Beat Self-Sabotage

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

It can be hard to imagine a life beyond our fixed perception of what we deserve or what we’ve been given. Today, Dora shares how to broaden our perspective so we can achieve our goals. Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram here! Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello my friends, welcome to Radio Headspace and to Monday.
0:18.3	It's Dora here.
0:19.8	I have a question which may or may not have an answer.
0:25.5	The question is, why do we self sabotage?
0:29.5	This is something I've been reflecting on lately as I continue to teach my MBSR course.
0:34.4	A student of mine had mentioned it during our class and it got me thinking about how
0:38.5	common this experience is.
0:41.6	If you're new to the idea of self sabotage, it's when we consciously or unconsciously
0:46.9	disrupt or hinder our success and well-being.
0:50.4	We can do this mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually and socially, essentially destroying
0:56.9	an aspect of our lives.
0:59.4	But it's interesting because we know that we're striving for something or wanting to accomplish
1:04.6	something, but wherein lies the self sabotage that can arise along the way?
1:12.5	Maybe we believe we aren't deserving.
1:15.3	Maybe things seem too good to be true.
1:18.2	Or maybe we're approaching new moments with old fixed mindsets.
1:23.3	And I get it.
1:24.4	It's hard to imagine a life beyond our own fixed perceptions of what we deserve or what
1:29.3	we've been given.
1:31.2	Low and behold, self sabotage is a survival mechanism.
1:35.1	Our brains are wired to avoid risk.
1:37.8	If we've been living in our comfort zone, going outside of that, signals the warning bells
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