Simon Hodges photographed by Matt Porteous
Life coach Simon Hodges has transformed the lives of royalty, entrepreneurs, billionaires and their families. In this month’s column, he reflects on his own unwanted feelings and offers advice on how to break out of self-sabotaging patterns of behaviour
I am writing this month?s column from the beautiful island of Mallorca, taking a break from the endless stream of Zoom calls, and the repetitive rhythm of life under the cloak of the pandemic.
Ten days into my holiday, I find myself reflecting on how I could have let my life become somewhat grey and joyless, even a little anaesthetised. Yes, I know that this is a big admission from a life coach and some of you may quite rightly question my ability to what I preach! But what I’m able to see clearly now is that these unwanted feelings crept up on me, like a fog that moves slowly and purposefully through the valleys, finally reaching even the higher ground. Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine
That is to say, it can be hard, in these times, to know your ?up from down?, your ?right from wrong?. Your compass loses its bearings and you end up feeling lost. So, how can we begin find our way again"
Breaking old patterns
One of the most powerful tools we are taught as life coaches is the use of a “pattern interrupt.” In layman?s terms, this is a simple technique to stop a client in his / her tracks when, as a coach, you can see he / she is repeatedly playing ...