Why You're Self Sabotaging

When we want to level up in life, we often know exactly what changes we need to make.

We understand the work required and the actions necessary to transform our situation.

But here's the truth: Your brain is actively working against you.

We're all fighting our own biology. Your brain doesn't care if you're happy—it cares if you're safe.

And to your brain, "safe" equals "familiar."

What's fascinating (and frustrating) is that your comfort zone isn't actually comfortable.

You might be:

• Trapped in a stressful job you hate

• Stuck in toxic relationships

• Overwhelmed by financial pressure

• Feeling unfulfilled despite "doing everything right"

Yet you resist change. Why?

Your brain literally prefers a painful situation it understands over an unknown situation that could bring happiness.

This is why you're self-sabotaging.

Your brain would rather maintain the predictable pain than risk the unpredictable—even when that unpredictable future holds everything you want.

To break free from self-sabotage, you need to recognize this biological trap.

Your resistance to change isn't a character flaw—it's your primitive brain trying to "protect" you by keeping you in familiar territory.

The path forward requires fighting your own nature:

1. Acknowledge that resistance is normal

2. Push through the discomfort of change anyway

3. Create new patterns until they become the new "familiar"

Your brain won't help you grow. That's up to the conscious part of you—the part reading this right now.

If you're feeling stuck in a situation you know needs to change, remember: the discomfort of growth is temporary, but the pain of staying stuck is permanent.

What step toward change will you take today, despite what your brain is telling you?

See you in the trenches,

—Kassimi