Get yourself off the chopping block. Your inner peace is important. You matter. This post will help you identify the 6 ways you sabotage your inner peace. Knowing is half the battle, taking action is the next step. Let’s get your life in order.
Hoping the problems will get better by themselves
This is a common struggle for people working to find inner peace. Some people find it hard to commit to making changes in their life, even if they know it will help. It’s difficult to break old habits. Taking risks and having home problems will get better by themselves will not make it better.
I get it. You might not want to do the work. It can be scary opening up to a stranger. Talking about feelings, personal matters, and being vulnerable is uncomfortable. Consider how much your life will improve when the problems are gone. You are worth it, invest in yourself. I share with my clients some of the bravest people I know show up in sessions to do the inside heart and mind work to achieve inner peace.
Avoiding difficult or uncomfortable conversations
Let’s face it, a lot of people hate confrontation. Avoiding uncomfortable conversations at all costs becomes common for many people. The idea of talking about an issue or having to assert your values might be something you would generally avoid. It’s natural to feel nervous about talking or facing an issue. It’s important to do the inside work of counseling. Face the problems holding you back from your inner peace.
When you do not work through the challenges in your life they resurface in other areas of your life. You may find yourself overeating, overspending, and oversleeping. This and many other unhealthy coping behavior happen when you sabotage your inner peace instead of dealing with the issues.
Agreeing when you don’t really want to agree
If you find yourself agreeing when you don’t want to this is a true self-sabotage move. A person who goes against their own values is an act of personal betrayal. This action of sabotaging your inner peace is one of the most common statements I hear in sessions. Countless times people have agreed to little things like saying yes to a restaurant’s suggestion to a place they don’t like to eat, to large suggestions that affect where they will live or work.
My clients quickly learn how important it is to identify their values and live in a way that honors their values. Self-sabotaging behaviors are a no-go.
Not wanting to be a burden
This action prevents you from asking for help, saying no when you need to, and many other toxic behaviors. Not wanting to be a burden to others so you suffer in silence is a form of self-sabotage that keeps you trapped.
I get it. It’s hard to break the feelings of not wanting to take up space. Feelings of being an inconvenience to others will leave you feeling displaced, and dissatisfied. I help people recognize the importance of receiving support from others and how it doesn’t make them weak.
Ruminating on past events
Avoiding confrontations, not wanting to be a burden, agreeing when you don’t want to, not speaking up and many other actions become the thoughts that invade your sleep at night. It keeps you up thinking about what you should have said at that moment. It’s also the thoughts that distract you in the daytime making it difficult to focus. Thinking about what you could have done, and how you should have handled the situation differently bother you for days. After you have had time to process you think about how you truly feel, then you have a great comeback to what was shared only it’s too late, so you are stuck holding those emotions and feeling defeated again.
Fear controls your life
This is one of the biggest ways you sabotage your inner peace. Allowing fear to be a controlling factor in your life limits you in so many ways. Betraying yourself. Not listening to yourself lead to harming your inner peace. Not asking for help, and avoiding difficult situations do not support the inner peace you need to live well.
Even if you don’t feel like it right now you are stronger than you know. You have the ability to overcome the challenges you have been facing. It takes time to get to a healthier place in your life. Improving your inner peace is possible. It takes time. takes time.
I help clients break through the self-sabotaging behaviors that have held them back from achieving their inner peace. We partner together to bust the negative thoughts stunting their progress. Actions that have kept them from living their best life are replaced with healthy coping skills and doable action steps. When I work with people they get unstuck. Help starts here. No more self-sabotaging your inner peace. It’s time to start living well.
Need I say more? Let’s work together.
- Stop waiting for the problems to go away and take action in your life.
- Find your voice and use it assertively.
- Say yes and no when it fits with your values and honors your inner peace
- Know you are not a burden and ask for help when you need it.
- Put those overthinking thoughts in their place.
- Become fearless.
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