How to Stop Sabotaging Your Progress & The Secret to Lasting Change - With Gabby Bernstein

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Wellness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Selfhelp

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Whether you want to get fitter, improve your relationships, or advance in your career, it all starts with mindset. And if you want to unlock your full potential, you’ll have to identify and eliminate self-sabotaging, negative patterns. That’s exactly what you’re going to learn on today’s show. On this episode of The Model Health Show, our guest is #1 New York Times bestselling author, Gabby Bernstein. She’s here to share the transformative work from her books, including how to overcome the self-sabotage that’s stopping you from reaching your goals. This episode contains conversations on understanding yourself better so you can create the life you desire. You’re going to learn about true inner work and what it entails, how your past can inform the way you behave today, and how to compassionately connect with yourself. Gabby is bringing so much value to this interview, and I hope this conversation resonates with you. Enjoy! In this episode you’ll discover: The truth about self-sabotage. (9:14) What the different types of protection mechanisms are. (10:28) How childhood trauma can manifest into a state of protection. (12:53) What being happy actually is. (15:25) Why Gabby called her newest book Self Help. (15:34) What fear is a sign of. (17:21) The four steps of a self-help practice. (20:28) What the greatest gift you can offer yourself is. (21:23) Why doing inner work can help you create the life you want. (28:04) What synchronicity is and why it happens. (31:30) The four questions Gabby asks herself every morning. (43:17) How to control your experience of your experience. (45:42) The importance of training mentally. (46:58) How to handle failure. (51:54) Why curiosity is a compassionate response to yourself. (53:53) A conversation on AI. (58:01) Items mentioned in this episode include: Organifi.com/Model  - Use the coupon code MODEL for 20% off + free shipping! DrinkLMNT.com/model - Get a FREE sample pack of electrolytes with any order! Self Help by Gabrielle Bernstein - Order Gabby’s newest book! The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein - Read Gabby’s book! Trust the Universe Challenge - Join the 21-day challenge! Connect with Gabby Bernstein Website / App / Facebook / Instagram Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:  Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Organifi and LMNT. Organifi makes nutrition easy and delicious for everyone. Take 20% off your order with the code MODEL at organifi.com/model. Head to DrinkLMNT.com/model to claim a FREE sample pack of electrolytes with any purchase.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.8	For more, visit themodelhealthshow.com.
0:11.8	What if you know exactly what to do to transform your body,
0:15.7	to create the relationships that you want, to have the success in your life,
0:19.2	you have the exact roadmap.
0:21.7	You knew exactly what to do, but you still couldn't find a way to do what was necessary again
0:27.8	you've got the roadmap you know all the steps you know the recipe but for whatever
0:33.2	reason you're leaving out an ingredient here or there you adding stuff that shouldn't be in there
0:39.0	and now your lasagna tastes like peanut butter all right how did we even get here how did all this
0:43.7	get mixed up now i know that this is a crazy analogy but this is what's happening for so many of us
0:48.9	we have the audacity and the willingness and the desire to change and accomplish our goals, but we find ways to sabotage ourselves.
0:58.0	We find ourselves in patterns of inconsistency when we promised to follow through.
1:04.0	And what I want to say today is that you are not alone.
1:07.0	This is something that is very common in our culture today. This is something that is very
1:13.1	common amongst our community. And so number one, just the fact that you are here and you are
1:19.8	wanting to get better and to accomplish your goals, that in and of itself is so much more
1:26.5	powerful than you can imagine.
1:28.6	But there is something going on beneath the surface deep within our psychology that is causing this self-sabotaging behavior.
1:37.4	And today we're going to take a look inside.
1:40.1	We're going to use some powerful insights and strategies to start to deconstruct why I'm not
1:46.4	following through in creating the change that I want to create.
1:49.9	Because you absolutely can, whatever your goals, whatever your desires are, you absolutely
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