In this highlight from the podcast, Dr. Cloud answers the question of how we get started changing emotionally unhealthy patterns. Changing a pattern is not the same as fixing a problem. Patterns recur, whereas problems are incidental. The first step to breaking an unhealthy pattern is recognizing and owning the need to change it. Following that, we need to become comfortable with it taking some time. Unhealthy patterns are not changed overnight. Healing takes time, and growth takes time. Which leads to the main step: How are you going to spend your time, and how do you stay on track?

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