Habit Busting

No one was born with low self‐esteem, no one was born with an
eating disorder and no one was born biting their nails, stressed or
with a tendency to procrastinate. All habits are behaviours we have
learned and practised so often that they have become second nature.
And because they are part of our second nature, and not our first,
we are closer to our true selves without them. We only feel that they
are a part of us because we have practised them for so long and are
conditioned to have them We often end up feeling that they are
who we are. They are not.
Like many of the other essential skills we learn as we grow such
as talking, eating and walking, habits are behaviours learned by
watching others and copying them because these habits appear to
make others look good and/or feel good The motivation to learn is
no different we believe we are smoking/eating more/compulsively
cleaning/procrastinating in our own best interests ‐ to make
ourselves happy. So we practise these behaviours, believing that
they will not only make us feel better about, but also think better
of ourselves and help to make a reality of the person we think we
would like to be...