{"id":216,"date":"2010-06-14T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T09:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/06\/how-to-let-go-of-negative-patterns.html"},"modified":"2010-06-14T09:05:24","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T09:05:24","slug":"how-to-let-go-of-negative-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/06\/how-to-let-go-of-negative-patterns.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Let Go of Negative Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b>Guest Post by Agapi Stassinopoulos<\/p>\n<p><\/b><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/agapi_large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"agapi_large.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/06\/agapi_large-thumb-160x194-15014.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" width=\"160\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"float_left fixed_width_author\">We all have habitual, negative thinking, feeling and<br \/>\ndoing patterns that sabotage our success, happiness and well-being. They become<br \/>\nso ingrained that we think we have no power to change them. They simply become<br \/>\npart of our daily life.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Being passionate about Greek mythology and archetypes, I thought of how the<br \/>\nmyth of Sisyphus might relate to our lives. For those of you who aren&#8217;t familiar<br \/>\nwith the myth, let me tell you about it. <\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Continue reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/agapi-stassinopoulos\/self-help-breaking-the-sp_b_601285.html\">How to Let Go of Negative Patterns<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><i>Agapi Stassinopoulos is an author and motivational speaker. She was born in<br \/>\nAthens, Greece and educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. She<br \/>\nholds a Master&#8217;s Degree in applied psychology from the University of Santa<br \/>\nMonica. She is the author of &#8220;<em>Conversations with the Goddesses<\/em>&#8221; and<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Gods and Goddesses in Love<\/em>,&#8221; which has been translated in seven<br \/>\nlanguages. Her one-woman show, <em>Conversations with the Goddesses<\/em>, became<br \/>\na PBS special and aired nationwide.She is a columnist for the Huffington Post.<\/i><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/agapi-stassinopoulos\">Read more from Agapi<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Post by Agapi Stassinopoulos We all have habitual, negative thinking, feeling and doing patterns that sabotage our success, happiness and well-being. They become so ingrained that we think we have no power to change them. They simply become part of our daily life. 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