Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health,

personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible

versions of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

To get more information, visit the website at therapyforblackgirls.com.

And while I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant

to be a substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for a session 75 of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

A couple of weeks ago, for our 3 for 3rd day chat, a few of you asked me to do an episode

about self sabotage, and that's what we'll be discussing today.

What is it?

Why do we do it?

And how to stop.

So what is self sabotage?

Self sabotage is the often subconscious behaviors and thoughts that get in the way of us achieving

what we say we actually want.

You might also refer to it as blocking your own blessings.

Here are a few examples.

You know that mornings are when you're your most productive, but still you stay up late

every night watching Netflix.

Or you've procrastinated and waited to the last minute, and now you don't have time

...