Embrace Your Essence Podcast by Parinaz Shams

Episode #46; Why Do We Keep Sabotaging Ourselves Exploring the Roots of Destructive Habits

Do you keep repeating unhelpful habits that you know aren't good, but you can't seem to stop?

You're not alone. This episode will help you create a pathway forward to your healing and happiness.

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0:00 Repeating destructive habits can be frustrating, but learning the origins of them can set you up for success.

1:25 Destructive habits often come from our past, which most people don't remember

2:00 The body remembers what the mind forgets

2:40 Reason 1 you're repeating destructive habits: You're carrying a wound within that needs to be here, otherwise they live beneath the surface of your daily life keeping you from living fully free and healed

7:47: The Sacred Wound: what it is and how it becomes the manifestation of self-destructive habits.

8;26: Story example of a sacred wound and how it translated into patterns of anger, the need for control, which led to drinking and strained relationships

1:00 Reason 2: you're repeating destructive habits: our tendency to push away what we want most. We stay in patterns because they are familiar

13:30 How Somatic Yoga and Tantra Meditation and Spiritual Guidance can help you untangle the past experiences and go beyond them