Pattern Interrupt – Break Your State
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
What does it mean to break your state?
What is a pattern interrupt?
For many years, I lived in a state of feeling powerless, depressed and completely out of control of my emotions, thoughts and even my body.
I had resigned myself to continually self-sabotaging myself – going through cycles of depression and anger – and complete numbness.
I thought that this is WHO I WAS.
I defined myself with these words – with these feelings and these thoughts and let my surroundings be the cause of how I felt and reacted to the world.
But as much as possible – I kept this to myself, even some of those closest to me didn’t know I lived in this negative state of mind. That I would talk myself down constantly in my mind – even though I could uplift and be a source of positivity for others, I still did not do this for myself.
But I never stopped wanting to be happy – or to better myself – or to search for answers to overcome these feelings.
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Break Your State
Now, I sit here – overlooking the beach, in Costa Rica – just coming off speaking on the Superwomen Daily Power Call and speaking of my SHIFT.
Speaking of how I changed – of how I overcame my greatest source of pain – my own thoughts, feelings and actions (or lack thereof).
My Facebook wall is full of women messaging me and thanking me for helping them realize something about themselves and I feel so much love and support in others now.
So, how did I come about this MASSIVE change in my internal transformation?
I created a constant PATTERN INTERRUPT.
What does that mean?
It means that although we may THINK that we are our feelings, thoughts and actions – we are NOT. They are HABITS – they are very established beliefs within us that we have been thinking and feeling for many years and we can break those patterns.
We can change these ideas – we can truly step into our own power and confidence.
“Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.” Orison Swett Marden
We can direct our thoughts and emotions in any way we want – we have this ability to be conscious of what we are thinking and feeling at any given moment – and we can CHANGE it.
This is a pattern interrupt – you must Break Your State.
”The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.” Anthony Robbins
So, how do you break your state?
Put your body in MOTION.
That is why it is called E-Motion – you can change your feelings by simply changing the movement of your physical body. You are literally changing your body’s state – by creating more movement, changing your environment or by ‘snapping yourself out of it’ by changing your focus.
Taking a walk. Dancing. Taking a cold shower. Eating good food. Working out. Engaging in good conversation. Reading or listening to audio or music you love. the list continues…
It seems simple – but this is how you can change your patterns of thinking and feeling – and creating better habits.
“The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably, thought and act.” Orison Swett Marden
To be completely honest – this is not easy. It won’t be easy to shift your focus and take charge of your thoughts and emotions, but it will become easier over time and eventually, you will reach a tipping point. All of a sudden, new habits of thinking and conversely, new ways of ACTING will feel good and if you do begin to slip back to an old way of feeling, it will be easy to snap out of it.
The sheer awareness of your thoughts and feelings will give you the ability to take a step back, and if necessary, break your state if you find that your thoughts and feelings are not serving you.
I continue to do this in my own life – and I have evidence of my personal transformation when I see how far I’ve come.
From living in constant fear, low self-esteem and lack of self confidence for many years of my life – suppressing my dreams and really hiding my potential not just from the world, but also from myself.
To living an incredible life with my husband on the beach in Costa Rica.
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