Hi everyone, it's Rosie. Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Friday. Today we're going to take

on a topic that's intimately familiar to most of us, self-sabotage. In other words,

we're making progress in our lives and for some reason we end up derailing ourselves. I know this

first hand from my own battle with self-sabotage in my 20s. I was a chronic procrastinator. I had big

dreams and aspirations. I wanted to become a yoga teacher and nutritionist. But when it came to

taking action, I would always find a reason to delay or avoid it altogether. I would tell myself that

I wasn't ready, that I needed more time, more knowledge, and more training before I could pursue my dreams.

And I'm not alone. The American Psychological Association recently did a study that showed over 70

percent of people engage in self-sabotaging behaviors, mainly due to fears around failure,

rejection, or even success. All of that can contribute to what I call a negative imprint loop.

Basically, it's a set of negative ideas that you have about yourself on repeat in your mind.

In my 20s, my personal negative imprint loop caused me to fill my days with distractions and

excuses, convincing myself that I was being productive when in reality I was just running away from

the discomfort of facing my own potential. Opportunities slipped through my fingers and I watched

my friends progress and wondered why I couldn't break free from this destructive pattern.

To overcome the self-sabotage, I had to bring awareness to my thoughts and challenge the

negative narratives that were holding me back. Whenever I caught myself slipping into self-doubt or

procrastinating, I would gently remind myself that I was capable of deserving success.

I began reframing my perceptions and replacing self-sabotaging behaviors with empowering ones.

I set realistic goals and took small, consistent steps towards them. It wasn't an overnight

transformation, but I witnessed the power of my own self-compassion and the ability to rewrite my

narrative. The work then becomes breaking free from this destructive cycle. We do that by bringing

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