Why You Self-Sabotage: Your Brain Doesn’t Want You Happy. It Wants You Safe.
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Why You Self-Sabotage: Your Brain Doesn’t Want You Happy. It Wants You Safe.
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Here is the truth: You aren't broken. You are just protecting yourself.
In this episode, we decode the neuroscience of Self-Sabotage. We explain why your brain (specifically the Amygdala) views positive change as a terrifying threat and forces you back into toxic habits to keep you "safe." We are moving past willpower and diving into Neuroplasticity—the science of physically rewiring your mind to stop being a victim of your impulses.
In this episode, we hack your survival instincts:
🧠 The Amygdala Hijack: Why your brain chooses "familiar misery" over "unfamiliar happiness."
🛑 The 5-Second Pause: The exact tool you need to interrupt the spiral and turn your Prefrontal Cortex back on.
🏷️ "Name It to Tame It": How Affect Labeling (naming your stress or loneliness) instantly lowers your biological threat response.
zz Micro-Commitments: Why "Dreaming Big" is failing you, and how tiny environmental tweaks create massive identity shifts.
If you are tired of starting over every Monday, this is your manual for change. We teach you how to stop fighting your brain and start architecting a new one.
Hit play to delete your old programming.
👇 Rewire Your Week:
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