoryvettesimpson.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Link to my IG page @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theyvettesimpson.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and  DM us your comments and show ideas @powerofypodcast

Show credits:

Producer: Nathan Ivey IG/FB @nathaniveycreative