This is episode number 11, and today we're talking all about self-sabotage.

Hello and welcome to the Taking Back Your Power podcast. I'm Isabel Palacios, and I specifically

created and designed this podcast to empower, inspire, and help you cultivate a powerful mindset

to build your best life and live out your dreams.

May you always remember your true beauty, your true worth, and your true power always come from

within. So get your coffee, smoothie, or wine ready, and let's get started.

I always say that nothing will hinder your success, growth, and happiness more than yourself.

It took me many years to realize that I was the only thing standing in my way of my success,

of my happiness, and of my power.

Which is why I am so excited to be bringing this episode for you guys this week

because I want to bring awareness to something that is very addictive.

And I had no idea.

I used to hear the term all the time. I used to hear about it, but I had no idea

that I was actually doing this to myself because I thought, oh, well, I'm having fun, I'm doing what I want to do,

this and that. There's nothing in my way. And if I don't want to do something, I won't do it.

And actually, self-sabotage sounds exactly like that because we don't want to do something, I won't do it. And actually, self-sabotage sounds exactly like that

because we don't really realize we're doing it. Some of us are self-aware. Some of us do have more

consciousness about what we're doing than others. But for many years, I either turned a blind eye to it or I said, I'm not doing anything wrong.

I placed the blame on everyone else or everything else.

And I never took responsibility for my habits, for the things I was doing to stop myself from being successful.

So yes, self-sabotage is something very, very delicate, but once you realize

you're doing it, once you realize that you have been stopping yourself in so many ways,

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