Procrastination can feel like a bad habit or a lack of discipline, but really, it’s your unhealthy protector’s attempt to keep you safe through self abandonment. This is the part of you that learned to protect you by keeping you smaller, asking for less, saying less, claiming less space. 

My procrastination is my unhealthy protector. It tells me, “If you avoid this thing that's causing you stress, you're going to feel better.” And although sometimes it can relieve the stress momentarily, what's actually happening is I'm building anxiety while the task continues to tap me on the shoulder again and again. 

The remedy for these maladaptive behaviors isn’t to shame or punish, it’s to become aware when the urge to self abandon arises. Once you start to shine your light of consciousness on self abandonment it becomes impossible to return to the dark, and my goal with this episode is to help you flip the switch. 

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