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How to release Self-Sabotage and avoid getting in your own way.

Carlotta L
10 min readMar 8, 2021

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Take a moment and think about something you really want to do or change in your life, but you haven’t yet because you may be afraid it might not work out…

Your mind is probably telling you:

What if it doesn’t work out?

What if it is a big mistake?

What if I fail?

If you are afraid of change, I want you to know that you are not alone.

Sometimes, when we want to take up something new, our mind will tell us that we are not ready for it, even if we feel ready.

Yes, starting something new does come with changes and some risks but it also comes with a good amount of exciting possibilities.

Fear will only keep us where we are.

Sometimes we prefer the comfort of an uncomfortable situation because we know it so well, therefore we choose to stay in our comfort zone because even though it might not be where we want to be, it is familiar, therefore safe.

But if we want to achieve a different result, we need to do something different. If we keep doing what we have always done we will always get the same results.

This process can also be called self-sabotage.

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Carlotta L
Carlotta L

Written by Carlotta L

Searching for meaning in our emotions and feelings. Doctoral researcher in counselling psychology and psychotherapy. www.selfhealingclinic.com/ig

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