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The sabotaging, whether consciously or subconsciously, of oneself, one's own interests, plans etc..
“The modern addiction to fossil fuels is not just an act of environmental vandalism. From the health perspective, it is an act of self-sabotage,” said the WHO president, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Before we even get started trying to explain this complicated concept of why we self-sabotage our own success, please understand that I am at best an “armchair doctor”.
If your Inner Child doesn't feel safe, worthy, it works within to self-sabotage you before you are even conscious of the pattern
“So many of us are shaming ourselves or hating on ourselves, and then that shame and hate makes us want to numb out, and then we go self-sabotage and engage in something that is maybe indulging in some way,” Johnson said.
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Self-sabotage means The sabotaging, whether consciously or subconsciously, of oneself, one's own interests, plans etc..
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“The modern addiction to fossil fuels is not just an act of environmental vandalism. From the health perspective, it is an act of self-sabotage,” said the WHO president, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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