Self Sabotage And How The Saboteur Within You Causes The Craziest Behaviour

Have you ever wanted to do something but your thoughts have fought you every step of the way? When you want to succeed at something or complete a task, do your mental strategies put on the gloves and fight you for control?

I’m sure that we are all guilty of self sabotage …right? It’s as if there’s a negative force that kicks in as soon as we’ve  made a decision to improve our situation. Let’s say that we’re over weight and heading toward the “obese” “self sabotage”category. You look at your flabby body in the mirror as you step out of the shower and yuck!!!   “Aghhhhh…This has got to change,” you tell yourself. And yet, the very next thought that passes through your mind is one of…”Well, I would change my eating habits and exercise more but… (and here comes the onslaught of negative thoughts, primed by The Saboteur Within to create self sabotage)

• I’d be fighting my spouse over what foods we should and shouldn’t be eating.
• The kids won’t like it and they already don’t like me because they’re teenagers and they don’t like anyone past the age of nineteen.
• I just don’t have the time to exercise.
• Some of my friends won’t like me if I lose weight
• I would become a “threat” to my best friend if I was thinner than he/she is.
• I’ve always been a “little bigger” than the average person.
• I could never give up the ice cream. The self sabotage goes on and on….

Why Do You Self Sabotage and How Powerful is The Saboteur Within You?

What is it that YOU really want from yourself? Do you want to lose the weight or are you going to allow your mind to convince your body that you’re better off the way you are right now?

Why is your mind doing this to you? The answer is simple! Your mind has developed right along with the choices you’ve made up to this moment. Those choices put those extra pounds on. You’ve created a “comfort zone” for yourself. Admit it, everything you do is done with the idea of maintaining the most comfort…for you.

Some people create comfort zones that are anything but healthy. They’ve convinced themselves that they can’t dance, sing or otherwise perform unless they’re under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. Others have grown up in an environment where stress and constant strife are the norm rather than the exception so they’re not comfortable unless they’re in some kind of conflict or argument.

Now that we’re mature adults, let’s take the bull by the horns and do what’s right for our bodies and our environment (and I’m not talking about trees here) When the excuses and negative arrows come at us, we have the ability to duck or escape them or here’s an idea….fight them!

If you must, get a pen and paper and write down the pros and cons of the decision you’re facing. When you see that the pros are greater in number then…well, what do you think? You’ll feel better as a result and you’ll be healthier too. Health isn’t just about weight issues; it’s about eliminating stress and conflict in your life as well. So, what other areas in your life are currently being run for you in order to have your Saboteur Within, self sabotage any chance of change?

Self Sabotage- Does The Saboteur Within Actually Support You?

Your unconscious mind knows all of your deepest secrets, it even keeps them from you, and it does this in order to keep you safe. I know it sounds, ridiculous; to think that there is a part of you that knows more about you than you do, but that’s the plain and simple truth of the matter. Your very own Saboteur, who will use your fears against you in order that you remain safe and un-changed, guards your innermost secrets ferociously.

Let me assure you, straight off, that you have all of the answers or rather your unconscious mind does. No matter what your presenting issue is the answers are within you.

My task is to remind you of the answers, reminding you that you have just forgotten for a while and you can look forward to a time, in your future, when you can look back to now, having realised that you have remembered who you truly are.

You see the problem isn’t that you don’t want to change. The problem is that often, when you try to change, you sabotage yourself and that means reading this book and doing the exercises, a couple of times over, so that you can understand the highest intentions that the Saboteur Within looks to uphold for you, thus preventing self sabotage.