Have you ever gotten close to what you wanted only to see it seem to fall apart or pull away? You start to make progress losing weight and then somehow the momentum fades. You finally seem to have found something that's working for your chronic pain and health issues only to not completely follow through. I know it can seem like that part of you is the enemy, but what if the part of you that keeps pulling back, shutting down, going quiet right when things start to get good, what if it isn't your enemy and actually a part that's trying to protect you?

In this episode:

• Why "self-sabotage" is the wrong word and what's actually happening beneath the pattern
• The NLP concept that reframes every behavior that seems to be working against you
• How protection shows up in your physiology: what low sodium, low potassium, and high calcium on an HTMA actually mean
• Why your nervous system might be creating fatigue, brain fog, and resistance, not because you don't want it enough, but because "go" doesn't feel safe
• How to stop fighting yourself and start getting curious about what your patterns are really protecting you from

Mentioned in this episode:

• HTMA (Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis): a functional lab test that shows years of nervous system stress patterns stored in the body, including the minerals of forward movement, action, and vitality
• NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming): the framework that every behavior has a positive intention underneath, even the ones that seem to be holding you back
• Functional medicine + nutritional work: addressing the physical side of protection patterns, not just the mindset

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Start with a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis plus 90-minute deep dive consultation with Dr. K to see what your body has been carrying and how to get your body what it actually needs in order to start feeling better. DM on Instagram to get started or head to www.drkirstin.com

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