Self-Sabotage Is a Thermostat, Not a Character Flaw
Show notes
Why you undermine yourself precisely when things start working — and what's actually firing when you do. David unpacks the homeostatic mechanism behind self-sabotage, the hidden secondary gains that keep it running, and why research suggests procrastination is an emotion-regulation problem rather than a diary problem. Then: five mechanism-first tools and a fourteen-day protocol to reset your baseline.
Read the full article on Quantum Self Development: https://quantumselfdevelopment.com/articles/overcoming-self-sabotage/
This episode was narrated by an AI clone of my own voice, trained on this show.
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