Self-Sabotage Day Five: Radical Self-Acceptance Prompt: Explore ways to cultivate self-compassion and self-love in the face of self-sabotage. How can you show kindness and understanding toward yourself, even in moments of perceived failure or setback? Practice affirming your inherent worth and potential for growth. As we reach the end of our journey in confronting self-sabotage,… Continue reading Shadow Seeker: 5-Day Mini-Series
Self-Sabotage Day Four: Confonting Negative Self-Talk Prompt: Examine the critical voice of your inner critic—the self-defeating thoughts and beliefs that fuel self-sabotage. How does your inner critic undermine your confidence and self-worth? Practice challenging negative self-talk with compassion and self-empowerment. Building upon our journey of self-discovery and healing, we spotlight the relentless inner critic within… Continue reading Shadow Seeker: 5-Day Mini-Series
Self-Sabotage Day Three: Exploring Root Causes Prompt: Reflect on past experiences or traumas that may contribute to your self-sabotage patterns. How do these unresolved issues influence your behavior and decision-making? Begin to explore avenues for healing and self-compassion. Building upon our exploration of habits and triggers, we now work toward uncovering the unresolved issues and… Continue reading Shadow Seeker: 5-Day Mini-Series
Self-Sabotage Day Two: Understanding Triggers Prompt: Identify triggers that tend to activate your self-sabotage tendencies. What emotions or situations typically precede acts of self-sabotage? Delve into the deeper emotions or beliefs fueling these reactions. As discussed yesterday, habits are the building blocks of our daily routines and behaviors. They offer valuable insights into our underlying… Continue reading Shadow Seeker: 5-Day Mini-Series
Self-Sabotage Day One: Recognizing Self-Sabotage Patterns Shadow Self by TheDarkRayne on DeviantArt Prompt: Reflect on recurring behaviors or habits that hinder your progress or success. What patterns of self-sabotage do you notice in your life? Explore the underlying motivations or fears driving these behaviors. A habitual behavior or action is one that has become ingrained… Continue reading Shadow Seeker: 5-Day Mini-Series
When you're able to truly tap into your own desires, wants, and power it can initially feel uncomfortable, selfish, and can be laden in guilt. At least, this is how it is feeling for me. So many of my patterns involve me considering and putting others' thoughts, feelings, and desires ahead of my own, so… Continue reading Pattern Breaking
True meaningful connection, I believe - friend - can only happen when people are able to show up as authentic versions of themselves, ready to let go of any sort of need of other to fulfill or satisfy any inner shortcoming or longing.
...patterns, routines and schedules can be detrimental. Sometimes we start to live as if we're sleepwalking brainless zombies, merely going through the motions, but not really taking part in our lives. Then there are the patterns, friend, that reveal to us our wounds in need of healing.
