E113 | The Mind Trap: Why We Self-Sabotage Our Health Goals

Share Your Thoughts! Uncertainty is a normal part of changing your body, whether losing weight or healing a health condition, but it often becomes the biggest obstacle to achieving results. Today, Laken and Lindsey discuss these key concepts to help you with your mindset: • How the lack of control over timing creates problems for you • How the fear of past failure can lead to learned helplessness, where staying stuck feels safer than risking another disappointment • How "expectation overload" causes overwhelm • How our brains are wired for instant gratification, creating "dopamine delays" that make self-sabotage easy when progress feels slow • The need to focus on finding certainty in your daily actions rather than the timeline to the outcome • Why celebrating non-scale victories is the way to go If you're experiencing uncertainty in your health journey that wasn't addressed in this episode, please reach out. We'd love to help you! If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠ And be sure to follow along on the socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠