Welcome to Style Your Mind, a podcast for women who want to design their thoughts, empower themselves, and build a beautiful life.

I'm your host, Kara Al-Waleba, best-selling author and master life coach.

I am obsessed with women on the edge of change, and I've worked with hundreds of those women all around the world to help them unlock the best

version of themselves and fulfill their potential. If you're ready to style your mind and transform

your life, then you're in the right place. Let's do this.

Hi guys and welcome back to Style Your Mind.

So today I want to cover a topic that I think so many of us can relate to, myself included,

and that is self-sabotage.

I put out a request on Instagram the other day asking what you guys want me to talk about,

and this specific request comes from Anna Chavez M on Instagram the other day asking what you guys want me to talk about. And this specific request

comes from Anna Chavez M on Instagram. And she said, how and why we sabotage ourselves. I've had a

business idea for years. I feel so motivated when I want to do something towards it. But then I

start feeling so anxious and end up doing something else instead.

I don't know why I always do this.

Has this happened to you or when you started?

Thanks, Kara.

It's always a pleasure reading you and listening to your podcast.

It's part of my morning routine.

Thank you, Anna, that is so sweet.

And I am so excited to answer this because I feel like it is a topic, like I said,

that we can all relate to.

So I'm going to be honest with you. I know for a fact, I know this. There is no other reason for it. We sabotage ourselves because we are afraid, because we are fearful. We don't want to fail.

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