Why Do I Keep Falling Back into Old Patterns?

You feel like you have done the inner work, but yet certain patterns keep repeating. Does that ring a bell? Many of us keep falling back into old patterns, even though we have done the inner healing and work we thought was needed. The test is for us to do things differently this time. We are now a different person, so are we going to respond as this new version of ourselves, or as the old version that those around us continue to treat us like?